here's one for the builders

looks well done, but the mirrors ?
http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/mcy/4381828976.html

 

It has an EARLES FORK fercryinoutloud!

 

...if the guy is a builder, why not replace the clutch and sell it without any issues?

 

Well, it is interesting. Not anything I would do or even understand, but the execution is pretty well done. I, and I think most of the folks here, are function over form sort of folks. Oh well. To each his own.....

 

Its another XS motor bike...
Interesting would be to see an XJ.. that would appeal to my senses !!

 

OK for a piece of rolling art it appears by the cl ad to look really well done.
That being said, however...
I cannot imagine riding it with the seat sloped backward the way it is. Lack of mirrors, lack of a working clutch (I used to know a bunch of guys with custom choppers with bad clutches, must be a burn-out thing. How can you spend $40k on a bike and not spend $500 to replace your clutch?). How hot does that beer get sitting next to the exhaust? How shaken does it get sitting done there on the back end of a rigid frame?

 

Where ?... there are mirrors below the handlebars.. look again

 

i was thinking that same thing... such a waste of good beer! then i realized.... it's probably actually a battery box....

 

Nothing against bobbers (just not my thing) Someone put some thought into it. Most bobbers you see are just stock bikes with the exhaust cut and wrapped with some little seat that does not fit the bike painted flat black they all look the same. Even just minor changes to make it your own makes it better. I restore older classic bikes to keep busy since i retired early. A nicely done one can bring decent money i just see to many nothing special ones that people think they can sell for a fortune that are not worth what they would be stock. The little details of a bike is what catches my eye.

 

Interesting forks, I like the bike. I think the XS makes a better bobber, maybe cause they look more like Triumph's and I love them more.

 

i may just go check it out Friday at lunch time, there'a a place right up the road that has excellent subs

 

it's interesting that that design hasn't kept up with progress, considering the benefits.

"Earles[edit]

The Earles fork is a variety of leading link fork where the pivot point is behind the front wheel, which is the basis of the Earles' patent.[6] Patented by Englishman Ernest Earles in 1953, the design is constructed of light tubing, with conventional 'shock absorbers' mounted near the front axle. The Earles fork has a very small wheelbase change under braking or under compression, unlike telescopic forks. Their construction is much stronger than teleforks, especially against lateral deflection caused by hard cornering (as when racing), or when cornering with a sidecar.[6] This triangulated fork causes the front end of a motorcycle to rise slightly when braking hard, as the mechanical braking forces rotate 'downward' relative to the fork's pivot point — this action can be disconcerting to riders used to telescopic forks, which have the opposite reaction to braking forces ('brake dive'). Several motorcycle manufacturers licensed the Earles patent forks for racing motorcycles in 1953, such as MV Agusta and BMW Motorcycle, while other companies (such as Douglas motorcycle) used the Earles design on their roadsters or off-road machines. BMW is best known for their use of Earles forks, as from 1955 to 1969 they were featured on every BMW motorcycle."

CN

 

It's slick. Ain't going far with that tank tho. Great conversation piece for a cook out. Ride it to a there and watch em gather. Eat and then get the h#ll outta' dodge before somebody try to drink the battery case.

Roc