ok thank you all for the info and yes it WON'T be a hard tail with my back problems but I have always loved the look and style of a stretched out front end but not like some of the extream ones tho ( like FourEyedFloyd is about right).

Bobbers are cool look all there own.  But to me Choppers are old school to me,  not like some of the new ones they make now a days on an assembly line.

These are some of the Parts books (Catalogs) I currently have and are all over 800+ pages of parts along with a harley-davidson 2010 bikes and parts.

Brother, Whatever you going to built. Just built it. My friend and I try do one every year. We work out of a garage we call it. The Shovel Shop. We make extra money on building and fixing. But, there is a catch. We only work on Old Bikes(Harley's). It isn't that we can work on the new one's.But, It's the fixing off and an old bike and bringing it up back to life. To hear thunder of the sound! Well, It's just brings me tears of joy. Feel Like a baby being born! Priceless!

I orignally wanted to go to school to learn how to work on bikes but with out the know how at all it makes it hard to do it tho. but I want to learn with out distroying my project I know some very basic things but all the little things like front shock oil seals exc. Along with limited funds. That is why I am asking for advice.

The best way to learn how to do it, is...do it. Get a manual for the bike you are working on and take your time. The first bike I ever worked on was a 1962 triumph trophy 500, no parts no book no nothing. Messed with it for a long time and talked to every one who knew anything about them. long story short it started me working on Honda 305's and Indian Chief's then HD and now BMW's. It is great when you do it yourself and even better when it works afterwards. :)

Ok,  Thanks for the advice and thanks every one for your input.

Let me show you what I'm talking about....To me this is just Bad Ass Cool............................Hang on I think I having a sexual moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yea Baby......this is Old School

Night Dragon

seen this auld school chopper ,..looks gid ......

Don't forget,what kind of riding are you gonna due. Longer rides need spring seats if it's a hard tail. Do you ride slow and easy or hard and fast. A radical chop suffers in some areas. The custom bobber style while not as extreme does kind of cross between both worlds. you can get a cool bobber to handle well and ride well. It all depends on what you want . I have one that is all out no front brake raked hardtail,but you might want to go to Daytona on it. And wide glide tube front ends are very forgiving and responsive. Go hang out with some old hands ask questions and look around you'll find your style.

yep I like that,  the 60's/70's style chop does it for .

Apes, high sissy bars etc. just sex on wheels.


I fell in love with this in Killarney two years ago.

Love the fishtails major cool!

I will tell you this....if your not a young lad......after about 50 miles on this Bad Ass Scoot.........you will be pissing Blood...........do yourself a favor and hide yourself a shock system under this Bad Boy.

When you think about it with a hard tail the only suspension is................................the air in the tires

Dragon

If you are going hard tail, then try one of those air ride suspension??

"You'll be pissing blood"
Yeah one of the reasons I haven't ridden a hard-tail for 40 years is even as a younger man my teeth started to come loose from the jarring. Looked cool though, although I am 2" shorter now from that! :-)

good luck!!

 about something like this one!