Holy Z Handlebar Prototypes

A year or so back I saw these groovy bars on Joe Mason’s Panhead and I learned from Chris that they’re Holy Z’s. A style that was built by Drag Specialties in MN back in the 70’s when Jim Preisler was doing their marketing. Today there are a few places that are making reproduction copies…

Plans for a Harley Motor Stand

If you have more time and tools than cash make yourself a stand for your V-Twin before it comes out of the frame, if you don’t already own one. They also make great stocking-stuffers. The plans were put together by an e-human called Starbound on the Club Chopper forum… I don’t hang there and found…

The Shovelhead Chop Build – In Prep for Born Free V

I mentioned a few posts back that I scored a shovelhead roller earlier in the year and am building a bike before Born Free 5. It’s a cone motor sitting in a Paughco frame that had some accessories I wanted to run anyway like the horseshoe oil tank and open primary, which is a modest…

For Those About to Bob…

I saw this some time back on the Haints blog and got a kick out of it. This had to be a blueprint on how to major in badassness back in ’54. With these simple modifications you could build a period correct bobber when the only period you had was correct, assuming that was your…