When I walked into the showroom area (very early on Monday) I was the 2nd visitor. Sort of ironically, there just happened to be someone already looking at Chris's bike. I had to wait, then I finally started talking to them about it, and said I knew the owner/builder.
The POSA (or originally promoted under the name "Positive Fuel" or something like that...?) The carb has no-float-bowl, so fuel just keeps flowing to keep the engine fed. The idle is a bit rough, and works best at mid to WFO throttle !
Snappy clutch pedal for rainy nights and slippery Vans.
Czech da o' tank oak leaf bros . . .
Czech da o' tank oak leaf bros . . .
I shot in Serpia and thought the photos added more character to the gloss and flat black, chrome, and brush aluminum.
I believe Kendal did the elegant gold leaf designs . . . ? They're sharp. Chris hand-formed all the sheet metal from patterns he designed and built. This WL runs a little hand shifter (down low to the left). I dig the comfy custom seat !
Early Sportster triple trees(smoothed and chromed) one-off risers . . . and he made the lower legs (complete with late 60s XL internals). The bike looks almost too nice to ride . . . however, it's thin, lightweight and should be a quick urban assault weapon . . . "Here he comes now, slidin' sideways into the bike show!"
PS. I talked to Chris on the phone yesterday, and he said the bike made it to the show at Buffalo Chip (picked up by a shipping company for the event 2 weeks ago) and back to Milwaukee "without a scratch" . . . so a deserving hats off to Michael Lichter's shipping and show crew for a job well done !
PS. I talked to Chris on the phone yesterday, and he said the bike made it to the show at Buffalo Chip (picked up by a shipping company for the event 2 weeks ago) and back to Milwaukee "without a scratch" . . . so a deserving hats off to Michael Lichter's shipping and show crew for a job well done !
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