Wednesday, October 31, 2012

LOLYPHE CUSTOM CHOPPERS "PROBLEM CHILD" XS650

This is the second bike out of our shop and still needs final paint as I've been testing out a few different styles of graphics on the tank and fender. I think it will be torn down very soon since I've got the final graphics dialed in to wrap everything up on this bike. We made most of the parts on it such as bars, fender struts and sissy bar. All welding on the tank for the fuel sight, new cap and p-cock location was done by us as well. Basically, the only other person who touched this bike was the guy who mounted the tires. All paint, fab, wheel lacing and truing and welding was done in our shop. Stay tuned for more about our company and all the different services we offer.
This is our custom jockey shift, we hand twisted the square stock and hand bent the round stock. The shifter has a tiny throw and is a perfect addition to this old school style chopper.
We custom cut the rear fender out of a LED SLED builders blank as well as took a little out of the center to really keep it tight on the fender.
Our hand bent, one-off "crown" sissy bar and "Borracho Twisted" fender struts has been getting so many compliments everywhere the bike goes. Hit us up for a bitchin' sissy on your xs650 or american chopper. One of the only flaws in this build was my chain choice(prestretched???? ummm bullshit! I've taken 4" out of that fucker in 7k miles so far )and burned up my rear fender paint on RUN TO THE HILLS 2 with the SATANIC MECHANICS this summer. Hit me up and I'll tell you where NOT to buy a chain...oh yeah and a crappy ass tail light from the same company- that p.o.s. rattled off on the same run too...
First time working with gold leaf and very happy how it looks in the bike with the graphics. This will be the final look of the tank. Verigated gold leaf on the flames and regular gold leaf on the border of the dragon scales.
Our "Martini Bars" in the 10" rise with some added sprocket pieces for a cool look with added strength all in one.
This is the jockey shift handle that we made to compliment the pegs with a little piece of twisted steel.
Had to take a spin up to the divide for a nice view of some old backcountry skiing stompin' grounds.

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