She's a fierce beast, lots of torque and pace. She definitely turns heads and has received many a comment from onlookers and passersby.
A Dakota Digital MCV-7400 interface has been installed and stirrup pegs/rests provide a nice cruising comfort. Premium shock absorption grips help a lot with the dreaded 'Harley rattle'; in fact, I've noticed no soreness in the figures since installing these grips.
The bike sits at a great height with the Hagon shocks installed. Even though I chose shocks of the same length as the stock shocks, the bike dropped a good inch when the Hagons were introduced.
Brad at GPM compensated by lowering the front end slightly to even out the ride and the aesthetics. All-in-all, it provides a very comfortable ride. I'm more than happy with the choice of Hagans.
Brad at GPM and I discussed at length what we would do with the headlight. I wanted to cowl gone and he agreed. We looked at sourcing headlights from overseas and all manner of ways we could attach it.
Then Brad had a stroke of genius.
See, the original headlight had a big hole in the top where it mounted with the cowl.
So he turned the original light upside down, built it a bracket and mounted it to the bike.
A high output globe was installed and it's a thing of beauty, retaining a lot of its original charm due to the use of the original style of headlight casing.
So with the XL done it's time to move on to the next bike.
This time I have commissioned Hand Made Vintage Kustoms to custom build me a bike from start to finish. I provided them with a '75 Honda CB550 and they're in the process of turning it into an 'Industrial Brat' style bike.
Of course, there will be more to come on this in the very near future!
I'll end with some final images of The Harlot.
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