Sean has a killer hotrod rigid he built. It's based on a slick Dirty South double wishbone
down tube  goose necked frame, a Jeri's Springer, Hyperformance King of Cubes motor,
Baker Trans, Bandit Clutch & Primary and the list of trick parts just goes on. It Was painted
by Justin at JB Graphics.
It's Featured in the June 2010 Issue of Easyriders.
Growing up in a bike shop, it's been a deam of mine to have my fab work photographed by
Dino Petrocelli and have it appear in a feature in Easyriders.
Please look below to see the fabrication work that I put into what I believe to be the nicest
chopper ever built.
This motor is BADDDDDDD! Billet steel cylinders,
super high flow ported heads, heavily modified
cases. Randy T builds a bulletproof motor built to
be used.
The 3 Guyz sprotor is really trick. It uses
this huge sprocket to not only insure wicked
wheelies, but better leverage for braking.
They use special ARP hardened fasteners,
as does everything else on Seans bike.
Totally stainless throughout.
I cut the frame mounts and made new ones
to center caliper on the rotor when the
wheel is moved to the center ofthe frame.
I've re-made the motor mount using the center portion and making
new extend ends and hidden bolt mounts to fit the stroker motor.
I've re-worked the foot controls to fit the
frame and work properly with the Kustom
Tech Master cylinder and clear the RB
Racing Exhaust. As it was, the arms hit
the frame, the master cylinder hit the
exhaust. The challenge was getting the
foot pedals to run in line with the frame
perfectly and still function properly.
I've shortened the hand pieces for the bars and
welded them together at the right spot for Sean.
I've also made the switch plate
and incorporated it into a
battery hold bracket. Next I
ran a piece of vinyl edging
around it to seal it to the trans
and bottom of the starter
hiding the switch wiring.
I re-worked the
battery box to fit
the frame properly
and clear the
transmission case.
I've made stainless fuel and oil lines are finished
and I'm ready to break everything down for Justin
Barnes to paint and Sean to assemble.
I've cleaned the tunnel on the tank and
made the axle spacers from stainless steel
A sneak Peek at the amazing
paintwork from JB Graphics
www.jbgraphics.com
I've shortened the super cool headlight bracket a couple
of inches to match the front ends line and polished my
welds off. The reg/rec is mounted on a couple or
brackets I put together to hide it under the trans.
I've extended the controls to reach
Seans foot and added an
extension to bolt the shift linkage
to, Next I made the mounts for the
muffler to have a hidden fastener
with this trick bracket and added
the heat shield to the exhaust. Now
I added a diffuser to the exhaust
as well as heat and tweak it to run
evenly with the frame rails.
photo Dino Pertocelli
After I re drilled the left rear
motormount hole to center and
align the motor, I raised the
transmission mount 1/4" to align
the transmission vertically with
the motor. Next I clearanced the
frame and re-welded it before
smoothing it out. Now I
measured the proper offset on
the primary, once I received it  I
machined a half an inch off of
the Bandit inner Primary to get
the needed clearance between
all of the moving parts after i got
them all aligned.
I've removed the seat mount and
welded on this nice Fab Kev
piece. Next I welded on the rear
spring mounts in just the right
spot for Sean. I also re-shaped
the bracketry and mounted the
tail light from Fab Kev so it didn't
point at the ground and cleared
the stainless oil line system i
made.
I've re-worked the fender mounts to fit the tire & frame properly. I've also
re-made the motor-mount and raised the transmission to the proper place.
I've drilled, welded and hidden all of the access holes for a hidden wiring
harness and ran stainless wire throughout the frame coming out in the
proper places with a not for each wiring loom..
The first challenge was assembling the parts
Sean brought me. The 200 tire was too wide for
the brake mounts and didn't match the trans
location. The motor wouldn't bolt in straight and
the trans sit too low to align with the motor and
allow a primary to clear the frame.
The shot to the left shows all the parts lining up
to the laser on my frame table. Next I cleaned,
shaped and closed the notch in the frame with
11g where the oil fitting needed a place to be.
photo Dino Pertocelli
photo Dino Pertocelli
photo Dino Pertocelli
photo Dino Pertocelli
Congradulations Sean, you deserve it
after the years of planning and hard work
you put into building this bike.
I've sold Easyriders and dreamed of
having a bike I have so much work into
being completed so beautifully by a Proud
owner and having it featured in Easyriders.
Click the cover to go to the Easyriders
website.
Click the photo credit to go to Dino
Petrocelli photography. He is one of the
best and most respected in this industry.
I couldn't be more proud.