Recent content by kellis83

Last sunday was a bicycle show in my town called Pushies Galore where everyone who was interested would bring their ride for a swap and shine/show at the Holland park bowls club. This was the goal date for the completion of my build. The day before saw some tense moments and it almost didn't...

Trail fitting the tank I didn't get any photos of me applying the Indian decals to the tank, I was too busy holding my breath hoping it would go on nicely. I think they came up great without any bubbles at all. A big thanks to my dad for helping out with all the polishing he did on the...

The two frames were completely different, mine having the drop loop and the middle bar and the other being a road bike frame. I highly doubt anybody from this place would mix them up but obviously the powdercoaters are not as mad on bikes as we are. I was so fed up with them that I took my forks...

Throwing the handlebars and stem on Wheels and seat on. Gluing on the Indian head badge I made.

Well the build is complete. I ran into a few issues over the last few weeks. My bare metal frame went into the powdercoaters to become red, along with someone else's yellow frame which was to become back. It turns out the guys at the powdercoaters were easily confused and my frame ended up black...

Another shot of my saddle from Busyman. Im getting excited.

The saddle wasn't to expensive as I built it from scratch with fiberglass, it just took some time and effort. This style of saddle isn't available anymore so I had to do it myself. Busyman charges a very fair rate for upholstery considering the quality of his work and not too many people around...

I just received an email from Busyman bicycle with a photo of my finished saddle. Mick did an amazing job covering it for me and now I can't wait to get it back in my hands to check it out first hand. See how he even put an impression of 'Indian' on both flaps on the side. I love the type of...

Thanks as always for the kind words guys. Im glad you are still interested in my build. All of my parts are now off at the powdercoater getting all pretty while I am off holidaying in Japan. Hopefully it is all ready and assembled in a few weeks for the built in brisbane show here. My saddle is...

I have been pretty slack with the updates on the build but I have been busy finishing brazing and filing up the tank. Hopefully the frame and the tank are finished this weekend and it can all be sent of for powder coating. Here are a few photos of a trial fit of the tank while I was working on...

Thanks again for the comments guys! It really gives me a push along to get this thing done. Thanks for checking out my build.

Thanks very much for the kind comments guys! It's not quite from scratch, if it wasn't for the rear triangle it guess it would but I am trying to do as much as possible myself. Cant wait to ride this thing.

Looks bloody unreal. The paint job and the fender stays look sweet and the front fork dropouts look so different but cool. I can only hope my build turns out half as good as this. Oh and the back wheel is deadly, I love it, any progress photos?

Thanks for checking my build out mate. Get stuck into yours, you will love it. It is possible even though you might think or be told it isn't at times. Good luck with it.

Im not planning on putting an engine in this, I would love to but unfortunately there would be nowhere for me to ride it here legally. The cops give out a nice little fine for bicycles with motors, so I'm just going to keep it as a nice peddler.