Renegade Issue 26

I don’t know about you but finding that proverbial

basket case bike to build from the ground up has

always been a goal of mine. I finally found the

perfect one! I paid $700.00 for a 1977 Ironhead

Sportster with a ridged frame, bonus! I know I

probably paid too much for it. The guy I bought

it from got it for only $200! I tried to get it for

$400, but he knew I had just gotten some cash

together for my Zombie Apocalypse Tour, so he

took me for $700. This is a true basket case bike,

the entire bike was in plastic tubs, everything in-

cluding the motor was torn apart. The only thing

that was still in one piece was the main case and

crank. The transmission was in a couple different

shoeboxes, with the rest of the bike scattered in

various boxes. At first glance it appeared that I

had most of the bike, but upon closer inspection

many of the parts were just plain junk and not

worth using.

I bought this bike to build in hopes of selling

it to raise the funds I need to cover my travel

expenses for my Zombie Tour and Kus-

tom Kulture Circus documentary film and

photo book project. The plan is to build a

kick ass custom bike with out spending a

fortune, to fabricate as many parts and do-

ing as much of the work myself and make

it a one of a kind bike that will stand out in

a crowd.

At first I thought about building something

totally unique and bad ass! But then after

giving it some thought I realized I’d be bet-

ter off if I keep it simple, bad ass but simple

if you know what I mean. I realized if I made

it to unique it would be harder to sell. I know

most people don’t have much of an imagina-

tion and are afraid to step to far out of their

comfort zone, so I’m going with the traditional

bobber style. Renegade Bobber style that is! So

stay tuned to see what I can come up with, and if

you start saving your lunch money now, you just

might get to be the proud owner of this kick ass

Ren