Thursday, July 11, 2013

The Sporty TT







Here are some shots I took of the SportyTT at sunset the night before BornFree5.  People really dug the bike.  As I type the bike is on a truck on it's way out to Michael Lichter's Art of the Motorcycle - Ton Up event in Sturgis.  This year he's featuring Cafe Racer's and our bike is in good company - the show will feature bikes by Shinya, Willie G, Ray Drea, Roland Sands, Kim Boyle just to name a few. We're stoked!  When I laid out my vision of the bike to Ry before we started the build, we both knew it would probably turn out "ok"...as the build continued and my sketches and Ry's fabrication started really jelling we would both look at each other and giggle like little school girls as each part turned out better then we expected - we knew we were working on something special - at least to us.  The response to the bike has kind of confirmed our notions during the build that the bike stirs something up inside people. I can't thank my buddy and brother Ry enough for all he did.  Nothing I thought up did he balk at.  Every little change I made - and there were MANY - he rolled right along with never losing his patience.  I think his fab work and my ideas/sketches really began to inspire us both to make the bike better and better - the word Synergy comes to mind. Now that it's done I'm left with the need to build something else - like a junkie needs his fix.  Even though the bike is done this really feels like just the beginning...

11 comments:

Corra said...

AWESOME RESULT!!
YOU DID A GREAT BUILD.
congrats man!!

Ry said...

Ready for a another one soon then. The sickness continues.

Anonymous said...

wow!... she turned out beautiful... you should be one proud papa!!

GreasyDave said...

Perfection in every way !!

Hermit said...

Yep, turned out really cool.
Nice work boys!

WhitelinePsycho said...

One of the most outstandingly gorgeous and considered bikes of the last ten years, all comers included. Remarkable in every way.

Wes said...

Stunning Sir, simply stunning!!

Toadeus Maximus said...

Harley's aren't usually high on my list but that is breathtaking sir.

Inspiring in that we can with hard work and good friends, manifest our ideas.

Thank you for building this.

Sleepy said...

RY and BR

You guys cracked the code.

True Perfection!!!!!

DEFENDER 974 said...

Really cool bike !!!!!!!!!congratulations !!!!!! Where does the fairing come from ??
Sorry for my bad english, I'm french
Sylvain
Ps: I drive à café racer sporty too

DEFENDER 974 said...

Really cool bike !!!!!!!!!congratulations !!!!!! Where does the fairing come from ??
Sorry for my bad english, I'm french
Sylvain
Ps: I drive à café racer sporty too