Sportster

010 SSportster 22010 portster CChopper hoppe r Owner: Peter Ström Stockholm / Sweden

Photographer: Ulf Engborg ulf@bigtwin.se +46 708682700

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“SPORTSTERS ARE FOR GIRLS ???”

I came across that ignorance when I was building my Sportster Chopper! Often I was asked, “Why didn’t you build a real bike?” I wanted to show that I could build a good looking bike from a Sportster and I think my bike is more real and handles better than many Big twins.

The idea for the bike is all mine, Calles Chopperdelar Sweden built the frame from my spec. My friend “Kenta” who owns Ace

Performance helped me with fabrication at his shop, where we built it together! I have had some trouble with misfire in very heavy rain, but the bike is great, smooth to ride, easy to handle, fast and very reliable.

I love the MOON derby/point covers and the shift nobb (The finger) from Death Machine. The “Hard ass” seat was much more comfortable than I thought!

This is my personal bike and have ridden it 40000 km so far. I have built an HD Trike for my wife and a Sportster bobber for my Stepdaughter. (both will be featured in the next two months of the Wheels of Thunder Magazine) The summer of 2010/11, we started our vacation on a lovely island in Sweden called Gotland which has long, white beaches and beautiful roads around the island.

After a great week in Gotland, we took the boat to the mainland and to the south of Sweden to meet some good friends on the west coast, in Borås. We went along the west coast to Halmstad, Varberg and to Båstad. During the ride across the country, we realized that Sweden is a very beautiful to ride the bikes in.

We crossed the country once again and visited Kalmar and Öland on the east coast

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and the beautiful castle of Borgholm. Very nice trip on very nice roads.

We have been visiting several exhibitions e.g MC dagarna in Västervik and Wheels in Barkarby and we won some prizes for “the most outstanding bike” with my wife’s Trike. On our vacation we drove approx 10000 km around our country.

As soon as we can, we take short rides to and around our capital of Sweden, Stockholm.

The Hot Rod Culture is a big inspiration to me and the Bike builders that have stood out to me are Tom Foster’s "Captain In-

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sane" and Jesse James "El Diablo". I have thousands of ideas for a new bike but it will have to wait some time for finance. It will probably be going to be the same style like this bike, or a “Swedish Style Chopper”.

SHOWS AND AWARDS: 1st Place – Easy rider bike show 2010 in Sweden 1st Place – Easy rider bike show 2011 in Sweden 3rd Place – HD-Chopper HojRock Västervik -13 3rd Place – HD-Chopper Scandinavian Motor Show -13

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2010 Sportster Chopper SPECS YEAR/MAKE/MODEL 2010

FRONT WHEEL 21X2,15 60 spokes

FABRICATION Calles Chopperdelar Sweden / Ace Performance

REAR WHEEL 18x5,5 60 spokes

ASSEMBLY Peter Ström / Kenta Falkered / Ace Performance BUILD TIME 10 Month ENGINE HD XL 1250cc CASES HD XL RODS Jims PISTONS 1250 Sledge Hammer Pistons CYLINDERS 1250 from Hammer Performance www.hammerperf.com/xlbigborekits.shtml HEADS HD 883 Custom made by “Tassen” / Rocker cover, Custom Cycle Engineering CAM Andrews N4 IGNITION 2000i CARB CV 40 / Thunder Jet PIPES FSD Design “ Inferno” http://www.fsdexhausts.com/ AIR CLEANER Ram Flow TRANSMISSION HD XL Primary HD XL POINT/DERBY COVER MOON (not on the photos) CLUTCH HD FRAME Calles Chopperdelar Sweden, from my spec www.calleschopperdelar.se/ RAKE 39 STRETCH 3" stretch, single down tube FORKS Ultima with “Järnhästen” Tripple Trees Fork length (+ or -) +10” Additional rake in trees: 6

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FRONT TIRE Avon 90/90-21" REAR TIRE Avon 200/55-18" ”Cobra” FRONT BRAKE Ultima 4piston REAR BRAKE Ultima 4piston FUEL TANK 22” Choppertank 4.1 gallon with British style gas cap “Snap-lock” OIL TANK Horseshoe with British style gas cap “Snap-lock” FENDER “Fatty” by Paul Yaffe HANDLEBARS Fred Kodlin "Bonanza" RISERS FRC 2” from Flyrite Choppers HEADLIGHT Jammer cycle "Retro" TAILLIGHT The Stop HAND CONTROLS Tolle www.tolle.se GRIPS Jammer vintage black FOOT CONTROLS HD Mid controls PEGS Battistini round hole ELECTRICAL Kenta Falkered www.aceperformance.se/ PAINTER Juri Haglund www.pinheadlounge.com/ss08 COLOR Satin Black GRAPHICS Pinstriping, Gold Leaf SEAT Crime scene choppers "Hard Ass" SPECIAL THANKS TO Kenta Falkered at Ace Performance for his bike building skills www.aceperformance.se/ and to Roffe at The Partsstop for getting all the right parts. www.thepartsstop.com/

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