Sportster

Name : Peter Ström Email peter.strom63@gmail.com Photographer: Ulf Engborg: ulf @bigtwin.se Some of the bike builders that have inspired me are Tom Foster, and his "Captain Insane", and Jesse James, and his "El Diablo", and the hot rod culture is a big inspiration.

I built a HD Trike “3 Wheels Bastard” for my wife and a Sportster bobber for my Stepdaughter “The Purple Queen”. So it was time to build my personal bike. I wanted to show that I could build a good looking bike from a Sportster.

Often I was asked why I didn't build a real bike!!! I came across some ignorance when I was building my Sportster Chopper!

"Sportster are for Girls ???.... " I think my bike is more real and handles better than many Big twins! I have ridden this bike over 40,000 km and the bike is great, smooth to ride, easy to handle, fast and very reliable.

The idea’s for the bike is mine, Calles Chopperdelar Sweden built the frame to my specifications, my friend “Kenta” who owns Ace Performance helped me with the fabrication at his shop, where we built it together!

In 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 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.

When ever we can, we take short rides to and around our capital of Sweden, Stockholm

Bike Specs: 2010 Harley-Davidson 1250 XL Owner : Peter Ström - Stockholm / Sweden Fabrication Calles Chopperdelar Sweden / Ace performance Assembly Peter Ström / Kenta Falkered / Ace performance Build Time 10 Month Engine HD XL 1250cc, Cases & Rods HD XL, 1250 Sledge Hammer Pistons, 1250 cylinders from Hammer Performance. HD Heads, Rocker cover Custom Cycle Engineering. Andrews N4 Cam, 2000i Ignition, CV Carb, Ram Flow Air Cleaner, “Inferno” Pipes by FSD Design, HD XL Transmission, Primary, Clutch. Point/Derby Cover:

by MOON. Frame built by Calles Chopperdelar Sweden, www.calleschopperdelar.se from my specs. Rake 39, 3" stretch, single down tube. Ultima Forks with “Järnhästen” Tripple Trees.

Fork length +10”, Additional rake in trees: 6. 2” Risers from Flyrite Choppers, "Bonanza" handlebars by Fred Kodlin, Tolle hand controls, Jammer vintage black grips. 22” Choppertank 4.1 gallon fuel tank with a British “Snap-lock” style gas cap, horseshoe oil tank.

“Fatty” fender by Paul Yaffe, "Retro" headlight from Jammer cycle and taillight from The Stop. Foot Controls are HD Mid controls, Battistini round hole pegs and a "Hard Ass" seat by Crime scene choppers.

Front wheel is a 21x2.15 60 spokes, rear wheel 18x5.5 60 spokes.

Front Tire Avon 90/90-21" and Avon 200/55-18" “Cobra” on the back. Front & rear brakes are Ultima 4piston.

Electrical by Kenta Falkered Color - Satin Black. Graphics Pinstriping, Gold Leaf Painter Juri Haglund www.pinheadlounge.com/ss08 Special Thanks to Kenta Falkered at Ace Performance for his bike building skills www.aceperformance.se and Roffe at the Partsstop for getting all the right parts. www.thepartsstop.com I love the MOON derby/point covers and the shift knob (The finger) from Death Machine and the “Hard ass” seat was much more comfortable than I though. I have ideas for a new bike, probably going to be the same style like this bike, or a “Swedish style Chopper” .