1972 IRONHEAD MAKEOVER PART #3 "BIG EARL"

  Finished up the new HEAVY DUTY oil bag for "BIG EARL". I built this oil bag to bolt into a plate on the back side of the frame with two stainless steel hex head bolts. This was the best option I felt for being able to hide the holding bracket as much as possible and be strong enough to handle those hard rides on this rigid beast. If you have never ridden a rigid frame they rattle and crack everything that is not built properly. In other words I didn't want to find oil all over the place and no oil bag while i am out on the open road somewhere. lol 

Next was the old oil lines where not bent to my liking. I didn't like how these old lines had be bent up. There was no rhyme nor reason to how they where setup. I like my bikes simple, clean, and functional! So off to bending the new copper lines without putting kinks in them (the old lines where kink bent). Kinks in the lines cause a restriction for the oil flow to and from the engine. An engine that doesn't get the proper amount of oil consistently is a motor that will not last.

Next issue on the plate of things to do. MORE JB weld that just didn't hold up. lol This was not to bad since it broke off right in my hand and the case just needed a little sanding action so that it can be ready to repainted. 

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TWO WHEEL CUSTOMER

Thanks for the support Kevin!

For All Your Fabrication Needs:

Brock Dunlop

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brock@dunlopcustoms.com

1972 IRONHEAD MAKEOVER PART 2 "BIG EARL"

This is the name that's on the kicker pedal "BIG EARL". I feel like that name fits the bike perfectly. So as of today that's what I'm going to call this iron sled. Lets see what I have done so far. Yesterday I finished Earl's exhaust pipes (mounts, painted, sanded, and wrapped), and tried to find the leaks. 

The pins are an old bike builder trick that Justin Collier (Collier Custom Cycles) taught me a few years back. The pins create just a little back pressure for the engine. This helps with tuning and keeping the pipes from having that popping reverberation  noise when you let off the throttle. 

Now to find out why the bike is leaking so bad! 

Well I think I found the oil leak!!! What's with all the JB WELD fabrication? People please stop using this stuff to fix things. Its time to make a new oil tank for "Big Earl". I figured that since I had to make a new one already I would just go ahead and make three instead of just one. I also was concerned with the fact that the other oil bag did not hold very much oil in it because of the tube welded through the entire canister. I don't want this beast running out of oil on me out on the open road. Plus the more oil I can keep in it the cooler it will run in the AZ heat. Yes the other two DC oil bags are going to be up for grabs when they are complete. 

Stay tuned for more updates on the oil bag build, and all the rest of the changes that "BIG EARL" goes through. Dunlop Customs also wants to thank all its fans and viewers for their support and being patience while we go through some construction/ experimental phases on our site. Be sure to follow use here on the main site and on the Facebook page so that you can keep up with what we are doing and upcoming discounts and other perks that we are going to start doing. 

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Brock Dunlop

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STORMS FXR CUSTOM LIFT PLATES!

Coach Storm needed some lift on his JB forward controls for his FXR. Every time he would lean turns really hard he would catch his pegs on the ground and it would stand him and the bike straight up. After this happened and he ended up in the wrong lane of traffic he came to me for the solution. These plates are made from .375" 1018 steel (Beefy!). A big thanks goes out to Donald Ortiz for his time, machines, and years of machining knowledge. 

1972 IRONHEAD MAKEOVER "BIG EARL"

 I just picked up this sweet little 1972 Ironhead in a trade. She was SUPER dirty!! Which is the case for any bike that has been neglected for a few years. You can only imagine the oil and grim that I had to get off with the pressure washer. This bike is getting a full Dunlop Customs makeover. This ironhead just needs to be pointed in the right direction that's all. It will be a new bike after DC gets done with all the fixes and improvements. She is a cold blood b@#$h right now. I had to kick her like 20 times before I could get her start, but that will be fixed. I'm shooting to have her so dialed that even a five year old could start it.
What has DC done so far with the bike? 
Well we have put some DC Chico low Z bars on top the springer, built new pipes, ditched internal throttle, and gave it a SERIOUS bath! 
What's next? Well there is a new paint job, install DC stash can in the tank, gas sight gauge, new chain guard/ kicker support, fix the JB weld on the side cover, sissy bar, new foot controls that are taller and wider (allow for more lean in the turns), tune up, new oil bag, and a little cleaning up on the wiring.

PART II : 1972 IRONHEAD MAKEOVER "BIG EARL"
PART III : 1972 IRONHEAD MAKEOVER "BIG EARL"

Stay tuned for more updates on the 1972 IRONHEAD MAKEOVER!

For All Your Fabrication Needs:

Brock Dunlop

602-515-2285

brock@dunlopcustoms.com

LAST WEEKEND

Went to the American Legion bike show. It was interesting to say the least. There was a lot of bikes but not really any of them where hand crafted so I got a little bored. The bikes where a lot of daily rider bikes that had been to the chrome shop a few times. lol After the American Legion show me and the misses went to the Scottsdale Pavilions car show which had a great turn out. There was a huge turnout because Barrett Jackson was just in town. I started to take pictures but my phone died so this all I have sorry.