Rat Rod & Roll

Snapped a shot of this mini-chopper/rat rod.  Check out the springer.

The purist's rat-rod

Hawg Lakes, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.  May 2012.

Raked-Out Sportster

We at Wes Creech Customs like us some Sportsters.  I saw this really cool sporty with a raked out front end.  This bad cell phone pic doesn't do it justice, but this bike had a really cool stretch in the up-tubes/down-tubes of the stock frame.  I like how they did it.

The Orange Crush

Hawg Lakes Rally, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.  May 2012.

Hawg Lakes Rat Bike Category

There were some pretty cool bikes in the Rat Bike category.

Rat Rod contender

My favorite, and the eventual winner, was a blacked out Shovelhead with a springer front-end, sissy bar, and red hand-grips.

Rat Rod extraordinaire

Of course, can it really be a rat rod when it's sitting in a Softail frame?

Chopper time...

Wes entered the Ironhead chopper in the Sportster category.

 

Wes shining the chopper

It's one-kick 'n go. 

When nature calls....

....Pull over 

Beautiful day for a country side ride

Hawg Lakes Bike Rally

Went to Hawg Lakes this weekend.  A lot of cool bikes this time around in the show.

Ironhead Bobber Project 2012

At some point in the build, we had to decide where to stick the oil tank. With the stretch from the hard tail, we now had a lot more space to work with. But what Wes came up with is something I've never seen on another bike. He took and old stock sporty oil bag and hung it from the hardtail like a saddle bag. When I saw it, I absolutely loved it! Soon enough, the idea became a reality:

And it's Done!

'75 Ironhead bobber project is complete. Took this picture last Saturday morning... perfect early morning cruise. I will continue to post pictures showing how the work-in-progress of the project. A lot of pieces on this bike were custom fabricated at Wes Creech Customs. The oil tank concept (which I'll post soon) was just insanely original, and was thought up by Wes himself. Other parts, like the exhaust, were pieced together from miscellaneous pipes. The bike is an all around bad ass, bare-bones, raw machine!