CHOP-SUEY

The new tail section is adding a lower seat height and bringing the center of gravity to the ground. There will be no more sitting on this bitch, it is all riding in the machine and being one with it.

Once the neck rake was completed and after the new front end was on, we fabbed a custom top motor mount and mocked up the bike with the new wheels. Then the decision to change out the rear with a 240 rear tire was made. While we had to wait for a new wheel we were lucky enough to get what we needed from P.M. to keep the project moving.

Sleek and low. This is definitely not Grandpa’s Road King anymore.

From there it didn't take much time to get it chopped up and going in the new direction. While we had the frame cut apart the customer figured we might as well drop the seat as much as possible. The swingarm was stretched about 8" to slam the seating area and widened enough for the new wheel. To clean things up, we decided to run a Performance Machine drive side brake system with a chain final drive. Since we planned on running Legend air shocks, the fender got tucked into the frame work and molded into the chassis.

Getting prepared for the new grill. Lucky devil’s bikes all seem to have a few touches to them that help distinguish them from the pack, this little baby is one of them.

Fat, nasty, 7-Gallon gas tanks hold the fuel for the Ruby Road King.

For tanks, the customer had selected a set of 7 gal twin tanks to make them fit the bike. The bottom of the tanks were cut out, reshaped, and welded back together and then stretched. Since the beast was fuel injected, a custom access panel, fuel bungs, and larger crossovers were used. To top off the tanks, I fabricated an aluminum dash panel with a tilted and frenched-in instrument bezel to hold the custom red Dakota digital Speedo

Evil fat tanks sans dash. Even in bare metal form you can see the time and quality craftsmanship The Devil puts into every component of his work.

The fat ass tank with slick-as-owl-shit tank panel/dash.

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