That means a lot! Thank you. It was 2 years in the making. I loved it so much. But had to sell it when Covid first hit and was out of work. I miss it so much. It was so comfortable and sounded pretty good. And nothing compares to riding something you build from the ground up. Appreciate you!
It looks pretty good. Vstars were very customizable because they sold so many. I have an old one and I am noticing the aftermarket for Vstars 1100 has fallen off a bit. Used to be a lot more parts available. I bought some apes from Pacific Coast Stars, but just recently I noticed they don’t have nearly as much. Fun bike for bar hopping. 2 carbs with a pod kit and exhaust is worth a little money and the other mods look really good. There is some money in that bike. The only persistent problem I know about them is the starter clutch. I never replaced mine and it’s 23 years old and had around 41,000 miles on it. Not all mine. It had like 20k when I bought it in 2009 I think. How much did you get? I was thinking about $3500? Maybe $4k.
I got $5000 for it, which was a deal considering time and money put into it. It was stripped down to the frame at one point. I surely didn’t wanna sell it, but Covid messed me up back then.
I think the stock V-Stars are nice looking bikes even without these extensive modifications. And they are great as a first bike. Dependable and easy to ride. And affordable to maintain because they made many and parts are available everywhere. Congrats on your first bike and thanks for the compliment!
Thanks. I believe it’s what you would find on many of the Harley sportster models. I’m thinking a particular one is the Harley Davidson Iron Horse 883. I’m thinking it was the one that was around 3.5 gallons. But I cut the mounting brackets off and fabricated mounts onto it, and the frame, similar to the original V Star mounts. Pretty much all of the parts were refined and tweaked in some way to work together. A smaller tank would’ve looked good too I think. Keep in mind, the main reason I fabricated the frame into a single backbone was so that pretty much any custom tank could be mounted to it fairly easily.
@@ChadwickEllison Thanks heaps. I have a smaller tank similar to that one but range matters. That extra fabbing on the frame really transforms the bike. Top work. 👍
Much appreciated. Unfortunately, it’s long gone. Wish I didn’t even have to sell it. I miss it. I hope to build another one day. Maybe a 1600 Roadstar next time.
Sorry for the delay. I haven’t been on here much in a while. I made some slip mounts in the front. I fabricated the female parts by finding some pipe the size that would fit snug around the original rubber damper. I cut cross sections of the pipe roughly a quarter inch thick, cut an opening for the damper to slide in (but a little smaller), then curled the tips of the “C” shape a little outward to make the damper slide in smoothly but snug. The whole time, I’m pulling measurements and marking where they will be welded, leaving room for my wires to hide beneath. The metal male parts that the damper goes on were cut from the original frame carefully and were welded onto the sides of the new single bigger thicker backbone. Once the front mounts are in place, I slid it on and marked where the rear mounts should be. The original Harley mounts were cut off for the custom mounts. The rear custom mount came off a whole different tank we had lying around the shop. It was a bracket that was welded to the bottom rear of the peanut tank, kinda “U” shaped with a middle rail type base. It has bolt holes on the ends of the “U”. Receiving nuts were welded onto the frame in the places I marked, then tank can be slid and bolted on. After welding the mounts on the frame, and any other fabrication to the frame is finished, you may plan to powdercoat your frame. Also, I had mounted the tank leaving some room to later mount the gauge and to have clearance for the handlebars. I hope this helps. PS... of course make sure all gas is vacant from the tank, and be careful welding on it, as to not weld holes into the thin tank walls. I recommend having someone experienced do your welding, for frame strength and quality. Safety first. Thanks for your message!
I build a bobber too with the same bike and I saw you put a aftermarket cluster did you have any problems with the electric harness because my bike doesn't want to make fires !! do you have tip for me ?
I had a more experienced friend work on the wiring. That’s all I would be able to recommend, is to have someone experienced take a look. I didn’t have problems really. The gauge didn’t work with the stock speed sensors, so we had to install the universal sensors that came with it, then it worked fine. As far as fire, there are several components to check (not necessarily in this order) - pet cock switch, fuel lines, carburetor/jets, spark plugs, solenoid, good battery cranking amps, air/fuel ratio, to name the major things. If you’ve put aftermarket pipes on it, and changed the breather/air filter setup, it is a good idea to have the jets in your carburetor upgraded with a jet kit.! I ordered mine from Pacific Coast Star. Thanks for the comment!
Hey buddy that’s a killer setup you got there. Mind sharing what brand and model are those front & rear tires? Also what tank is that one where you get it & how ya custom to fit it on that split frame?
Sorry for the delay in response. I’m not on here a lot. Sorry, I can’t remember the tire brand. I sold this beauty recently. As far as the tank and fitment, the frame was modified to a single backbone and the tank is a modified Harley sportster tank. So it isn’t a split frame anymore. Either on this video or the other one I uploaded, I explained in fair detail what was done. Thanks for the comment and hope you’re well!
I did it as thrifty as possible because I didn’t have much money. And I did it little by little over about 2 and a half years. I suppose I had around 9K in the bike total, but I had some people that did things as favors to save money. The bike was completely taken apart and put back together from ground up, with a good bit of fabricating, and powder coating everything. The frame’s double backbone was replaced with a sturdy single backbone to accommodate for the tank. The bike was completely taken apart for that. That’s probably the fundamental thing that makes it more special is the single backbone conversion. And there’s all the little things like custom fabricated headlight mount and tank mounts and such. It definitely took time and determination and a lot of help from friends that knew more than me about certain things. There’s a company in Texas called Envied Cycles that inspired the build. I really liked their bikes and was into V-Stars. Honestly, looking back, I would MUCH rather just let them build me a bike now. I LOVE the way this bike turned out. I built it my way. But they can build you a head turner bike probably for the same money or possibly less, and you won’t have to devote all that time and energy and resources. Of course you may wish too, which is cool too. But I would recommend trying them if you like this bike.
I’m not sure. I looked at some images of the 1300 frame. It might slide onto it far enough down to look good. There seems to be some support tubes or gussets coming off of the backbone where about a third up from the back of the tank would be. Looks like it may have enough clearance though. And I’m sure you’ll have to modify the mounts on both the tank and frame like I had to.
Thanks. Not an easy question to answer. This reply should reveal a lot and give guidance and details. However, whoever reads this, I don’t really care to spend time teaching a free online course on building a custom bike. But I do really appreciate all the good feedback and interest for sure. It costed approximately $8,000, just a guess, I didn’t keep track, and a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, and about 2 years of off and on work. There were a few good talented friends that helped with the labor and technical stuff, and there were things done as favors that might have costed a pretty penny otherwise. I took time to research parts and find exactly what I wanted. The tank is from a Harley Iron Horse. The seat is La Rosa, which is great quality and very comfortable. The handlebars are Harley Slim bars. There was a good bit of custom fabrication done. At one point, the bike was literally completely disassembled, so that the frame could be modified, parts powdercoated, wiring harness re-ran, custom mounts on fuel tank and frame fabricated/welded, custom mounts for the rear blinkers welded, custom mounts for the seat fabricated/welded, etc. For example, the throttle/switch housing had to be shaved down and tweaked because it didn’t exactly fit perfectly with the Rolling Sands brass grips/throttle. The Blue Collar Bobber rear fender was modified and cut to be shorter. Custom suspension brackets were fabricated to lower the bike. I had to take measurements of the rubber air intake elbows to try to find the right size K&N open air breather cones to clamp on. Those breathers made it run too lean (if I remember correctly), so the carburetor was rebuilt and a friend re-jetted it for me with a kit ordered from West Coast Star. I believe we used the middle size jets by just guessing and it ran pretty good afterwards. This also had to be done because of opening the exhaust with custom pipes, which I lucked up and found the perfect pipes on eBay. I have no idea what brand they are. Neither did the seller. Total mystery and super good luck. That was the third set of pipes put on. I didn’t like the first two sets, or the stock pipes. One set ended up blocking the battery cover. So I had to remove the exhaust to even get to the battery. One of my favorite mods was the oil filter relocation kit. It looked cool as hell, but also made changing the oil extremely easy without having to remove foot boards and covers. All in all, a lot of searching, a lot of research, a lot of labor, a lot of tweaking and fabrication, a lot of time, a lot of patience, good friends, some luck, and of course money. But I enjoyed it. Good luck is all I can say. If you don’t want to go through all that, and wanna take the easy road, and you don’t necessarily care about the satisfaction or experience of building your own, check out Envied Cycles. They do very cool similar builds.
If you’re referring to the air induction, I took the plastic air box between the split backbone out when I customized the frame into a single backbone frame. I turned the air ducts outward and put some K&N air cones on them. I had to find the perfect size. But afterwards, the air coming in made it run too lean, so I rejetted the carburetor with a kit bought from Pacific Coast Stars. I think I used the middle size in the kit. It ran great afterwards.
The grill came on the headlight. I bought the assembly on eBay several years ago. Couldn’t really tell you from who. It wasn’t very expensive. The grill was real solid brass, which was the best thing about it really.
@@mitchallen5819 the fender at its original length looks fine and is definitely more practical and functional to protect you from water spray in wet conditions. But having no plans to put a front fender on it anyway, and no plans to ride in the rain, I thought shorter would look so much better in proportion considering how I designed the rest of the bike. I believe it was a great decision.
I got them on eBay. I never knew the brand. It was pretty much a gamble that turned out great. Because another pair I tried blocked the battery cover and these didn’t.
So sorry. I sold it a little over a month ago. I believe it was the 3.3 gallon Harley Sportster tank, had the rounded edge on bottom. Had to modify the double backbone of the frame into a single larger backbone to mount it the way I wanted. Thank you for the interest!
I ordered it from Germany, from Motogadget. I believe that’s the name. It’s a Motogadget Motoscope Tiny Vintage. You must have a mechanic that’s knowledgeable and willing to install it. You have to install the speed sensor hardware that comes with it. The original OEM sensors aren’t compatible. But there is a video here on RUclips that explains the device and how it works. Very quality addition to the bike.
It’s one of the Harley Sportster tanks, 3.3 gallon I believe. It’s the one with the rounded edges on the bottom instead of the flat/sharp edges. Both the frame and tank were modified to fit together on this particular bike.
The biggest thing was modifying the frame of the bike from the split double backbone to a single larger backbone. I cut off the original mounting brackets from the tank and fabricated custom ones. I made the front mounts work just as the v-star tanks were and used some of the hardware. You could always place a tank on top of the original frame, but I wanted it to look legit, so I put the work in. I was inspired to modify the backbone by checking out Envied Cycles bikes. They’ve built some awesome v-stars. After all was finished, honestly, I wouldn’t wanna build another. I’m not a professional builder so it was a pain at times. I would definitely have them do me a bike next time. But I am really proud of how it turned out. It looks great, sounded great, and ran great. Thanks for your compliments!
Nice job everyone involved. Work done properly. Solid. My '04 1100 Classic is in for a surprise! 🤣
Best V Star I've seen , that's bad ass !! 👍
That means a lot! Thank you. It was 2 years in the making. I loved it so much. But had to sell it when Covid first hit and was out of work. I miss it so much. It was so comfortable and sounded pretty good. And nothing compares to riding something you build from the ground up. Appreciate you!
Nice bike and beautiful sound
That's a sweet little Motogadget speedo! I Didn't know they made one with the vintage distressed look. Amazing bike overall!
Симпатичный бобёр, и звучит красиво.
Нраица.
Nice setup bro.
Me likey your style.
It looks pretty good. Vstars were very customizable because they sold so many. I have an old one and I am noticing the aftermarket for Vstars 1100 has fallen off a bit. Used to be a lot more parts available. I bought some apes from Pacific Coast Stars, but just recently I noticed they don’t have nearly as much. Fun bike for bar hopping. 2 carbs with a pod kit and exhaust is worth a little money and the other mods look really good. There is some money in that bike. The only persistent problem I know about them is the starter clutch. I never replaced mine and it’s 23 years old and had around 41,000 miles on it. Not all mine. It had like 20k when I bought it in 2009 I think. How much did you get? I was thinking about $3500? Maybe $4k.
I got $5000 for it, which was a deal considering time and money put into it. It was stripped down to the frame at one point. I surely didn’t wanna sell it, but Covid messed me up back then.
Good Sound & beautiful Bike 👍👍🙂😎😎😎🤘🤘
That's just an awesome bike!
I'm about to buy one of these bike next week , I dont know how to ride . This will be my learning bike . But this bike here on this video looks hot
I think the stock V-Stars are nice looking bikes even without these extensive modifications. And they are great as a first bike. Dependable and easy to ride. And affordable to maintain because they made many and parts are available everywhere. Congrats on your first bike and thanks for the compliment!
Дуже стильно, гарна праця!!!
hi, looks great! have you got any advice or guidance on how to wire up the custom speedo?
Build list ? Tank you went with ?
That's one reliable Harley
Indeed!
Hell of a bike
Much appreciated. I hope to have another soon. I’m thinking of building a 1600 next time.
I love it! Can you share how did you fit the rear fender? Thank you
Any part numbers for the parts you added
muy linda tu motocicleta.
Gracias 🙂
So do you call it Frankenstein?
The tank is cool.
Could you give me the model and supplier please if you will ?
It's the defining style mod. 👍
Thanks. I believe it’s what you would find on many of the Harley sportster models. I’m thinking a particular one is the Harley Davidson Iron Horse 883. I’m thinking it was the one that was around 3.5 gallons. But I cut the mounting brackets off and fabricated mounts onto it, and the frame, similar to the original V Star mounts. Pretty much all of the parts were refined and tweaked in some way to work together. A smaller tank would’ve looked good too I think. Keep in mind, the main reason I fabricated the frame into a single backbone was so that pretty much any custom tank could be mounted to it fairly easily.
@@ChadwickEllison
Thanks heaps.
I have a smaller tank similar to that one but range matters.
That extra fabbing on the frame really transforms the bike. Top work. 👍
sound awesome 😍
Hello, looks great!!
Where do you buy your tank?
Did u happen to find out where he got it?
@@Godofwar1007 No
What other tank would you recommend
What intake is that?
If Larry didnt buy it, I will.
Much appreciated. Unfortunately, it’s long gone. Wish I didn’t even have to sell it. I miss it. I hope to build another one day. Maybe a 1600 Roadstar next time.
Hi, can you explain a little bit how you mount or the kind of work to do to be able to mount the Harley tank , thanks !!
Sorry for the delay. I haven’t been on here much in a while. I made some slip mounts in the front. I fabricated the female parts by finding some pipe the size that would fit snug around the original rubber damper. I cut cross sections of the pipe roughly a quarter inch thick, cut an opening for the damper to slide in (but a little smaller), then curled the tips of the “C” shape a little outward to make the damper slide in smoothly but snug. The whole time, I’m pulling measurements and marking where they will be welded, leaving room for my wires to hide beneath. The metal male parts that the damper goes on were cut from the original frame carefully and were welded onto the sides of the new single bigger thicker backbone. Once the front mounts are in place, I slid it on and marked where the rear mounts should be. The original Harley mounts were cut off for the custom mounts. The rear custom mount came off a whole different tank we had lying around the shop. It was a bracket that was welded to the bottom rear of the peanut tank, kinda “U” shaped with a middle rail type base. It has bolt holes on the ends of the “U”. Receiving nuts were welded onto the frame in the places I marked, then tank can be slid and bolted on. After welding the mounts on the frame, and any other fabrication to the frame is finished, you may plan to powdercoat your frame. Also, I had mounted the tank leaving some room to later mount the gauge and to have clearance for the handlebars. I hope this helps. PS... of course make sure all gas is vacant from the tank, and be careful welding on it, as to not weld holes into the thin tank walls. I recommend having someone experienced do your welding, for frame strength and quality. Safety first. Thanks for your message!
@@ChadwickEllison oh man , no problem at all,, you've been super helpful ! Thank you very much, peace
I build a bobber too with the same bike and I saw you put a aftermarket cluster did you have any problems with the electric harness because my bike doesn't want to make fires !! do you have tip for me ?
I had a more experienced friend work on the wiring. That’s all I would be able to recommend, is to have someone experienced take a look. I didn’t have problems really. The gauge didn’t work with the stock speed sensors, so we had to install the universal sensors that came with it, then it worked fine. As far as fire, there are several components to check (not necessarily in this order) - pet cock switch, fuel lines, carburetor/jets, spark plugs, solenoid, good battery cranking amps, air/fuel ratio, to name the major things. If you’ve put aftermarket pipes on it, and changed the breather/air filter setup, it is a good idea to have the jets in your carburetor upgraded with a jet kit.! I ordered mine from Pacific Coast Star. Thanks for the comment!
Hey buddy that’s a killer setup you got there. Mind sharing what brand and model are those front & rear tires?
Also what tank is that one where you get it & how ya custom to fit it on that split frame?
Sorry for the delay in response. I’m not on here a lot. Sorry, I can’t remember the tire brand. I sold this beauty recently. As far as the tank and fitment, the frame was modified to a single backbone and the tank is a modified Harley sportster tank. So it isn’t a split frame anymore. Either on this video or the other one I uploaded, I explained in fair detail what was done. Thanks for the comment and hope you’re well!
Do you know what exhaust that is
what size is the rear tire
Hey bro you know how much it cost to convert a bike like that. Please anyone answer. Thanks
I did it as thrifty as possible because I didn’t have much money. And I did it little by little over about 2 and a half years. I suppose I had around 9K in the bike total, but I had some people that did things as favors to save money. The bike was completely taken apart and put back together from ground up, with a good bit of fabricating, and powder coating everything. The frame’s double backbone was replaced with a sturdy single backbone to accommodate for the tank. The bike was completely taken apart for that. That’s probably the fundamental thing that makes it more special is the single backbone conversion. And there’s all the little things like custom fabricated headlight mount and tank mounts and such. It definitely took time and determination and a lot of help from friends that knew more than me about certain things. There’s a company in Texas called Envied Cycles that inspired the build. I really liked their bikes and was into V-Stars. Honestly, looking back, I would MUCH rather just let them build me a bike now. I LOVE the way this bike turned out. I built it my way. But they can build you a head turner bike probably for the same money or possibly less, and you won’t have to devote all that time and energy and resources. Of course you may wish too, which is cool too. But I would recommend trying them if you like this bike.
Do you think that custom tank would fit an 07 v star 1300?
I’m not sure. I looked at some images of the 1300 frame. It might slide onto it far enough down to look good. There seems to be some support tubes or gussets coming off of the backbone where about a third up from the back of the tank would be. Looks like it may have enough clearance though. And I’m sure you’ll have to modify the mounts on both the tank and frame like I had to.
How much did you spend on that bike? I want one
Thanks. Not an easy question to answer. This reply should reveal a lot and give guidance and details. However, whoever reads this, I don’t really care to spend time teaching a free online course on building a custom bike. But I do really appreciate all the good feedback and interest for sure. It costed approximately $8,000, just a guess, I didn’t keep track, and a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, and about 2 years of off and on work. There were a few good talented friends that helped with the labor and technical stuff, and there were things done as favors that might have costed a pretty penny otherwise. I took time to research parts and find exactly what I wanted. The tank is from a Harley Iron Horse. The seat is La Rosa, which is great quality and very comfortable. The handlebars are Harley Slim bars. There was a good bit of custom fabrication done. At one point, the bike was literally completely disassembled, so that the frame could be modified, parts powdercoated, wiring harness re-ran, custom mounts on fuel tank and frame fabricated/welded, custom mounts for the rear blinkers welded, custom mounts for the seat fabricated/welded, etc. For example, the throttle/switch housing had to be shaved down and tweaked because it didn’t exactly fit perfectly with the Rolling Sands brass grips/throttle. The Blue Collar Bobber rear fender was modified and cut to be shorter. Custom suspension brackets were fabricated to lower the bike. I had to take measurements of the rubber air intake elbows to try to find the right size K&N open air breather cones to clamp on. Those breathers made it run too lean (if I remember correctly), so the carburetor was rebuilt and a friend re-jetted it for me with a kit ordered from West Coast Star. I believe we used the middle size jets by just guessing and it ran pretty good afterwards. This also had to be done because of opening the exhaust with custom pipes, which I lucked up and found the perfect pipes on eBay. I have no idea what brand they are. Neither did the seller. Total mystery and super good luck. That was the third set of pipes put on. I didn’t like the first two sets, or the stock pipes. One set ended up blocking the battery cover. So I had to remove the exhaust to even get to the battery. One of my favorite mods was the oil filter relocation kit. It looked cool as hell, but also made changing the oil extremely easy without having to remove foot boards and covers. All in all, a lot of searching, a lot of research, a lot of labor, a lot of tweaking and fabrication, a lot of time, a lot of patience, good friends, some luck, and of course money. But I enjoyed it. Good luck is all I can say. If you don’t want to go through all that, and wanna take the easy road, and you don’t necessarily care about the satisfaction or experience of building your own, check out Envied Cycles. They do very cool similar builds.
Oh, and the speedo was pretty expensive and had to be professionally installed. It was made in Germany. It’s called MotoGadget Speedo.
I think you cancel AIS. Is it true?
If you’re referring to the air induction, I took the plastic air box between the split backbone out when I customized the frame into a single backbone frame. I turned the air ducts outward and put some K&N air cones on them. I had to find the perfect size. But afterwards, the air coming in made it run too lean, so I rejetted the carburetor with a kit bought from Pacific Coast Stars. I think I used the middle size in the kit. It ran great afterwards.
Размер резины какой?
What kind of handle bars are those
Harley Slim handlebars
where can i get those light grills from?
The grill came on the headlight. I bought the assembly on eBay several years ago. Couldn’t really tell you from who. It wasn’t very expensive. The grill was real solid brass, which was the best thing about it really.
Where'd you get the rear fender?
Got the fender from Blue Collar Bobbers. Great people. I cut the fender shorter though at the base.
@@ChadwickEllison why did you cut it? Just preference?
@@mitchallen5819 the fender at its original length looks fine and is definitely more practical and functional to protect you from water spray in wet conditions. But having no plans to put a front fender on it anyway, and no plans to ride in the rain, I thought shorter would look so much better in proportion considering how I designed the rest of the bike. I believe it was a great decision.
Necesito una de esas
What exhaust is that by chance?
I got them on eBay. I never knew the brand. It was pretty much a gamble that turned out great. Because another pair I tried blocked the battery cover and these didn’t.
what kinda gas tank is it? read u wanna sell it? whats the price??
So sorry. I sold it a little over a month ago. I believe it was the 3.3 gallon Harley Sportster tank, had the rounded edge on bottom. Had to modify the double backbone of the frame into a single larger backbone to mount it the way I wanted. Thank you for the interest!
where you got that speedo
I ordered it from Germany, from Motogadget. I believe that’s the name. It’s a Motogadget Motoscope Tiny Vintage. You must have a mechanic that’s knowledgeable and willing to install it. You have to install the speed sensor hardware that comes with it. The original OEM sensors aren’t compatible. But there is a video here on RUclips that explains the device and how it works. Very quality addition to the bike.
How much and where?
So sorry. A gentleman took it off my hands about a month ago. I’ll miss it!
What kind of tank is that
It’s one of the Harley Sportster tanks, 3.3 gallon I believe. It’s the one with the rounded edges on the bottom instead of the flat/sharp edges. Both the frame and tank were modified to fit together on this particular bike.
Was it hard to modify it. I'm trying to switch the tank on my vstar 1100. Yours looks great
The biggest thing was modifying the frame of the bike from the split double backbone to a single larger backbone. I cut off the original mounting brackets from the tank and fabricated custom ones. I made the front mounts work just as the v-star tanks were and used some of the hardware. You could always place a tank on top of the original frame, but I wanted it to look legit, so I put the work in. I was inspired to modify the backbone by checking out Envied Cycles bikes. They’ve built some awesome v-stars. After all was finished, honestly, I wouldn’t wanna build another. I’m not a professional builder so it was a pain at times. I would definitely have them do me a bike next time. But I am really proud of how it turned out. It looks great, sounded great, and ran great. Thanks for your compliments!
Muy buena 👍
Whats the tire size on the front?