The Ultimate Sportster Question Thread. To the MAX!

[Motorradfahrer]

Does anyone know who makes this bolt-on hard-tail? Where can I purchase one?

[ThePete]

Don't know who makes that particular model but I did a quick google search and came across this and thought it was kind of interesting.

http://www.hammerinhandcycles.com/hardtail.html

[Guest]

Don't know who makes that particular model but I did a quick google search and came across this and thought it was kind of interesting.
http://www.hammerinhandcycles.com/hardtail.html

Those hammer in hand bolt ons are quite possibly the ugly hard tail ever made.just awful.

[Guest]

Thats a KR style bolt on tail. Sporty specialties is making repros now

http://www.sportyspecialties.com/new_products.html

[CRFyou]

This David Bird hard tail looks good and is cheap.

http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/p1771/buy/m-c-parts/frames-amp-hardtails/american/david-bird-sportster-1954-1978-bolt-on-hardtail-frame-by-david-bird/

And Pete... Wtf?! That's fucking heinous.

[Motorradfahrer]

Thats a KR style bolt on tail. Sporty specialties is making repros now
http://www.sportyspecialties.com/new_products.html

That's it. Thank you!

[FlameThrowerCustoms]

That's it. Thank you!

I have one of those Sporty Specialty KR-style bolt-on hardtails sitting out in my shop to be installed on my '73 XLCH. It is a very well-made piece of chopper-building equipment.

https://www.flamethrowercustoms.blogspot.com

https://www.flamethrowercustoms.com

[ThePete]

Key word interesting, only ones I have ever seen in person made the bike look way too short. Personally I'd use struts before a bolt on one.

[Guest]

Those hammer in hand bolt ons are quite possibly the ugly hard tail ever made.just awful.

agreed, those axle plates are way too small

[Guest]

agreed, those axle plates are way too small

I feel the same way

[joshbaker]

Im not a fan of bolt on hardtails. I just use struts or weld on. For my bike i did struts since i didnt have any clue if i was going to like riding a hardtail. Found out that yup they ride stiff but i am fine with it. So now looking into doing a weld on setup.

[JohnnyRainbow]

I LOVE that bike in the first post. I've been waiting for somebody to use one of those hardtails...

[bobscogin]

I've been waiting for somebody to use one of those hardtails...

Waiting? Those showed up at Harley's racing department in 1952. Where ya' been??

Bob

[JohnnyRainbow]

Waiting? Those showed up at Harley's racing department in 1952. Where ya' been??

Bob

Lol Bob, I mean a dude here. Everybody seems to be a slave to the straight backbone weld on hardtail.

[bobscogin]

Lol Bob, I mean a dude here. Everybody seems to be a slave to the straight backbone weld on hardtail.

I hear ya'! I don't understand the straight backbone thing either. What's really puzzling is why someone would want axle plates as big as a boomerang to solve a non-problem. Worse yet, the straight backbone makes the frame look too much like just another Big Twin rigid. I like the KR lines!

Bob