The Camaro Club (UK)

If I had known you were building this you should have had a word with my dad, he builds the best frames in the UK and is very good on his prices. He also makes fenders,tanks etc. He has being doing it since 1976

Awsome bike though cant go wrong with the Ultimas

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Cheers Rocky, I know a very good frame builder already, he's been doing it a while too And he built mine.

The frame is a CCD one:
http://www.customcycledevelopments.com/

Whats your dads company out of interest?

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

MC Cycles, http://www.mccycles.co.uk
Back in the day they were the largest manufacturer of custom parts in the UK. I'm painting his bike at the moment as he has a show in February. Here's a sneak peak of the bike. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh3ZbMD7Lbs
I have been around bikes since I was a baby and the only frame builders that are as good are rolling thunder and Xtreme which have now gone bust. But then I'm going to be biased

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for non chop frames arent spondon still going and other similar firms still operating?

Hey Rocky is your dad's name Mark ?
I remember MC from when they had a shop and workshops near Watford Station.
MC sprayed a pre unit Triumph chop I showed at Olympia back in the day...
If Mark is your dad ask him some time if he remembers straightening the frame of a 1941 Knucklehead Harley...also one of my old bikes .

Yep thats him, i will ask him, he normally remembers all the stuff he has done.

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More or less finished the bike today, just need to mount the SVA mirrors and refit the headlights.

Picked up the seat, nice job and at £40 was cheap enough too (yes its real cow too ) Was short of bolts for it so had to order some more.



Spent most of the day sorting the exhausts. The stock softail ones seem to fit OK, and it runs suprisingly well with them fitted to be honest. Really quiet now, hopefully OK for SVA. And as the exhausts have a cat fitted too, hopefully it'll be OK for the emissions test too.



Found a few other minor issues to sort before SVA, like needing to move the connectors for the rear lights, and fit some bigger bump stops. Also a little concerned by the proximity of the final drive belt to the swing arm this is probably due to me running a 70t rear pulley.

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

that does look a cool bike I'd like to give a Sportster a go like the 883 etc in flat black as im not a show n shine kinda guy

Finally finished it There's a few things to change before (mirrors) and after the SVA (exhaust). Will be sending the forms off next week I reckon...

New speed sensor, this time fitted with additional voltage regulation to see if it lasts a bit longer.

http://youtu.be/WRK2mbuunis[/youtube]

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

Great to see it finished, that paint looks perfect !
Will be sure to look out for it if you take it to any events, assuming we ever get any riding weather.
Hats off to you for taking on 2 projects at once...some of us struggle with 1.