SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT THE JOURNEY,NOT THE DESTINATION

SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT THE JOURNEY,NOT THE DESTINATION
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Friday, June 29, 2012

My 1st Yamaha virago 535 chopper build
The frame was built by Omar EASTERN BOBBER,i had a deal with Omar,


Icontra my airbrush work with this hard tail frame,it was design especially for yamaha virago 535 engine


Donor bike
After removing the engine from the donor bike,i install it on the hard tail frame,it was really heavy (1man show action)
Rahim BUKIT BOTAK GARAGE gave me this tank 3years ago
The Ness design gas cap from WAK JEP GARAGE
Tank mod by WAK JEPP ZALI

Engine and rear wheel installed
I use standard virago foot controls and pegs

Mock up the front end
borrow omar tank,to get some 70's feel
Original shaft drive,fit like a glove
no seat idea yet

Original Vespa seat from my p150s vespa
Cutting pipes for the exhaust
Cut off original exhaust (my son testing the vespa seat)
custom exhaust,loud as hell
bending pipes for exhaust,using hydraulic bender
extend the fork 7inch,triple tree is from kawasaki eliminator 250
note the fork extention
geting the feel and position
wak jep is welding bracket for exhaust and rear brake stop
hand made fender by Wak jep

i rode my un finish bike to Wak jep garage almost everyday(10km)
hand bend flat bar into sissy bar,no torch was use here
Horse shoe a gift from mr zainal 5 years ago
Welding bracket for rear light
sissy bar,first try,not strong enough
Brake light from olsd school garage
fitting the fender clearance
tack weld the pipes
tacked!
welding flat iron bar on the fender to strenghtened it
Hand made stuff
Left original yamaha lever,Right vespa lever and yamaha rxs lever holder
relocate front brake lever and brake fluid resv. under the tank







punch screws into cardboard so i dont forgot their position later





















replace burnt stator coil
paint yhe engine wrinkle black and original chrome
replace worn clutch plates






later i drop the fork tube to the max,the ape hanger and sissy bar



test ride 150km to tampin negeri sembilan,note new handle bar



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short sissy bar
new flat iron sissy bar and baby ape handle bar


150km test ride



test ride lubok cina


test ride port dickson negeri sembilan


test ride melaka,afamosa resort,at night

twisty up hill test ride,genting highland




Me building bike from donated parts from friends,thanks all.completed in 1month

Without these guys my dream of building my own chopper would still remain as a dream.
Omar Eastern Bobber for the frame & for the SEMANGAT

Rahim Bukit Botak garage for the one off handmade gas tank,offering to teach me frame building and chopper building

Jep Zali Wak Jep Garage for fabricating those brackets,battery box,exhaust pipes,fender& sissy bar,let me use his drill,grinder,welder,bender&tools,teaching me the proper way to cut,prepare,drill,bend & weld heavy metal ,and also finding rare parts for THE CHOPPA

Inspiration came long2 time ago from these names

adik ahmad viking/rasa riva,zul viking/jokers ,first two biker who rode real choppers i saw live back in the ol days,
abang hamdan rasa riva,low profile custom builder,
atan locklaq for making me understand choppa love,rode with atan first build,
eddie cmc for selling me those chopper building/history dvds that i watched 1000000times,
the horse magazine,easyrider,sinners choppertown,chopper head,jesse james,indian larry,matt hotch,chica,russel mitchel & e one