Photo #1 - "I'm in a chair with a body cast (lower half). This was a Dick Allen-born machine. My buddy Rich added the dildo jockey shift handle,' finger footpegs', and the swastika clutch pedal. 24" over Model A wishbone springer. I bought it from Dick Allen in 1970 for $750.00 - my first H-D".
Photo #2 - "What it looked like 6 months later. Stock forks, stock '57 straightleg frame. Same drivetrain, though.
Photo #3 - "Same machine as photo #2" Above photos & words from Rich Ostrander
Irish Rich is the owner of Shamrock Fabrication/Irish Rich Custom Cycles, a "no frills" custom motorcycle and fabrication shop. Rich has been involved with custom motorcycles and hot rods for over 44 years, and is a member of the Sinners, out of Southern California. Rich and his motorcycles have appeared in Street Chopper, DicE Magazine, The Horse, Easyriders, IronWorks, S&S Performance Times, Bigtwin, Show Class Magazine, Jesse James' documentary "The History Of The Chopper", One World Studios' "The Harbortown Bobber", and Joyrides Art Co.-"The Photography of Mark Kawakami". He also currently writes, and has written tech articles and feature stories for most of the custom motorcycle publications, and wrote an ongoing column for the first 16 issues of Greasy Kulture Magazine.
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