Milwaukee Tommy Gun wanted a super skinny set of fatbobs, so that's exactly what I fabbed up for him. Tommy also wanted to use his catseye dash panel, so I had to watch the new filler neck placement, so there was room between them to mount up the dash when they were finished. I jussssst made it!
Don't worry, no OEM 3 1/2 gallon tank halves were harmed or molested in any way for this project. The parts are all new tank stampings that I narrowed, and the filler necks, gas caps, and mounting brackets are all OEM-style repop pieces.
They kinda remind me of WR tanks a little bitIf you know the width and length of a Harley catseye dash panel, then you can really visualize from the above photos, the width and length of these tank halves in relation to the dash dimensions.
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.
9 comments:
How much do they hold now?
Thats awesome. I really like the narrowness of my 3.2 gal Panhead tanks. These have a stouter profile look to them.
I've never seen a set done like that...really cool stuff!
How much do they hold? I dunno - maybe a guesstimate of like somewhere between 2-2 1/2 gallons.
Neato. I always liked cut down fat bobs. Did you start with Paugcho Mustang tanks?
Mustang tanks? No.
I might need a set of those for the FXWG.
Excellent work!
super neato!!!
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