This 1974 Harley-Davidson Sportster was built and designed by my friend Jeff Winter. We started working together in April of 2001 at Illinois Harley-Davidson. When Jeff was rebuilding this bike, he needed to widen the rear fender and he asked me if I would weld it for him. When he came to my shop, he had already planned it out very well. We cut the rear fender down the middle, made a filler piece and welded it in. Then we smoothed it out on the english wheel.

Jeff rebuilt the entire motor and trans himself. He machined all the parts on the bike to convert the front end from a narrow glide to a wide glide and mount the split bob gas tanks. If you look closely at this bike, you can see how much work he put into it and how nicely it is done. The attention to detail and the craftsmanship is awesome and it clearly shows. I think it’s one of the coolest Iron Sportys around and I’m glad I got the chance to work with Jeff on this project.