Posted: Apr 25, 2012 10:36 AM  (Msg. 1 of 116)

So I just picked up a 2007 Boulevard S50 800 w/1,2XX miles. I think it looks a little homo,
so I decided to start building (or un-building in all honesty) it into a street bobber.
I need info on seats, and fenders, or fender cutting, as well as exhaust,
jetting, and re-tuning. Thanks. I will update pics as I progress.

Day I: No Homo

^This is the day I bought the bike. Bone Stock. Looks a little girly for my taste.
So I decided to strip off the gaudy tool box to start. I'm new to this so I started small.



Day II: Louder is better

So today I decided to remove the baffles from my exhaust in hopes of gaining a much louder and throatier sound and feel. To do this I started by taking my harbor freight slide hammer (seen above) and removed the fitting on the end leaving just the slide rail with threads at one end, and the hammer, and handle. Now if you are as lucky as I was... your exhaust baffle is almost an exact fit for the threaded slide of the slide hammer. This made threading the slide hammer directly into the exhaust baffle pretty easy. I screwed it in about 6-8 good turns which secured the slide hammer firmly inside the baffle. Then I simply "slide-hammered" the baffle out. It came out in about 3-4 good slams. The nice thing was the baffle came out un-scathed so I can re-use it if I ever chose to. I did the same for the other side baffle. As most of you know this much improved the sound of my bike. However... Its not enough. I am going to do something more... dramatic.

Day III: The Tear Down



So I started by stripping the front fender, driver's mirror, side covers, seat, rear chrome support bars, taillight, license plate mount, stator, rear fender, exhaust mufflers, and battery box. That's it for tonight. Tomorrow I plan to design the solid rear suspension, and a new shorter battery box with a smaller battery capable of the same cranking amps. Ill update more soon. Did I mention I stripped the gaudy front and rear turn signals as well? Gone.

Below are a few pics of what I am going for, minus the handle bars. I need info on what seat was used, and fender, ect. I know the owner is a member so any help would be awesome!!

Edited by ChairMachineGun on Apr 25, 2012 at 10:42 AM

On a Steel Horse I Ride

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 12:03 PM  (Msg. 3 of 116)

Is the seat for sale? Can I buy it? I don't think it looks homo  

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 01:06 PM  (Msg. 5 of 116)

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Na, I am not selling any of the original parts just yet in case I have to return it to stock.
Quote: Well I need a fender. I dont want to cut my original. What should I buy to make it look the same? I am brand new to all this but I am diving in head first to get this done.

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 01:54 PM  (Msg. 7 of 116)

Another rear fender that you can cut.
An old 80's Intruder front seat.
Exhaust turn out tips from an auto-parts store if you going for that same thing.
Exhaust wrap?
He doesn't have much going on there. You're almost done. lol.

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 03:46 PM  (Msg. 9 of 116)

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I knew you would jump in on this "white" bike thread!!  

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 05:50 PM  (Msg. 11 of 116)

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Seat

I'm sure jetting tips will come in sooner or later. lol.

Posted: Apr 25, 2012 07:24 PM  (Msg. 13 of 116)

If you want to do exhaust and intake (filters) I suggest you talk to Cruiser Magic 2 .

I have met them personally and they are good, honest people.
Their Stage Two jet kit comes with needles, jets and K&N filters.


They also have a very popular ehaust system, the CM 2 I believe it is called.

On a Steel Horse I Ride

Posted: Apr 26, 2012 09:20 AM  (Msg. 15 of 116)

I think you should keep the wood  

Tilos...where did you buy your risers and what width are your handlebars?

Posted: Apr 26, 2012 09:29 AM  (Msg. 17 of 116)

HC:

The risers are stock form another year, measure 4 1/2", and are mounted in reverse.
The bars are from J&P, cut to stock length, but have about half the bend angle of the stock bars.

Too Homo...what do you think?
Tilos





sorry for what I typed right there
Edited by Tilos on Apr 26, 2012 at 09:34 AM

Posted: Apr 26, 2012 09:44 AM  (Msg. 19 of 116)

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The chrome Rails that you took off. You can cut the rear half of them off just after they attach to that wooden strut mounting point. Keep the front part on so it keeps that mounting point strong.