I call the bike used2be as it used to be a 2000 Buell M2 cyclone before I ripped it apart in 2019. I had owned the bike since 2004.
This bike is my first build. It is a sportster (Buell) powered softail.
It has a custom cycle development sportster softail monoshock frame with a Buell M2 running gear and engine. The engine has a Mikuni HSR carb, with Andrews N8 cams and a Hex track exhaust and Supertrapp style end cans.
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The bike also runs a custom wiring loom using a motogadget M- Unit control box. It has an LED headlight with LED indicators the rear ones are integrated into the sissy bar. The handle bars are cut down 2 inch thick custom ones from ebay with internal wiring.
The paint work is a custom dark red cherry with black in it this was done by the owner. The brakes are standard front Buell brakes with a 2 piston rear brake upgrade.
The bike has done a full SMVA test and managed to get an age related plate. The bike weighs less than a Dyna and about 1/2 that of a standard Softail and as the standard Buell is quoted as 92 horsepower with the mods it has now its quite good fun.
I myself am an ex RAF electronics tech with some basic mechanical skills learnt over the years and was encouraged to try building a custom bike when my Buell M2 became rather scruffy this encouragement came from a builder called jerry Barzey who built the well known Triumph back in the eighties called Sledgehammer which featured in the magazine.
Mick Crate
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