Love the story of how he named the bike Mary Lou after his late grandmother. The sentimental bond you build with your bike, and relationships you make from the process of building and riding it are what make the chopper community so attractive.
1st 5 mins...Dre knows what likes, had a vision, and articulates it well and pushed until it became real. In a month! Much respect to the man and this incredible bike. 👊🙌
Dre's Sporty is everything that a frisco-styed chopper should be -- compact for good handling, a six-over fork (perfect), no rake, and a decent front brake. The "T" bars are great for good handling in fast-moving situations. Those Moon finned ignition and clutch cover a nice touch. I've always dug a NorCal (frisco) styled bike. Max Schaaf's orange knuckle engine in a drop seat Duo Glide frame is bruisin'. So is Dre's Sporty. Once, I built a Pan/Shovel and dedicated it to a pal who was on his '65 Pan chopper when he was killed by a drunk driver. His ideas and mine gelled -- including the color (metallic silver). Love ya, Pete (RIP). God love you, Dre, for naming your bike after your grandmother. May she rest in peace in Christ's kingdom. Ride safe, Dre. Thanks, LNSPLTBLVD!
I love how extensive he got with repairs getting rid of every gremlin, love that he knew what he wanted in the end. Great build, great dude. Love the fact that he named the bike after his late grandmother, rest her soul. Hella good upload fr
I love the pride he has for sportsters. I have an 883 sportster, slowly putting it together rigid swing arm, but eventually I will chop it. Honestly I think i could ride a sportster forever. There arent enough people who understand the sportster like he does, and have that pride, I feel like.
Anyone who truly loves motorcycles appreciates a Sportster. I own and ride the hell out of an '07 Road King, and I drool over my buddies Sportster. They're great looking bikes.
That’s a sweet little scoot. I have built a few of my own and I DO feel you on the little aggravations the build shop shows never tell you. That is what makes it real though. Nice ride!
I use Strava. It's a hiking app . . . I came from SF and used to love all the back roads! they have all become the 'burbs. I live in FarNor Cal now. If you love empty, twisty, scenic, mountains and canyons you can ride all day, with the occasional awesome cafe in the middle of nowhere, I recommend highways 3 and 36 to start. So many amazing side roads to connect to from there! Love your bike, man! Hope to see you on the road! ✌😎
First saw Dre’s bike at the SF show a couple months ago. He was parked by Nicks bike. I then saw him roll into the Stockton show last month and got to talk to him and pick his brain. Love this bike
Definitely a sweet scoot. Something you should be proud of and as far as the guys hating on Sportys. They’re probably hating as they’re walking. You take care and stay safe brother. My dad always told me while someone is hating on me they’re leaving someone else alone.
Thank you!!! I was just in London last month and got to check out this bad ass place called bike shed moto! I wish I had my bike with me. Would have been awesome to ride the English country side.
The 49ers are legit franchise , some of the best players of all time played for them! Joe Montana and Jerry Rice all American mvps. Great looking bike thats also very practical for San Francisco landscaping.
That's a sick bike, but I really enjoyed hearing him describe the history of the Frisco-style bikes. I'm a bobber guy, but I had no idea of the purpose of some of the part setups.
If you’re running a Dyna-S and the bike runs great all but at idle, it is the flyweights. Bad flyweights unit mimics a ‘vacuum leak’ where at idle the revs stay up for a minute or so before returning down to a normal idle speed. If there are no vacuum leaks, the flyweights are out of tolerance with the pivot pins and or the return springs are fatigued. Replace with a quality made in USA unit like the one American Prime Manufacturing offers. Buy once fry once. I’ve used new Taiwan units straight out of the box that were out of wack and had me chasing my tail about idle issues. I wouldn’t swap that Mikuni for a S&S you’re downgrading with that move.
Good insight!!! I'll look into American Prime and add it to the parts list. Sadly a lot of the parts have been the ol case of buy once cry once hahaha but I try to buy as much USA made as I possibly can and support local businesses.
badass bike homie way to tackle that transmission and knock it out finding the parts n gettin it done, nice flat head decale on the silver tank and that master cylinder is cool i like a front break
I love Sportsters, I have 2 of em (along with an Evo Fatboy and a M8 114cu Fatbob) For the bike in the video I would do the frame the same (color) as the tank. Wouldn't go for the "chrome" powder coat, I seen many, but it seems "off" every time.
Super Bike, gratuliere 👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ich baue gerade einen Chopper auf Softail Evo 1987 Motor, ich bin Chopper Fan seit ich meiner Freundin Zeitschrift Custom Choppers bekommen habe. Das ist 1978 lange her.
Dre, nice bike brother, however, you need to move the fuel cap to the very top of the tank (Frisco tank); The Charter from Frisco started that back in the 60s.
@@andregonzales04hey man quick question I was thinkin about gettin those pipes from tc bros and putting them on chop, did you have to weld a tab on the frame or did you use P clamps?
Was thinking about getting those same pipes for the chop im building just trying to figure out how I’d have to get the brackets on like he did, sick bike tho!
If the carb is randomly having issues like that id bet you got an intake leak... Your gonna swap to an s&s carb and caise youll put a new manifold and seals on it youll think the carb fixed it but it was def the manifold. Whenever any bike ive had had a randomly erratic idle or throttle response it ended up being intake related.
Love the story of how he named the bike Mary Lou after his late grandmother. The sentimental bond you build with your bike, and relationships you make from the process of building and riding it are what make the chopper community so attractive.
1st 5 mins...Dre knows what likes, had a vision, and articulates it well and pushed until it became real. In a month! Much respect to the man and this incredible bike. 👊🙌
Thank you so much for the kind words!!!
Very honest guy.. humble telling the story and revealing his limitations but also his passion. Dre is cool.
Thank you so much that's really nice of you say 🙏🏽
Dre's Sporty is everything that a frisco-styed chopper should be -- compact for good handling, a six-over fork (perfect), no rake, and a decent front brake. The "T" bars are great for good handling in fast-moving situations. Those Moon finned ignition and clutch cover a nice touch. I've always dug a NorCal (frisco) styled bike. Max Schaaf's orange knuckle engine in a drop seat Duo Glide frame is bruisin'. So is Dre's Sporty. Once, I built a Pan/Shovel and dedicated it to a pal who was on his '65 Pan chopper when he was killed by a drunk driver. His ideas and mine gelled -- including the color (metallic silver). Love ya, Pete (RIP). God love you, Dre, for naming your bike after your grandmother. May she rest in peace in Christ's kingdom. Ride safe, Dre. Thanks, LNSPLTBLVD!
I love how extensive he got with repairs getting rid of every gremlin, love that he knew what he wanted in the end. Great build, great dude.
Love the fact that he named the bike after his late grandmother, rest her soul. Hella good upload fr
Thank you so much!! Truly appreciate the kind words. Those damn gremlins are always pain in the ass!
I love the pride he has for sportsters. I have an 883 sportster, slowly putting it together rigid swing arm, but eventually I will chop it. Honestly I think i could ride a sportster forever. There arent enough people who understand the sportster like he does, and have that pride, I feel like.
Great bike. I've never understood the hating on Sportsters. They're reliable, affordable, infinitely customisable, and sound incredible.
Anyone who truly loves motorcycles appreciates a Sportster. I own and ride the hell out of an '07 Road King, and I drool over my buddies Sportster. They're great looking bikes.
View old motorcycle Videos , The sportster was quick and nimble. And popular
"The most reliable Harley ever made.. that and the big twin Evo"
One hundred percent! nice chopper!
Glad I stopped by. The best way town and ride is build it. Well done.
Nothing to hate on with a sportster friend. Those motors are strong. I like your build. Best from NZ
Super cool build. Thanks for sharing all the little tips and tricks learned during the process.
Love this content man. Dont ever stop.
Learned something new! Never knew all the details of Frisco Choppers. Great video
It’s always great seeing guys actually ride their builds.
Excellent video, great bike. This guy has heart. The real deal. Thank you.
The mic makes such a difference, thanks!
🤙🤙best way to end the day! Thx for the vid!
That’s a sweet little scoot. I have built a few of my own and I DO feel you on the little aggravations the build shop shows never tell you. That is what makes it real though. Nice ride!
Pound for pound the best bike Harley ever produced, the Sportster.
100%
Daaaaamn. You actually made the sporty of my dreams. ❤ mad respect . May you ride long. Keep the rubber on the road and the throttle always cranked. 🤟
I use Strava. It's a hiking app . . .
I came from SF and used to love all the back roads! they have all become the 'burbs. I live in FarNor Cal now. If you love empty, twisty, scenic, mountains and canyons you can ride all day, with the occasional awesome cafe in the middle of nowhere, I recommend highways 3 and 36 to start. So many amazing side roads to connect to from there!
Love your bike, man! Hope to see you on the road! ✌😎
Thank you man! I'll definitely add highway 3 and 36 to the list! I'll 100% ride those next spring! Nor Cal definitely has some of my favorite roads 🤘🏽
Hell yeah, love frisco style bikes!
First saw Dre’s bike at the SF show a couple months ago. He was parked by Nicks bike. I then saw him roll into the Stockton show last month and got to talk to him and pick his brain. Love this bike
Super nice build.
Be proud. 👍
This definitely makes me rethink of selling mine. Thank you
Don't do it! Hahaha the good news is there's plenty still out there if you ever want to re buy one in the future.
That is beautiful! I loved hearing how the bike fits into the SF landscape...very interesting!
Mary Lou is one of the coolest Sportsters that I have seen ! Awesome 😎
Man thank you so much!!! I appreciate that!
sporsters built the motor company
man sounds like a low double kick drum rhythm when its idle, i love that.
Definitely a sweet scoot. Something you should be proud of and as far as the guys hating on Sportys. They’re probably hating as they’re walking. You take care and stay safe brother. My dad always told me while someone is hating on me they’re leaving someone else alone.
Your dad sounds like a great man! I agree with him 100% I always felt if someone is hating on you then it means you're doing something right!
Yeah Man!...Great beard...Great job you have.....Great sled....Ride safe Boss....
Thank man much appreciated!! 🤘🏽
Being only able to buy one thing a month was my way too so I fully understand 👍. He came over really well as a nice caring guy. Plus crackin bike. 🇬🇧
Thank you!!! I was just in London last month and got to check out this bad ass place called bike shed moto! I wish I had my bike with me. Would have been awesome to ride the English country side.
@@andregonzales04 wow !
Bro i lived in santa cruz for 7 years and san jose for 2 , awesome bike man, i hope to see y'all in the mountains on a ride someday!
Bike is dope. That Datsun though 😵💫
The 49ers are legit franchise , some of the best players of all time played for them! Joe Montana and Jerry Rice all American mvps. Great looking bike thats also very practical for San Francisco landscaping.
100%! Go Niners!!!
That bike is perfect!👌🏻
Thank you man!!
wow beautiful bike and story. My sportster is also named after my grandmother: GINA 😍
Hell yea! I miss my Grandma 🥲 she was super important to me.
man such a beautiful bike. love what the homie did with his sportster and hope i catch him out on a ride sometime. rock on bro.
Thank you! 🤘🏽 I'm always out on rides around the Bay area!
Superb gem! ✌🏻
That's a sick bike, but I really enjoyed hearing him describe the history of the Frisco-style bikes. I'm a bobber guy, but I had no idea of the purpose of some of the part setups.
sikk azz bike and as alwayz sikk azz video. dope content bruh
Great looking bike. Really well done
If you’re running a Dyna-S and the bike runs great all but at idle, it is the flyweights. Bad flyweights unit mimics a ‘vacuum leak’ where at idle the revs stay up for a minute or so before returning down to a normal idle speed. If there are no vacuum leaks, the flyweights are out of tolerance with the pivot pins and or the return springs are fatigued. Replace with a quality made in USA unit like the one American Prime Manufacturing offers. Buy once fry once. I’ve used new Taiwan units straight out of the box that were out of wack and had me chasing my tail about idle issues. I wouldn’t swap that Mikuni for a S&S you’re downgrading with that move.
Good insight!!! I'll look into American Prime and add it to the parts list. Sadly a lot of the parts have been the ol case of buy once cry once hahaha but I try to buy as much USA made as I possibly can and support local businesses.
@@andregonzales04 I have a video on servicing flyweight (points ignition) on my channel if interested. Clean bike by the way keep it up!
Love the bike. it scratches all the itches man. let us take a second to recognize that Bitchin S30 in the backround.
What a beautiful sound that bike has! Great to hear a true bike build story, no bs just the real shit show that customizing anything with a motor!
badass bike homie way to tackle that transmission and knock it out finding the parts n gettin it done, nice flat head decale on the silver tank and that master cylinder is cool i like a front break
Lovely basic riding bike, can't beat the reliability of a sportster, very clean 👍
cool ride, immediately knew he was talking about snap ring pliers lol
Awesome build👍
Nice looking Sportster!
Sweet ride bro
Thank you!
Very nice ride
"I like silver and black--and silver and black". LOL! Beautiful bike!
That looks right from every single angle. So that means it's right.
Cool as hell 👍🏻👍🏻👊🏻😎
Such a killer build! ❤🔥
I’m big on neutrals as well. I’m getting my tank and fenders painted gun metal grey
Gun metal bikes are bad ass!
Nice bike , hard tail is not for UK roads lol but my dreams are coming near 🤙
Beautiful bike bro
Thanks man!!
Looking cool your bike really nice
Thank you Pedro!
great vid beautiful Sporty Cheers boys
Thank you!!!
Absolutely fantastic bro
Richie (uk)
that’s one bad lookin chop 👌🏻
Thanks Alex!!! 🤘🏽
That’s a clean sportster.
that's photos from Jordans instagram are dope! We need more stories from these guys!
I love Sportsters, I have 2 of em (along with an Evo Fatboy and a M8 114cu Fatbob) For the bike in the video I would do the frame the same (color) as the tank. Wouldn't go for the "chrome" powder coat, I seen many, but it seems "off" every time.
Espectacular "Sportster" EVO. Una chopper muy trabajada, y el dueño un figura...Mi respeto. Saludos from Spain🍻
Muchos gracias 🤝🏼 🇪🇸
That's a really cool looking bike you have.
Thanks man!
Super Bike, gratuliere 👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ich baue gerade einen Chopper auf Softail Evo 1987 Motor, ich bin Chopper Fan seit ich meiner Freundin Zeitschrift Custom Choppers bekommen habe. Das ist 1978 lange her.
That's bad ass! I love big twin Choppers! Those are great engines
This bike is everything i want, its perfect.
Nice bike has a story.definitely made it his own.
When’s the next big trip, love watching those videos 👌 pretty sure iv stayed up late watching all of them they are sick
Two choppers, a 240Z, and a couple of bottles of Jameson's. Nice place to be!
check out Arlen Ness 'frisco style sportsters from the 70s. Nice build, I always loved the sportster tanks.
Arlen Ness makes some bad ass bikes for sure! I personally love his digger style choppers
This bike is 🔥
What a beauty
👍bike building. life changing
Killer bike great video how do I get that vest with iron cross
dope sporty!🔥
First kick baby!!!
Beautiful bike. Period.
Dre, nice bike brother, however, you need to move the fuel cap to the very top of the tank (Frisco tank); The Charter from Frisco started that back in the 60s.
You're right!! I need to do that ASAP!
right on brother, not to mention, you get about 10-15 more miles out of a tank of gas, depending on the tank@@andregonzales04
@@andregonzales04hey man quick question I was thinkin about gettin those pipes from tc bros and putting them on chop, did you have to weld a tab on the frame or did you use P clamps?
@@Nathanr561 yup had to weld a tab on the rear portion of the frame. But the mid portion has a bracket that connects to your sprocket cover
@@andregonzales04 awesome thanks man! Wicked bike,Ride safe!
Love that at the end he made fun of kickstart bikes 😂
Nice bike Dre'
Thank you so much!
Dude I say the same shit when I wear my prescription sunglasses😂😂
Was thinking about getting those same pipes for the chop im building just trying to figure out how I’d have to get the brackets on like he did, sick bike tho!
Saludos carnal desde Mexicali baja California
Gracias compa!! 🤝🏼🇲🇽
If the carb is randomly having issues like that id bet you got an intake leak... Your gonna swap to an s&s carb and caise youll put a new manifold and seals on it youll think the carb fixed it but it was def the manifold. Whenever any bike ive had had a randomly erratic idle or throttle response it ended up being intake related.
SWEET
very cool😄
Modest bloke with sweet chop. Props!
I think the guy said that owning an Ironhead forces you to become a mechanic. Seems like he's been doing a pretty good job of it himself anyway 😊😊
Dope design
Nice 240z !
Hells Ya!
Nice bike vato ..
Thanks Nice Build & Bike really like the Kick start ..I said what ??? @ 1 st .....what year is that engine
very good for having complete brakes 😁
Pretty rare in the chopper community to have complete brakes hahahah
Gracias amigos ! Excelentes videos !!
Podrian hacer alguno del cronograma de mantenimiento de una harley ?
Gracias !!😅
Bad ass bike , cool boots too what kind are those boots
Thanks Jose! The boots are red wing engineers model 2268. Great riding boots!
@@andregonzales04 thanks brother