"Cap'n there be Sportys here!" lots of pics!

[Doc45]

Ok, pardon the play on the movie quote but today was the "ride in" bike show at Sun HD in Thornton, CO (north Denver suburb). I was pleasantly surprised that there were a fair number of Sportsters. The show was billed as a "custom" bike show so I did not take pics of the few bikes entered that were stock w/the exception of chrome stick on parts or front fenders removed.

Sun has 2 stores, HD is one-Honda/Kawasaki and something else is another. They are the oldest HD dealer in Colorado. The show was in the parking lot between the 2 stores.

Lots of pics, I give info on the bikes when I was able to get it, enjoy!





Sportys:


1988, my favorite of the Sportsters there:

[Brad]

Great pics! What was the I4 chop, a Honda?

[Doc45]

'95 Buell



Not sure what year, the owner of this one actually runs it at a small flat track north of town that has races either once or twice a month:



1973 Norton 850 Commando, not restored, 3rd owner, Dunstall factory pipes:



One wicked custom, 130" S&S race motor, owner said it took 6 months to do the paint alone:

[merc]

Originally Posted by Doc45

Also what is the piston like part that is sticking out the side of the fork bracket?

[Doc45]

That chop is a 650 Kawasaki:


Not sure what this is, hard tail frame, the guy rode it to Sturgis last year from the Denver area:



This belongs to one of the guys at the dealership but I couldn't find out any info, sorry:





Original 1948 Indian:

[Doc45]

A couple of old Kawasakis, different owners. First up 1980 Z1-R, all original, from Tulsa, the current owner even had the 1/4 mile time print outs from the original owner:

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This is a turbo charged 1000, original owner, used to work at the Kawasaki shop, 1981:

[Turbota]

Originally Posted by merc

Also what is the piston like part that is sticking out the side of the fork bracket?

Steering Stabilizer (aka: Steering Damper)

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[Doc45]

Glides:





Not sure:

[Doc45]

Stunt rider Kane Friesen, seemed like a nice kid. Was having problems with how his bike was running but still did some way cool stuff. All in all not a bad way to spend a crazy hot day (near or at 100!) though I did loose my favorite ball cap (it was velcroed to the grab strap on my seat) on my way up. A little souvenir from a friend's trip to A'stan-tan w/subdued flag, name tag strip on the back and IR patch on top. Damn, I really liked that hat.





Sorry I didn't respond to some of the questions, I was continuing to post more pics, hope you all enjoyed them.

[ParrotHead]

Cool pics. Thanks for sharing