Thunderbird Bobber J&D Custom Co.
When y'all build something, the kickoff job is raw materials, together with equally used inwards construction, y'all occupation what y'all conduct maintain available for the bikes y'all occupation the same principle. So if y'all are inwards India, which cycle is most easily found? The Royal Enfield.
As I conduct maintain argued inwards the past, the East is amount of artisans amongst nifty manual skills that serve to brand upwards for the lack of specialist equipment.
This Royal Enfield Thundebird is the piece of work of Jay Patel, Founder & Builder of J & D Custom Co.
Where are y'all coming from?
INDIA
Who else worked amongst you?
ONE MAN OPERATION
How tin y'all force yourself (or your team)?
I ever seek to involve one-time schoolhouse craftsmanship procedure amongst combination of modern technologies & aesthetics. The procedure is to a greater extent than of import for me than a concluding effect because it gives y'all nifty sense of exploring evolution of one-time schoolhouse techniques equally good equally inventing novel advanced futurity techniques.
What inspired y'all to commence edifice the bike?
As I said earlier it is the procedure of edifice the cycle or anything from scratch into something unique & artful thing, which inspire, motivate & excite me everyday.
Where did it come upwards from?
Customer bike
What's the donor bike, make, model, year?
2004 Royal Enfield Thunderbird
What was your vision/plan?
Vision was rattling simple. I wanted to create i of its variety Bobber amongst minimalist elements together with nifty aesthetics equally good equally some i of its variety parts together with blueprint similar perimeter disc & front end intermission etc.
What did y'all practise to the bike?
It was amount custom build. Just used the engine block of the donor bike, apart from that everything was designed together with built from scratch.
The front end intermission is handmade past times me which gives the cycle rattling one-time schoolhouse identity, at the same fourth dimension i of its variety perimeter disc brakes reminds the evolution stage of motorbike parts. The wiring loom of motorbike is shortened together with all the plastic switches converted amongst metallic toggle switch or force push switch which is located nether the seat. It conduct maintain Jockey shifter & suicide clutch which is i time to a greater extent than reminds of one-time schoolhouse motorcycles.
If you've upgraded parts, what brand did y'all select together with where from?
Only Firestone tires are outsourced, other than that everything is blueprint & developed in-house.
Any interesting challenges, unconfident, or mistakes?
The most challenging component was developing perimeter disc brakes, its mounting together with functionality. It took almost only about four months to blueprint together with prepare the discs.
Tell us near the finish/logos/design?
I wanted to practise rattling unproblematic paintwork which tin give cycle a rattling theatre identity. As this build conduct maintain many good crafted parts which I wanted to highlight inwards chrome, I decided to larn amongst Black pigment amongst gilt stripes equally a best combination.
How would y'all force your bike?
Bobber
How does the cycle ride?
Bike is stable. As it is a Hardtail bike, on the fossil oil roads it gives y'all some hurting but equally my customer wanted a masterpiece rather than 100% functional or comfortable piece.
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