If you haven’t checked out Jack’s photo gallery, you’ll be missing out on quite a few interesting idiosyncrasies that you might not have caught in the lead photo. Oh, you know, little things like a lot of doubling of parts like the dual carbs, dual chain final drive and the dual sprocket brakes to point out a few obvious ones. I’m sure your trained eye will pick out more, but these three are plenty to begin with.

 

  But, first things first, whoever built this did a bang-up job starting with the radical drop-seat rear section. That baby sits low, real low and the stretched-out tubing attractively snakes its way back to the rear axle while providing a platform for the dual spring sheet metal seat. Under that seat hangs an oil tank with dual oil-viewing port ends and beneath that is the biggest conundrum and talking point of this build, the dual final drive chains. The initial single chain drive from the counter sprocket goes to a crossover setup that spins chains to both sides of the rear wheel. I don’t know if the builder did this because he could or if this was his way of keeping the final drive chain length shorter (remember, the rear section is pretty stretched out) without some idler setup and a super long chain that just might’ve gotten in the way of other things. Either way, it’s pretty unusual and does provide dual sprocket calipers to possibly make up for the lack of a front brake. Or maybe it’s just a symmetry thing. Hey, I’m just guessing, but I wouldn’t want to rely on a single sprocket brake as my only stopping power. If you’ve got a better idea or understanding I’m all ears.

 

   Up front there’s a springer of undetermined origin that looks pretty damn cool with the spool-only front wheel. The solid legs have the springs mounted behind the legs on pointy-shaped rockers and by now you’ve noticed that pointy pieces abound over, under and all around this build. The pointy apes, the pointy hand levers, the pointy rear view mirror, the pointy fuel tank, the pointy seat, the pointy fender, the pointy exhaust collector, the pointy axle plates ─ you get the point. If there’s an ending anywhere, it’s pointy and obviously that’s the way the owner/builder likes it.

 

  Speaking of the pointy tank, that thing is really beautiful as far as I’m concerned. There’s not a straight line anywhere and I mean that as a compliment. It sits high on the top tube and lets the beautiful Sporty engine stand out without hampering the view in any way. The view from the rider’s viewpoint (another point) is awesome with the long exposed gas gauge tube adding a wicked neat touch while providing a bit of unexpected practicality. Whoever did the paint also gets points for doing a stylish, yet conservative scheme that doesn’t fight for the main attention, but compliments it.

 

  Last, but certainly not least to point out is the Harley-Davidson Sporty engine which I really wish I knew more about. It appears to be quite built up, but I can’t even begin to venture what might be going on inside. The dual carbs might just be a talking point, but in this case I don’t think so. Someone went to the trouble of using two carbs and I think there was a good reason like the engine could use lots of airflow. The humongous header pipes lead into the very large collector with a wickedly pointed mouth spewing what I’d like to think was some extremely serious combustion remnants.

 

  Ol’ Jack might have been able to find the owner of this bike had he been wearing shorts while strolling the Smoke Out grounds as he’d probably have a few scars and maybe even some fresh cuts on his right shin. But hey, we expect a lot of Jack and we wouldn’t expect him to walk around asking people to roll up their right pant legs without unnecessarily endangering himself. Taking a punch is above his pay rate. On that note, I’ll take my leave and fade off into the Internet sunset. Adios muy amigos.