Originally the IronHorse was a typical production chopper that had some outrageous bones, but not a lot of special things about it to make it stand out in a sea of other late-2000-era production customs. The best part about these bikes (for buyers, not owners) is that they’re available wicked cheap and usually with little or no miles. You can’t buy a basic roller as cheaply as you can a bike like this and the cost of the extremely shiny 111” S&S, engine and 6-speed tranny almost covers the buy-in (That’s silly guy logic at its best. In a guy’s silly world of logic, everything is almost free cause he’s so smart and such a wheeler and a dealer.).

Anyway, what Kyle did was take them ol’ IronHorse bones and make something totally different with them. The Softail frame was pretty radical as it was so nothing special needed there. It was basically everything else that Kyle replaced with tasty fabricated pieces of his own like the fuel tank, oil tank, fenders, seat, bars, air cleaner, and most of what you can see with your human eyes. I’m not totally sure, but I think those just might be some wood inserts in the gas tank and if they are that’s even cooler because anything wood usually stands out like a sore thumb on a motorcycle. Looks fine in a car, but out of place (usually) on a bike. A simple and clean paintjob by Other Side Customs surely helps to bring this bike right up to date and doesn’t fight for attention like paintjobs did back in ‘07.

If you’re looking around for a custom of any kind, be sure to check out Kyle’s wide variety of work at www.shadetreefabrications.com. It’s an interesting site and like I said at the beginning, Kyle’s story is pretty interesting and pretty funny at the same time.