Anyway, all I had was the tiniest bit of written info on it, barely a sentence so I asked Stan to email me a pic and in two seconds (I think he’s a really proud papa here) I was looking at this wicked cute, wicked long Sporty chopper. Stan’s built himself an eye catcher here and whether you like it or not, it’s still gonna catch your eye. Oh you could casually turn your head away in some sort of hifalutin mock self-disgust at how radical this bike is, but I guarantee you, one of your eyes will still be hanging on for a last look at the very edge of your eye socket. If I had to guess, that would only make Stan happy or he wouldn’t give a damn. Either way, he’s got his daily rider and it’s exactly the way he wanted it— long, lean, and extremely green.

Stan took a deep breath and told me how this all came about. “The build was inspired by the desire to own a chopper and I wanted to use a slim chassis so it was a no-brainer of choice. It had to be a Sportster. I took the original chassis and because of my size I chose to cut the backbone and stretch it 7″ and then once I was happy with the fit, I began the search for a front end. I was fortunate to come across an original Fury girder which was 12”-over stock and that’s where the rake was decided. Seemed sort of odd, we are usually trying to fit a front end to an existing frame, but in this instance we went the other way. We fit the frame to the front end which ended up being raked 50-degrees. I then stretched out the back by 5″ and hardtailed it. The stance was perfect. I love the Fury girder front end, the engineering, and just how well it works.”

Believe it or not looking at Stan’s Sporty, but he’s a speed freak through and through. He loves horsepower and as an example of this he built a 202rwhp supercharged bagger we featured in the print Barnett’s Magazine. Yup, that’s TWO-HUNDRED-TWO dyno’d horsepower at the rear wheel or the equivalent of having the power of over three engines in your bagger without any extra weight over a dead stock one. No surprise then that he couldn’t leave well enough alone on his 1990 883 as he explained, “OF course I had to dig into the engine. I punched her out to 1200cc which doesn’t seem like much, but with some oversized valves, a lot of re-welding of combustion chambers, a cool 11.8:1 compression breathing through an S&S G carb, and a set of our signature exhaust pipes, it did the trick.”

With the chassis now a roller, Stan got to work on buttoning up all those little details that drive most home builders crazy. “A simple oil tank was made in house and along with a clean and practical rear fender. Since I planned to ride this daily, I ended up using a shock mounted seat and we were almost there. I then finished her off with an angled sissy bar to compliment the rake and fabricated a set of handlebars combining my two favorite designs which are drag bars and Z-bars.”

When it came time for the final finish and that’s what often makes or breaks a bike, Stan turned to two good friends he’s worked with in the past. “I want to give my friend Eric Motz at Rare Air Werx credit for the paintjob. The green paint color is a personal favorite of mine and the idea of using metal flake came from a real cool helmet given to me by a really good friend. Also, I gotta say thank you to another good friend, Jeff Potter, at Live Wire Powdercoating for all the black powdercoating on this bike. And while I’m at it tossing out all these “thanks yous” like I’m at the Academy Awards’ podium, I’d be doing myself a disfavor if I didn’t thank my business partner, Rick Bentley, for all his help throughout this build so ‘Thanks Rick!’ “

Stan the Man now has his own bike and he’s riding it like any other person who has and loves their own bike. According to Stan,” It’s done. This was one of my favorite projects and as a daily rider it’s a blast running down to the local watering hole and watching people stop and stare. I do all types of riding on it. She’s made a bunch of road trips and handles well for a nine-foot-long chop.”

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