Important Tips Before Starting Your Custom Build

Tips to follow before starting your custom Harley Davidson build

Planning a custom Harley Davidson build? It’s an awesome do it yourself project to take on but you have to put together a plan before you even get started. It doesn’t matter if you are doing a custom build for your own bike or to sell it if you do not follow these simple but important tips you may run into some problems throughout the build, problems which could have easily been avoided.

1.       Bit by bit: One thing bike builders love to do is visualize how they think their custom Harley Davidson motorcycle is going to look when it is done. Often times you get overeager and you want to buy all the custom parts at once so you can build the bike as fast as possible. The problem is that as you get started your ideas may change and even the slightest change could make a part you bought useless. What if your original idea called for ape hanger handlebars on the bike and now you feel that it would look better with T-bars? That’s why you need to get the parts as you are ready for them and as the building process unfolds.

2.       Custom doesn’t mean expensive: Just because you are working on a DIY custom build doesn’t mean you have to spend $50,000 on Harley Davidson parts. You can put together an awesome bike and not have it cost an arm and a leg. When you shop online you get a great selection of custom parts but they are available at a much lower price than you can find anywhere local.

3.       Assemble then paint: The FIRST RULE when putting a DIY motorcycle together is that you assemble it first, then you break it down, get it painted and then put it back together. The biggest problem Harley Davidson owners have when building a motorcycle is that they send stuff off to the painters before they put it together and when they get everything they realize that some stuff doesn’t fit or simply has to be worked on before sent to the painter. Either way Harley builders are notorious for making this mistake and you want to avoid it.

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Remember that when you are putting together a do it yourself Harley Davidson you are using your creativity but there are some things you just can’t do. It’s always smart to talk to the store you are ordering custom parts from to double check and make sure they are compatible with the bike you are trying to create. If you are off even by a little in size it will cause delays and cost you more money, something you would like to avoid if possible. There will be enough challenges to put this motorcycle together but if you can avoid these common mistakes you can build an awesome custom Harley Davidson motorcycle at an affordable price and in your planned time frame.