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Introduction
To tell the story from the beginning, you have to go back to Faak 2022, where there was a Twincam Low Rider S with FXR fairing in flame paint at the exhibition.
I couldn’t take my eyes off that bike, either at the show or in the photos I took of it later. Somehow I was infected by the club style bikes. Back in Germany the idea of another Harley matured, one that would be more reliable than my previous combination of a cool but rather unreliable 1973 FX Super Glide and a near-standard 2002 XL Sportster Custom.
I wanted to take the motorbike cases of my colleagues, in which I was allowed to transport my equipment on tours in Faak am See, with me on my future motorbike. It was clear to me that this would be the combination for my future project. Suitcases, reliability and, of course, style. Because the ClubStyle that was emerging in Germany was my springboard for the idea that you could have a sporty bike for long touring that still had all the features you wanted and looked cool at the same time.
After looking at what felt like a hundred pictures and talking to a lot of colleagues, my inner journey to buy a Dyna or a Road Glide finally culminated in a final conversation with Andreas. His convincing arguments for investing my money in a new, modern bike with a powerful engine and all the extras I wanted, such as panniers and fairing, was the idea of buying my Low Rider ST.
Part 2 - Rims assembly and rocker boxes
For the next step in the rebuilding of my Low Rider ST I had four important helpers at my side – my buddies Jens, Andre, Patrick aka Gelochter and as in the first part Tim. On a gray Saturday in January we met at the company to mount my new rims and swap out the freshly powdercoated rocker boxes.
Julian from sales had previously shown me some of our great rim designs and I was excited about the variety of rim designs we have. We went from the original GT design to the sporty Vegas Race design to the Digger design. In the end, the Digger design won out because I have always liked multi-spoke designs and for me, it was the best balance between sporty and classy.
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Before the rims are powder coated, André roughens them up in the grinding shop so that the powder will adhere better. Then they are mounted by Patrick and the wheel hubs are turned by hand on the conventional lathe for each vehicle. This is important so that the belt and brake caliper can run freely on the wheel and not jam. He does this for almost all the wheels we make. Jens, also known as Felgenjens, is our wheel assembly expert and in this video he explains every step of assembling a finished powder coated wheel.
It took a while to finish the rims, but in the end they looked fantastic and I couldn’t wait to see them mounted on the chassis.
The next step was to replace the rocker boxes. Tim has a lot of experience in this area and helped me remove the old rocker boxes and install the new ones. The replacement is only visual, but as you can see in the photos, the step is clearly visible. We had to loosen some bolts and the upper oil line, and I followed Tim’s instructions exactly, but in the end we got it done. The new rocker boxes looked great and I was thrilled with the new look of the engine.
It was a long and tiring day, but it was fun to work together on my bike. I learned a lot from my buddies and was grateful for their help and support. At the end of the day, the finished rims looked fantastic and I couldn’t wait to get them on. The rocker conversion was a great success and I am proud to have done it with the help of my friends.
Patrick aka Gelochter adjusting the wheel hubs on the conventional lathe.
André roughening the surface of the wheel spider in preparation for powder coating.
Jens alias Felgenjens is the master of the rims. All rims go over his table and through his hands,
Tim assembles the newly powder coated rocker boxes.
Part 1 - Disassembly
It was a great and exciting first day for the rebuild of my new Low Rider ST.
Together with my buddy Tim I disassembled the fairing of my Harley-Davidson Lowrider ST. We were busy all day disassembling and packing the parts. We had to be very careful not to damage anything, but in the end we did it and packed everything in boxes ready to go. The parts are now on their way to Chico’s Pinstriping, the paint shop that will give my bike a great custom paint job. It was really fun spending the day with the guys, taking the fairing off and seeing the individual parts come apart that will give my bike a cool look later. Now I’m really excited to see what the new paint job will look like when it gets back. I can’t wait to see it.
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Mechanic Tim dismantles the exhaust.
After taking it apart, you can clearly see just how many different parts such an ST is made up of.
Dog Roxy loves to help out wherever she can.
Dismantling is complete – a satisfactory result after only one day’s work.
