Wonder Bikes

Custom Carbureted XR1200

admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:52:31 +0000

Just this week I finally made delivery to my pal Chris Ronan at RD2 of the custom XR1200. Chris is not always the easiest customer to work with because he has his ideas on how things should come together, but I’ve found we make a pretty good team.

First thing we needed to do was get rid of the fuel injection. We wanted a hot rod with zero dead spots. So, we went with an XR Carb conversion, ditched the 25lb harness and throttle bodies. We Started this prjoect with a brand new xr1200 which we stripped down to the rolling chassis form. We then removed all wiring harnesses and fuel injection system. Also, we removed the rocker box oil lines to make room for the new carb. The oil cooler is still fully functional.

It’s the custom, fully programable ignition and carb give the bike life. It’s way more responsive than the stock fuel injection with absolutely no flat spots at all. We also did some testing in the Texas heat to make sure the heads did’nt get too hot and I was a bit surprised to see that we never got near 190 degrees even on a day when it was 112 degrees in good old Wichita Falls, Texas.

Then, to get the look that Chris wanted, I knew he really liked some of the lines in my Rev2, so I game him some of those lines with a custom fabricated tank, tail, seat, exhaust, top tree, side mount and coil mount. Finally, I installed clip-ons with race controls.

When it was all said and done this bike has lost over 120 pounds since it came off the showroom floor as a stock XR1200. My goal was to simplify the bike and bring back a little of that attitude of the real harley XR race bikes. Looks like Ronan likes it…

Below are some pictures of the final product, starting with a side by side comparison with a stock Harley Davidson XR1200.

Buell Flattracker

admin — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:15:00 +0000

Check out my Buell Flattrack bike. I built a tank, tail, number plate and light housing, side mount license plate, Hub adaptors for 19″ wheels and race tires. This thing is cool.

Wonder Cafe Racer

admin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:18:00 +0000

Everyone tells me that I need to put my name on my builds. I should have tried it years ago.

Wonder Customs Harley Cafe Racer

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:42:00 +0000

Here is one of my latest Cafe Racers. Simple and sexy was the look I was after.

18 rear and 19 front
Metzeler tires
Brembo brakes
SuperTrapp exhaust
Custom Sheetmetal
Custom rear sets
Custom top motor mount with ignition and headlight switches
Custom seat, white with black stitching by Eddie here in Wichita Falls
Hidden Internal wiring
Hidden coil
Clipons
Dyna ignition
Joker air cleaner
Only the original engine, Everything else is brand new

And it is For Sale!

UPDATES……

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:06:00 +0000

New website will be launching shortly along with some huge changes here at the shop. For now here are a couple of pics taken this last week.

Been cruising my black bobber and also another shop bike for sale! Very clean and sexy. Tins back from paint today.

Back online!

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:55:00 +0000

The past 6 months have been really good. I have had a total of about 15 bikes in my shop since the start of the new year. I am the owner and also the only employee so my time to take pics and update web and blog are rare. My wife says its time I start working on it a little more so everyone can thank her.

Here is some of the new stuff and some of the old. I have reinvented my love for classic cafe racers and other vintage bikes. I have 5 of these sexy builds going right now. Thats what I call them, because they simply are “Sexy”. They will not go out of style.

No sturgis bike build this year for me… I don’t want to be know for building one extreme bike a year or building bikes that no one can afford. I want my bikes out there for people to ride and enjoy. Timeless, classy and fun as hell.

Old School Buell Bobber

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:13:00 +0000

Check out my Old School Buell Bobber I built about 4 years ago. Got it back to the shop for some pictures. More to come soon.

Also rode the sporty today in the cold, then machined some billet rotor adapters.

Shop bike for sale.

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:57:00 +0000

Got my 99 1200s for sale. Cool little bike that can go anywhere.

Middle of the week pictures.

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:03:00 +0000

Thought I would try my luck at a fresh fruit pie, and my wife’s old but new to her Schwinn Speedster.

Updated BSA pics

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:39:00 +0000

Stripped of everything. Picture a supermoto BSA. This will be it!