Bought an old hamcan for this project on eBay for .99 the other day - straight, but the chrome was shot. I used some air tools where I work to cut an opening in the front, and then I sandblasted the rust and the remainder of the chrome off of it. Here are a few pics...
Inside of my old SE air cleaner, adapted to the Ironhead
Screen curved correctly & JB Welded in, with donor office supply basket behind
Cover in sandblast finish (cool looking, but it would rust like mad)
Primed and painted with "cast aluminum" engine paint
Not really, although it seems to have a little more oomph when accelerating from about 70 mph and up. The performance gain came earlier with the SE air cleaner, and the mod to the cover was mainly for looks.
I spent the time to make one for myself. I have no desire to make another, but it's pretty easy to do for anyone who wants to make their own. I'd rather spend my free time riding...
It handled pretty well, but the fairing also made it a much better highway bike. However...I un-cafe'd it and went back to a more stock configuration. The bike is 31 years old and when they get to that point, stock is cool, too.
After seeing this mod, I did my first one. Not quite as extensive, but hey, it was the first one I attempted. The gloss black S.E. ham can that came with the dealer installed 1200 upgrade on my brand new Iron was bugging me because the gloss stuck out on my black denim Iron. I was planning to get SE stage 1 round rail style, or a heavy breather, but I didn't want to spend any more when a high flow S.E. a/c was included in the upgrade. So I removed the a/c cover, sanded, primed, and used two coats of John Deere Blitz Black from a rattle can, and it came out great. A perfect match to the black denim. Looks factory. Pic with my leg in it is how it came, and the others are after the paint.
Looks a lot better. You did a great job......now for the next project....:thumb
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