Jan 5 2012
The Purple Microdot
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“cut-weld”, “cut-weld”, “throw away” and “start over”
The bike took around 8 months to complete. It was built by longtime Indy bike builder Forrest ”Whitey” Whitis, and myself. The motor and front end are 82 and the rest is all fabricated by Forrest. There are hours alone just spent on the forward controls and exhaust pipes, “cut-weld”, “cut-weld”, “throw away”, and “start over”. You know how it is, but after it was finished it was well worth all the time we spent on it.
Everything works perfect, sounds awesome, and rides beautiful. The paint was mixed by me and another good friend Rick Weaver. People say, It looks like 70′s Mopar color (Plumb Crazy). But “no” it is another 70′s color “Microdot Purple”.
Tech Stuff:
- 82 motor and front end
- Harley Wheels and Tires
- Harley master cylinder
- Ninja Front Caliper for rear brake
- Old Harley ribbed rear fender “bobbed”
- Old Stingray Sissy Bar for fender brace
- Model “A” tail light
- Old Wisconsin Motor’s gas tank used for a dummy oil tank
Thank you for everything
Bob Wilson
Indy Pushrods
looks like you just pulled off route 66 for some gas and a coke!! nice looking bike,,,very clean job,,like the forward controls,,thanks for sharing
When I saw the picture I said, “Oooh that’s pretty, really pretty!”
F’ing great bike!
My wife thought I was looking at porn.
Ride proud grat bike…
Very nice looking bike….
That what it all about, and nice Joco!
Refreshing looking bike. Nice background, where in the country is this? Great job!
Great looking bike !!! nice detail !!!! I know Whitey and Dave. They have worked on couple of my carbs in the past and they do great work. They have been doing this kind of thing before alot of us were even born ( oldschool). I have much respect for them as bike builders and as just being good peoples. I know there shop had recently burnt down, my prayers go out and hope there doin ok. Hope to see more of there mad bike building skills in the future. For me it is a real treat!! Guys like Whitey and Dave r the reason I started building crazy shit in the first place!!
Nice looking ride, clean!
@misfitskinny: Great website. However, I keep being automatically redirected to homestead website builder after being on your site for 15 seconds.
@crackerJack, thanks. I called up the website place, they said they may have been updating site, but anyways sorry about that. It should work now, I hope. Please let me know.
Love the bike not sure where there microdot name came from though.
@ Chuck jones, they said the paint was a 70′s microdot purple, I believe
rear disc is a nice touch.great job enjoy the ride !!
Perfect amount of rake! Wait, did I just say that……..
Thanks for all your comments first of all.The background is my backyard and the color PURPLEMICRODOT is a type of LSD from the 70s don’t cha know! (not that I know anything about that). misfitskinny is right I have known Whitey and Dave almost all my life grew up with there kids and I”m 51. So these guys are real (old school) bike builders. Thanks again and thankyou Ted for opportunity.
I was looking at your ride and enjoyed the design and look was unable to find your site maybe you post a link to on xs650chopper.com thanks.
I don’t have a site tecno stupid sorry
Hey Bob, Nice ride you have built there. I have to agree with El Gaucho, just the right amount of rake, likin’ the gas tank aswell. Man you have the backyard thing happenin’ too don’t you.
How come someone else can use my name here? no username protection?
Your username is attached to your e-mail and IP address. So there is “user protection” however, there can be multiple usernames as well. If you like next time you leave a comment change your username to Dennis-” something” and you’d be set up with a unique name no one else would use. I have tried to make it as easy as possible for people to leave a comment without having to jump through a bunch steps.
@Ted – OK, that’s cool. I was just a lil surprised.
As for the bike, Bob you did a great job, looks fantastic! Can you give the specs on the front end? Love the stance.
mr bob u did a grat job on the ex pipes n forward controls i like it all the bike looks grat
mr bob u did well the whole bike looks grata grate job on the ex pipes n forward controls the r brake looks grate nice bike see u at steerin
DENNI$ Thanks. The rake is 50 degrees with stock 82 650 forks and Harley 19″wheel
This one is the one of the best site in which we seen the ike in the purple color of the microbot.This one is the best color of the bike which used always.
I was looking at your ride and enjoyed the design and look was unable to find your site maybe you post a link to on xs650chopper.com thanks.
I normally wouldn’t go for a purple bike but this is really nice looking with the color it really pops.
Flashback!!!