A little back history. I'm 57 and have been riding since I was 5. Currently I have a Bagger and a Dual Sport that I ride. Back in 2007, I bought my 17 year old son his first street bike, a 2005 Suzuki Boulevard S40 (he previously had a dirt bike, a 1973 Yamaha DT125 which I still have).  In 2009, he got a larger bike and my wife got her license and she started riding the Suzuki.  After 2 years, she lost interest in actually riding her own bike and preferred to be a passenger on mine.  Since 2011, the Suzuki sat in my shed collecting dust.  In 2016 my son was killed in a plane crash.

In September 2018, I decided I wanted to keep my sons first street bike.  But, really wasn't interested in it as a cruiser.

If I am told what is wrong with a bike, I can remove and replace most items.  But, don't ask me to rebuild a carb...it's beyond my scope.  After 7 years in my shed, the Suzuki obviously wouldn't start and I knew enough that the carb would need to be rebuilt at a minimum.  I dropped the bike off at a shop.  After 7 weeks, I got the bike back and it runs great.

Here's what it looked like the day I got it back from the shop.  This is my first picture post...I hope it works.



I've decided i'm going to build a bobber using old "junk" parts I've purchased in various places.  I think my son would approve.

Currently, the vision for the bike is a bobber, with wide whitewall tires, old "junk" parts, and z bar handlebars.  It will be built like a rat bike.  Paint will be primer black and I will have some prominent parts that will be purple (one of my sons favorite colors).  Here's a teaser for what I mean about "junk" parts.



I got this brake light off ebay.  Don't know much about it...except it is old.  I will convert this to LED.

I spent several hours on Dec 24th removing parts....





Here's what the bike looked like afterwards...



The seat was purchased through craigslist and is also old.  The seat is currently just sitting there, not attached.

GOF wrote on 12/29/18 at 18:23:34:


Repurposed Dog doesn't sound as good as junkyard dog.  

The total diameter of the stop light is approx. 6 inches.  The lens is approx. 4.5 inches.

To mount the seat.Get a universal seat hinge kit.It will bolt to the original rear tank mount.

Thanks Demin, I'll look for  that universal kit.  Your first build looks great.  Do you recall the tires?  Did you like them? I'm looking to get wide whitewalls like those.

Some questions I have...perhaps someone can help me

1.  How do the rear foot pegs get removed? I have the Clymer manual and didn't see anything in there.  I fitted a wrench to them and tried to remove...the wrench turned not more than 1/4 turn, then I hit major resistance.  I didn't want to break them.

2.  I'm looking for suggestions on wide whitewall tires?

3.  I'm looking for a rear fender that will hug the standard rear tire (minimal space between tire and fender) and end basically straight up from the rear axle or maybe 10 to 15 degress farther past the axle.  Any suggestions?

4.  I'd like to replace my handlebars with a 10" Z Bar.  Anyone have recommendations on where I can get extended replacement cables and specifically what part numbers or bike model... ?

Thanks for your help!!  There's a wealth of knowledge on here.

ooops.... I guess I should have looked when I had the wheel off.  No problem, I'll take it off again.  Thanks.