In the mad rush to finish the bike before the show i did not take any photos during final assembly. Lucky i have some very talented friends in different mediums of photography who took some great photos. The last two photos feature invited builder Jake Hindes- Prism Motorcycles insane panhead build and Jake himself.

Photos by Michael Van Parys shot on 120 medium format film.

Finished paint for my Peoples Champ 5 build. The color is a custom color that i mixed from an old Triumph color originally tweaking it to have more of a peachy pink color palette.

Current progress  on my shovelhead build for peoples champ 5.

Got my frame, gas tank, and oil tank all body worked ready to spray primer in preparation to paint.

my best friend Skyler has been collecting parts for a little while and finally got enough together to start putting it together. Spent the past couple weeks after work getting all the fab work taken care of. A few more things to make then ready to be broken down for paint and chrome.

I wanted the exhaust to flow with the lines of the frame and keep the frame rails uninterrupted in view so that nothing is hidden. routed the front exhaust pipe in between the floorboard stanchion and brake arm to keep it as tight as possible so that its not wasted space with the single downtube. 

I have been dreading adding the fifth trans mount which normally mounts from the frame to the transmission and ruin the nice look of the transmission almost floating in the frame rails. So i came up with this way of adding the fifth mount to the transmission mounting plate so it has the mount it needs but keeps the flow of the frame.

Took a stock kicker arm and welding 1/4" rod around and blended out the welds. Forgot to take a picture before the blending. Loving the way this looks.

Very happy with how all the parts are coming together on this build so far. The list of parts to make is getting shorter.

Been excited to get to this part of the build to make this idea happen for my headlight. I love the look of bullet lights tucked in between the springs so i took two of them and welded them together to give them a new look.

Really happy with the outcome.

Metal seat pan with the foam all shaped up for the shovelhead. swooped the back foam on the seat to match up with the swoop on my fender.Should look nice wrapped in leather aganst the paint.

Top engine mount all finished out ready for chrome.

Working on getting things finished before moving onto the next details. Added some rings to the lower mounts on the sissybar to give it some more shape. Basic concept was to match the circle details on the axle plates so its all consistent. Still need to metal finish but all smoothed out for now. 

Pulled the bike down off the bench to check how everything is working out so far. Will be finishing off everything that has been done so far before moving onto the next details.

Mid controls all mounted up tight underneath the motor.

After machining all the material, the extra pieces needed to complete the mid controls were cut and shaped and all welded together. Keeping everything natural and curvy shaped to match the other curves on the bike.

On this build i wanted to spend a little extra time and machine some hopefully unique looking material for my controls, shifter, mounts etc. and wanted it to match my springer rear leg shape.

Started out with round stock in various diameters and began by machining two flats somewhat like DD shaft. After i figured out where the material was going to be bent and machined groves so that the outside radius of each piece would have the groove detail facing out.

Received my front end from Jasin Phares of Phares cycle Parts who hand makes these insane springer. He also makes a big twin style narrow springer as well.

These are incredibly well made and im real stoked to have one for this build.

Mocking up the rear wheel and brakes making sure everything is aligned correctly and the seat crossover is in the correct spot to mount the fender to.

Once the wheel was correctly positioned the transmission was put and placed and the oil bag set in for mock up so i can make all the mounts. With the slightly different frame layout, and running a 19" rear wheel, everything fits pretty tight but all should work as normal together.