Sportster Chopper: Haifley Bros Buell / Ironhead Chopper

Doug and Kelley Haifley of Haifley Bros (they're actual brothers, not just bros) have built some pretty great motorcycles over the past few years. So when Kelly decided to adopt an abandoned customer build for himself, you can bet shits about to get real!

The bike you see here is the result of hours of fabricating custom parts and matting uncommon pieces together. The frame started as a stock an Ironhead Sportster. Kelly got to work cutting off the rear end and matting up the custom looped hardtail he built. The original plan was to run an ironhead motor in an ironhead frame, but when a 1996 Buell S1 motor stumbled into the shop, they figured it would be a worthy upgrade. After modifying frame mounts and brackets the brothers successfully fit the powerplant into the Ironhead frame.

Doug and Kelly have the knowledge and tools to build just about anything out of metal. so it comes as no surprise that they fabricated from scratch just about every piece of metal on this build, excluding the motor, wheels and front end.

The sporty features a handmade narrow sportster gas tank and thick aluminum fender both built by Kelly. Additionally the scalloped oil tank and stainless fender support are a product of their hands.

So many neat touches are on this bike that its hard to take them all in. The rear brake caliper bracket includes a custom mount for the license plate that recesses it extremely close to the wheel. The brothers even too the time to use the lathe and remove all the embossed writing on the heads of the stainless hardware.

Up front the brothers enlisted their friend Andre, who is an expert machinist, to help bring their super narrow riser/clamp combo to life. The finished product clamps a custom set of narrow bars and keeps the skinny profile of the bike intact.