Welcome to the Worldwide V8 Bikers Forum

Some YouTube Videos .....

Old Skool Boss Hoss Videos 1, 2,3 and 4 Now you can buy and old bike and know what its like to maintain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt5XymZAQmA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkmIhjOW3cY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsPtc-1ehlU&t=54s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8sfwOPdR0c

There is another how to video that is crude
at best. Done on a dirt floor of Monte's garage.
It was done in the winter and he has a
pair of coveralls on. And he has a cold and
is constantly clearing his throat. When he
shows you how to seam the 2 HD tanks
together, he uses galvanized sheet mental.
I had one of the videos but I donated it to
Bruce and Debbie at Stamford and they
lost it in the fire, years ago.
Crude as it was I'm sure it helped some first time
builder. By the time I got my tape I was already
riding.
A lot less parts were included in my 91 basic kit.
Notice how the rear sprocket and the rotor look
alike??? That's cause they are the same, just
the rotor has had the teeth turned off it.

Paul H

I am going to waste a lot of time on YouTube watching these. Thanks so much - I can’t wait!!!

Great post, good to see how it worked out in the early days.

Wow, really enjoyed watching them. I take it they were all kit bikes in the old days? Looks like they were Harley 41mm forks when did they decide 41mm wasn’t enough and fitted 2” forks

I'm hoping you meant "2" inch forks???
The BH 2 inch forks were made by
Paul "Bugger" Wilgus. 2" forks were his
design and he made them in his shop
"Running True" machine shop. He made
about 10-12 assembles. BH would call him
and place an order for 3-4 forks. Well
it's cheaper to mass produce an item
rather than 3 or 4 at a time. So he
geared up with material to build maybe 20.
BUT the call never came in for more orders.
He calls BH and asks when they are going to
order more. He's told they found someone
local to build them for less. They borrowed???
his design and had it copied. Didn't even
tell him. That's the way BH started???

Paul H

Paul H wrote:I'm hoping you meant "2" inch forks???
The BH 2 inch forks were made by
Paul "Bugger" Wilgus. 2" forks were his
design and he made them in his shop
"Running True" machine shop. He made
about 10-12 assembles. BH would call him
and place an order for 3-4 forks. Well
it's cheaper to mass produce an item
rather than 3 or 4 at a time. So he
geared up with material to build maybe 20.
BUT the call never came in for more orders.
He calls BH and asks when they are going to
order more. He's told they found someone
local to build them for less. They borrowed???
his design and had it copied. Didn't even
tell him. That's the way BH started???

Paul H

Yep, 2” !!! Sounds like they really shafted the man. So how long did they use the 2” before going to the USD 64mm which I believe are America Suspension?

2001 if memory serve me right was the first
use of the inverted front fork. They still
used a 3/4" front axle. Then 2002 they
went with a 1" axle.

Paul H