You know, you could easily always have some expensive bike Noone has on that lift but you don't. Yall have an old sporterator and basic tools. I think that helps more people than one might think. There's still alot of evos out there!
@AlejandroGonzalez-qq8no2 жыл бұрын
Todd is the only reason why I know about lowbrow customs!!! He’s “ fun and educational” -jingle all the way. Lol
@elvisvelez66092 жыл бұрын
Lowbrow has been literally walking me through getting my first sportster hooked up. Todd is an awesome guy and he has helped me find what I need for my bike along with technical help. Truly amazing people and I’m very grateful for their help. Can’t wait to send them the pics of what they’ve helped me accomplish!
@daveco12702 жыл бұрын
Great video. I laughed out loud at the end when Todd sent the oil pan flying with his lower fork. That was one of those moments where everyone watching saw it coming a few seconds before it happened. : )
@sufrinos2 жыл бұрын
Especially while he's dressed in his Saturday best
@ericgreybeardadvrider2 жыл бұрын
The single most real working on a motorcycle video I have seen
@albertstabelli58692 жыл бұрын
Sportster Saturday is the best! Sorry Todd I have to laugh at your mess 😆. Keep the awesome content coming please. Thank you Lowbrow Customs!
@queuerious2 жыл бұрын
Guys, this is a fantastic video series - without doubt, the clearest and most complete information on working on a Sportster on the web. Pitching this at a home mechanic level, where skills, costs and tools are humble in comparison to other channels that rely on welding or metal fabrication, you have nailed this target audience. Big thanks to you all for making it happen!
@ka-bar50602 жыл бұрын
This episode is a great lesson for teaching people that just because it was "kept in a shed or garage" doesn't mean the bike is safe to ride. What a "great", relatable ending to the episode.
@bettywhite12292 жыл бұрын
Great series, Todd is the man. Having a run of the mill sportster is why I tune in, to many channels have unrealistic builds. I appreciate the way you guys are going about this build and the price range of normal people.
@ZozzerRidez2 жыл бұрын
The oil spill only makes you more relatable haha! Last time I took my legs apart I forgot to take the fork seal clip out and was slamming the lower like 50 times before I figured it out.
@stevebake74922 жыл бұрын
i dont think this episode could have ended any better. deff grabbed a beer before cleaning that up LOL
@adambridgeo11062 жыл бұрын
If you’ve done fork seals before, you’ve seen the mess. Great show!!
@timschwab87922 жыл бұрын
absolutely priceless! From spraying carb cleaner in my eyes to falling off my work bench stool. Todd is the man and the reason I tune in to the channel. keep the great content coming.
@loudpockets902 жыл бұрын
My new Saturday cartoons
@Ibrahas2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic show Todd is reason I am here.
@georgehorton64932 жыл бұрын
You could have easily edited that last part out but you chose just to let it roll. Fuck it. What you see is what you get with this guy. Love it man. Keep it coming. Great series. Very relatable!
@geraldwest34282 жыл бұрын
Killer series man, just excellent! You are NO joke especially with that ending...I laughed my butt off...thanks big time! Can't wait til next Saturday!
@lowbrowcustoms2 жыл бұрын
We are releasing them every other
@flintfabncustom2 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna be doing this with my 2003 xl1200c anniversary! Love this series guys! Love how in depth you go with these, really simplifies it for a fella! Thank you!!!
@jamesa62722 жыл бұрын
This man is funny and sarcastic af even on camera. Imagine him in person off camera 😂😂😂
@kurtfoulke51302 жыл бұрын
Would you look at that ! Todd is a great, he must be a blast to work with.
@aweandthensome2 жыл бұрын
Just when he thought he was in the clear… LOL
@montyrivers15292 жыл бұрын
Great video! Great ending! I would call my mother to clean up that mess also. I think I’ll move my oil pan before the slide hammer action.
@padrongnome61802 жыл бұрын
Aww that ending, been there! 🤣 That fork fluid smells like burnt shit too!
@ericweber19692 жыл бұрын
This is exactly the kind of content I love, please keep this kind of stuff coming! Loved the triumph rebuild series too!
@nooowayyjose2 жыл бұрын
Classic Todd, wearing his Sunday best on a Saturday 😅 it seems he had a feeling it was too good to be true, the end cracked me up! Lesson learned
@UrbanMasterExperiment2 жыл бұрын
Great video and sorry for your loss (it was a good shirt :) ) But all of us been there
@nbowling10trio2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video series. You give me the confidence to dig into our bikes when I find something is not right. I have a 3 sportsters in my garage 94,02,03 models. We've done some customizing and I'm sure there's plenty of maintenance I need to do like fork rebuilds. Thank you for your content!
@corneilcorneil2 жыл бұрын
Keep the uppers in place... what a good idea! 👍👍👍
@jeremyfreer81952 жыл бұрын
Todd, if feel your pain. Love the series to. I am doing this with my 08 1200L.
@davidsp43172 жыл бұрын
Love this series - I could watch hours of Todd working on bikes.
@aucklandsadventures2 жыл бұрын
I knew that was going to happen. I was thinking “I’d move that” and then Splash!
@MrJph69r2 жыл бұрын
Just ordered 3 of those drivers with a 1/4 socket insert off Amazon. One for me and one for each of my boys. Woo!
@rimaspazereckas27482 жыл бұрын
This series is going to send me broke...lol Got a 2014 xl1200c that i am going to be flat/street tracking, so this series will help with ideas. Already got the soild mounts and chain conversation from you guys. Todd has one hell of a laid back easy going attitude, we need more todds in the world
@ricardogalrao28142 жыл бұрын
Great series... And Todd is the man... Please keep those vídeos coming. It's a f*king pleasure to watch and learn...
@abcanimal2 жыл бұрын
You can't go wrong with Showa forks.👍👍👍
@motorcyclegarage23072 жыл бұрын
Todd, that was classic. You need real skill to do that.
@timeverson83772 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this series. Just brought home an ‘08 nightster and started a scrambler build with it. Looking forward to the next episode.
@tfjack972 жыл бұрын
Well that just f#@&"* sucked. Seen it coming with that pan setting there. Good stopping point. Thanks for the Saturday morning funnies.
@rubenvillalobos18802 жыл бұрын
Todd needs “chinga dinga” merch! Please make it
@davesmith22622 жыл бұрын
You could see that was going to happen. Thanks Todd
@TheAndreasKL2 жыл бұрын
Like a mix of The big lebowski and Vice grip garage. Me likey :) Do more vintage triumph please!
@jayjackson20432 жыл бұрын
thank you Todd your the reason i watch
@lovingmylifeasIage67412 жыл бұрын
Thank you. 🤗
@Spacerider12 жыл бұрын
🤬😂Thank you lowbrow for another awesome sportster video! Too bad we didn't get to hear Todd's trick on how to remove a stuck bolt. I can imagine it would be a nightmare if that does happen. I can understand why it ended the way it did. 🤣🤣
@mysticapprentice2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'd love to know how he'd have done it, maybe in episode 3? Or could you post something somewhere about it?
@allegronontroppo12 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the education. Especially on the gloriously articulate pronunciation of "Mother F**ker" at the end.
@Seaniesean1112 жыл бұрын
Love the "woohs", keep it up
@hollowell4272 жыл бұрын
it just got fun at the end 😂😂😂. lol Always a blast when oil goes everywhere.
@marshallbaser51182 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid. Epic ending Todd!😄
@darrell33682 жыл бұрын
Todd I new that was going to happen. I have done the same thing. Thanks for sharing can’t wait for your next show
@williamalanthorpe91629 ай бұрын
Loved the oil flying everywhere
@RogerBankerFishmiser2 жыл бұрын
😆I was afraid that would happen. lol. Great series btw, I can't wait till the next episode.
@adsa33812 жыл бұрын
Haha BOZO moment looks like its your shout for a box of beer could see that coming all the way from Australia
@markhedquist95975 ай бұрын
This is right on time for me. Looking for a sporty to tinker with. I felt bad for laughing at the end. Then said to myself, " Well, i guess we don't get to find out the trick to remove the screw with the stripped head."
@fufufufusion2 жыл бұрын
RIP Todd's shirt. Thanks for the awesome video though!!!
@allenlitherland2 жыл бұрын
I have to replace the guts in the forks on my 2001 Indian Spirit - so glad to find your video 'cause its basically Harley in disguise. You carried me thru a rocker box gasket replacement a while back with - THANK YOU! . HOWEVER! When this video started with you wearing a freshly laundered Eddie Bauer type shirt, almost looking freshly pressed, I'm like, "You've GOT to be kidding me!" I can't get within 10' of a bike without some fluid jumping out and landing all over my clothes. "What arrogance", I thought. . But then I was vindicated - big oily splash and #*!^ .... yeah, me too... Great video, THANK YOU I will get started on the work soon - but I'll be wearing my already greasy work shirt.. (heh heh heh) . Looking forward to next Saturday - thinking you'd look good in a Tux
@jamesripley64722 жыл бұрын
And that ended that episode
@T8_Des2 жыл бұрын
Absolute gold.
@SC-ds9cm2 жыл бұрын
This guy is entertaining as well… 👍
@blondiejoe2 жыл бұрын
hahaha I saw that ending coming. I was hoping it wouldn't happen, but I guess we all make mistakes.
@eddie82792 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative! Oh my goodness, would you look at that! Just look at it. (I have seen the video 😉) thanks for sharing, looking forward to the next one!
@3percentmick7052 жыл бұрын
😂😂 bout pissed myself at the end
@fps6362 жыл бұрын
Good stuff Todd. My 90 XL 883 on the lift right now. Damn, better service my forks!
@lowbrowcustoms2 жыл бұрын
just dont make a mess of your garage like Todd ahahah
@identitybiker2 жыл бұрын
Oh I could see that spill coming but apparently yelling at the phone screen doesn’t allow your message to go back in time and be heard!🤨
@Nowherenotime2 жыл бұрын
I feel your pain. Been there done that . Plus that shit stains and stinks like Hell . Me and fluids don't get along . You showed great restraint , I would of cursed a blue streak .
@ПавелК-х2с2 жыл бұрын
Очень приятно смотреть! Много полезного узнаю для своего sportmaster 95th anniversary
@lowbrowcustoms2 жыл бұрын
Right On man, Happy building!
@shnrmrz682 жыл бұрын
Love the ending glad I'm not the only one, I probably would have cussed more and threw the fork leg harder🤣
@2wheeljockey2092 жыл бұрын
Great series! It’s always game on when it comes to removing the bottom fork bolts! I had to make a harbor freight run and get a impact to get mine out. Lol 😂
@lowbrowcustoms2 жыл бұрын
super challenging, sometimes you get lucky and other times its a whole other ordeal. Thanks for watching and tune in this Saturday for Episode 3 :)
@olivermarkandmurphy2 жыл бұрын
That was a nice shirt too🤦🏻♂️
@lowbrowcustoms2 жыл бұрын
Todd wassss pissed. He loved that shirt haha
@ericweber19692 жыл бұрын
@@lowbrowcustoms soak it in Simple Green, the non diluted kind, and it’ll wash out. Ask me how I know… 😁
@bikesandacreage88852 жыл бұрын
Great vids!
@cgm08262 жыл бұрын
Bro the ending to this video 👌😂💀. He kept his language so PG throughout the videos and then that happened. 😂🤣
@joshuapassey21342 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! These how to video's are great. keep em comin! I hate to say it but I'd rather learn from your messy mistakes than my own haha. Thanks guys!
@michaelyarmie48582 жыл бұрын
Knew that was gonna happen..
@grease82monkey2 жыл бұрын
And when that happens it's time to call quits for day I hate when that happens😩
@paulhewson46002 жыл бұрын
I'm part of the messy fork tube oil Club,,,there's a 78.0982% chance you are gonna knock some shix over,,,
@FUBAR9562 жыл бұрын
I love you there’s cussing, tools laying around, accidents happening, and a huge mess os spilled oil. It’s like a real garage. Not like this clean, perfect, everything always works as planned studio “garages”. How do those guys even work on anything without even getting their hands dirty?
@jeremylong62292 жыл бұрын
man i wish my garage was that nice the ending had me laughing my balls off
@skooterbumm2 жыл бұрын
anyone else see that coming? I done the exact same thing many times and reacted the same way..... HAHAHAHAA
@soldier1113792 жыл бұрын
had to cut from the camera man doing the "lowbrow howl" laughing at him. Stuff smells like the funk too.... I bet he's always a sport about it.
@lowbrowcustoms2 жыл бұрын
The work shop / Todd's office reeked for like a week! it suckkked aahahah.
@crisiscycles2 жыл бұрын
Hi; was wondering what the trick is if the bolt won’t come out the fork.; very helpfull series!
@toddmuller7682 жыл бұрын
Then you will have to drill the head off of the fastener till it is gone with out mucking up the place where the sealing washer goes that allows the lower to come off and you will be left with just threads in the bottom of the damper tube which usually come out easily
@crisiscycles2 жыл бұрын
@@toddmuller768 thanks for the info; best. G.
@cmenzes Жыл бұрын
What was the trick to getting the drain plug out if the impact gun wouldn't do it? I think Todd got distracted before he had a chance to relay the wisdom. Thanks!
@vorhese2 жыл бұрын
That's what you get for wearing your date night duds. My wife looked at me and said "that's Something you'd do "
@lowbrowcustoms2 жыл бұрын
Ahahahaha
@monsterslayer43172 жыл бұрын
I love how this is going exactly as my DIY maint always goes. Saw that one coming though... 😁 I'm gonna go out and buy a Sporty and follow along, step by step. Do you guys install the Hooligan kits if customer ships the motor? I've watched the video, but I just don't have the competence for that part.
@lowbrowcustoms2 жыл бұрын
Sorry we don't do any in house work on other peoples motorcycles, Only sell parts and we do work on our own bikes to share the knowledge with customers in videos like these for the sheer joy of it and helping others in that way. Our best suggestion is find a local motorcycle shop or get a couple mechanically inclined buddies to come over and help ya out.
@dannychop48242 жыл бұрын
If I wanted to put a narrow glide front end on my 2015 sporty 48 will I run into any problems? I will also use the stock 19 inch front wheel that goes with that narrow glide front end like the irons
@lowbrowcustoms2 жыл бұрын
Triple tress, tubes, axel, spacers and wheel, you'll need all of that, be sweet if you can find all in one front end on chopper swapper or something like that. Harley has a 1 inch stem and you should be able to convert it easily. If it handles like crap then maybe you might wanna go back to the original front end. Nice thing is its an easy swap back.
@dannychop48242 жыл бұрын
@lowbrowcustoms thanks for the reply! I have spent big bucks with you guys and it’s cool you care about your customers! Much love - Danny. LA, so cal
@mixxtreme_mr.baesjou99742 жыл бұрын
you're the best. Keep up the good work!
@srlawnlandscape482 жыл бұрын
Plan B talk about that when you don't feel like setting the shop on fire. Done that a few times and it's always annoying.
@ChrisVanMiddelkoop4 ай бұрын
Lolololol!!!! I have been there!
@paulchannell27512 жыл бұрын
Called a couple of times about the 03 tank, picked up an 03 but the tank is damaged. Thx
@lowbrowcustoms2 жыл бұрын
We sold the one that was on this bike, we have tons of tanks that fit an 03 sportster just not the anniversary issued one. www.lowbrowcustoms.com/collections/motorcycle-gas-tanks/motorcycle-specific_harley-davidson-sportster
@WillieD35212 жыл бұрын
Wonder how many people never service their fork unless a seal starts leaking
@thedawnerparty2 жыл бұрын
one of my seals looks like it was leaking… not sure for how long and still haven’t touched it lmao
@WillieD35212 жыл бұрын
@@thedawnerparty I rebuild mine every year which is probably over kill
@terrydavis73892 жыл бұрын
are you really working on anything if you dont make a mess and curse at at least 4 parts? Keep the videos coming man.
@Nifilheimur2 жыл бұрын
Evo Sportster is the best bike Harley ever made imo especially rigid mount carbed ones. went thru the whole deal starting with my 96 XLH 1200 then a Dyna and a softail and finally road king but never liked them as good so now im back on my first bike the Sporty and i love the bloody thing even if it will carb fart oil mist on my leg and burn my pants and shoes from time to time :D
@tracyjones62842 жыл бұрын
I need glasses too. My eyes don't look as good as they used to was either.
@ladyknieval Жыл бұрын
The oil pan mishap looks like something I'd do! 😏
@ronmetcalf19728 ай бұрын
Good job on the grease spill. It let's the rest of us know you're human too. Thanks for teaching.
@OnTwo5132 жыл бұрын
💀🤣💀🤣💀🤣 perfect way to end the video LOL!
@LukeA12232 жыл бұрын
About 5 years ago I was rebuilding my '83 xlx. When tracing out the electrical, I got as far as the headlight and decided to just buy all the right colors of wire in appropriate gage and rip everything out that didn't make sense (all of it!), which took away the headache of trying to fit the headlight bulb back into its assembly, which, since that's where it's made, you need to send it to Japan to have someone fit it all in. Once I'd gotten over that hurdle the parts went together like they were made to, and rode it for 20,000 miles or so till the case decided to become a sieve. When I get a wild hare up my ass I'll take her down to bare bones and splash oil all over my shop like you just did, and maybe, who knows, put a balanced flywheel in her. Here's my girl running! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooKci4qJhtt6qpo Thanks for the vid!
@SoyismaAlgunPedo2 жыл бұрын
That end tho
@chip98322 жыл бұрын
✌️
@MegaBruceC2 жыл бұрын
No lift, no garage, no problem I work in my front yard!