Wheelbarrow - harley davidson edition

So my next door neighbor gave me a wheelbarrow (that he got from the next door neighbor on the other side before they moved out). It was in pieces and the tub was rusty. 

Yesterday I set out to turn it into a functional tool from a pile of parts. First, I hit the tub with some rust converting black spray paint. Then, I needed a new axle and some hardware so I went to the local menards. Turns out, they don't sell axles separately, and I had to just buy the "hardware kit" which had the hardware but also wedges and a new wheel and stuff. Ok. (I had no idea the wheel was black when I bought it).

Since I had a new wheel, I just put the new one on instead of the old questionable one. When I started final assembly, I noticed the whole thing was black, except a couple spacers I made. So naturally I painted those spacers black too.

The whole thing ended up black and way better looking than I expected. I call it the harley davidson edition wheelbarrow. (And provided a stylistic low angle photo to match).

Needs more flames!

bgkast said:

Needs more SKULLS!

Truthed that for you.

NEEDS MORE FLAMING SKULLS

NEEDS MORE CHROME AND GET BACK WHIPS

Silver and orange pinstripes and a spark plug that is cracked like the four wheeler version?

Black is the new chrome.

Make yourself a stencil and do it...

Be sure to put a poorly tuned carb on it so you need to rev it incessantly.

Wrap the handle ends with leather and add 12" long tassels. 

Drag pipes....

How loud is this wheelbarrow? 
If not loud enough, your life may be in danger (according to popular "wisdom")

You need leather. Black leather. And assless chaps. For safety. 

Fill it and it will handle as well as a Harley.

Two things:

I did not know there was a hardware replacement kit. I need one for mine.

I have always liked Harleys, I owned one for for a number of years and it was as great and horrible as everyone says. Loved that bike. First thing I did when I bought it was cut off the fringes, but it this case I think they are required

Lobsterpennies said:

Two things:

I did not know there was a hardware replacement kit. I need one for mine.

I have always liked Harleys, I owned one for for a number of years and it was as great and horrible as everyone says. Loved that bike. First thing I did when I bought it was cut off the fringes, but it this case I think they are required

I love to make fun of harleys, but if I ever got a bike (I won't) it would likely be a Harley. They seem so cool to me despite the ownership and everything else. 

I just did the latest handle replacement on my wheelbarrow. I bought it in 1980 when I had my own horses. It's hauled a lot of E36 M3. 
 

I went with steel handles this time. Didn't think of a build thread. 

Appleseed said:

And assless chaps.

"Cheek Chillers"

mtn said:

Lobsterpennies said:

Two things:

I did not know there was a hardware replacement kit. I need one for mine.

I have always liked Harleys, I owned one for for a number of years and it was as great and horrible as everyone says. Loved that bike. First thing I did when I bought it was cut off the fringes, but it this case I think they are required

I love to make fun of harleys, but if I ever got a bike (I won't) it would likely be a Harley. They seem so cool to me despite the ownership and everything else. 

Wife and I rented a harley for a day on our honeymoon in mexico.

What a freaking awesome bike. Super comfortable, easy to ride 2 up, fairing was perfect for tooling around at 55 and being able to talk to each other without yelling.

I think they're great bikes, but like little british cars I think they suffer pretty relentlessly from the "DPO".

SkinnyG (Forum Supporter) said:

Appleseed said:

And assless chaps.

"Cheek Chillers"

Everyone likes to say "assless", but do chaps come any other way?

It's a redundancy. Chaps, by their very nature,  are assless. If they had an ass, they'd just be pants.  

It just sounds fun to say assless chaps.

And this concludes the post in which I say ass, or a variation of ass the most times.

mtn said:

Lobsterpennies said:

Two things:

I did not know there was a hardware replacement kit. I need one for mine.

I have always liked Harleys, I owned one for for a number of years and it was as great and horrible as everyone says. Loved that bike. First thing I did when I bought it was cut off the fringes, but it this case I think they are required

I love to make fun of harleys, but if I ever got a bike (I won't) it would likely be a Harley. They seem so cool to me despite the ownership and everything else. 

I would have liked a hoped up mustang GT in the late 80's/early 90's, too! But there is no way I would have wanted to be seen in one. Know the difference in a GT and a porcupine? The porcupine has em on the outside 

Back before HD started encouraging checkbook bikers, HD "lifestyle smoke" (got that term from Peter Egan) was a whole lot less annoying. Came with other issues, but a lot less lame and annoying. 

You need to make farting sounds when you push it.

Is it a requirement to do the cosplay thing whenever you buy a Harley?

In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :

You have 3 choices: pirate, Power Ranger, or squid.

I prefer Power Rangers. It provides the most protection when I wheelbarrow.