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The inaugural Blue Ridge Stakeout took place a week ago. After a weekend of riding, swimming, music and camping, everyone in our crew is already itching to do it again. 

The last time we gave an update on our Harley Davidson x The Congregation Show - 2019 Iron 1200 Sportster Giveaway Bike, the bike was sitting in the shop unrecognizable. There was an engine and frame, but the rest of the bits and pieces were uninstalled either being painted or receiving other final touches.

If you read our first article introducing the Harley Davidson x The Congregation Show - 2019 Iron 1200 Sportster Giveaway Bike, you’ll know that we’re not simply giving away a stock motorcycle. We’re stripping the bike down and building it back up using vintage Harley Davidson bits, one-off fabricated items and we’ll be pulling parts off our own shelves as well.

So, first things first - strip it down.

What started this step out with a brand new, perfectly functioning Sportster. We spent several hours of striping the motorcycle down, admiring Harley’s handywork and gawking at the technology they’re utilizing (which results in a few more wires snaking through the bike than we’re used to working with).  

We ended the step with a frame, engine, two wheels and a slew of brand new parts scattered around our shop. While it may look like a total mess now, we’re excited because it’s the start of an entirely new creation and we can’t wait to show off our finalized bike, come to fruition.

Stay close to our site for updates on the build and to learn more about how you can become eligible to win this sucker.

For this year’s edition of The Congregation Show, we teamed up with Harley Davidson to give away a 2019 Iron 1200 Sportster. But, we’re not simply going to send a bone-stock Sportster home with the lucky recipient.

In true Prism Supply fashion, we’re going to strip the bike down to its core and build it back up using vintage Harley Davidson bits, plenty of one-off fabricated items and we’ll probably be pulling parts off our own shelves as well.

The bike will be unveiled at The Congregation Show on April 13 this year. If you’re chomping at the bit to figure out how you can be the winner, don’t worry, we’ll be releasing all of those juicy details very soon.

In the meantime, check out these photos we shot of the brand new spiffy bike, before we sink our teeth into it. We’re excited about working on the bike, but even more excited about sending it home with one of you!

Keep an eye out for updates on the build process as we release blog posts between now and The Congregation Show! Stay tuned.

This bike was built for one of our good friends Greg. Greg really trusted us with overstyle and basically said “build what you like.” We wanted to build something timeless & traditional so this is what we came up with!

From the very beginning, we knew we wanted 18/21 wheel combo with stock panhead frame dimensions, springer front end, forward controls and tall bars (Greg is 6’7”!) Aside from those things we weren't worried about the rest of the individual parts.  We knew if we had those components, everything else would come together just the way we wanted...and it sure enough did.

We started building the bike in June of 2018.  We made the entire frame excluding the neck. We wanted to use the original neck because it contained the VIN but of course we rarely leave anything factory, so we decided we had to modify it by “windowed” it.

We retrofit the stock style axle plates to fit a juice drum. Once the frame was complete, we began working on the stance. The 18/21 wheel combo with high shoulder aluminum rims partnered with the chrome 4+ front end really helped the overall stance. We then figure out bars and riser height. We made the risers using Flanders style clamps. The riser are actually brazed onto the springer top clamp and then chromed so it has a nice 1-piece finish. The risers were then fitted with our 10” hurricane bars.

About the time the roller & stance were figured out, the engine was completed by @prism_derek. We then mounted the lowbrow customs Tanks and fender, the chrome oil tank, river seat and p-pad. We also made the hard oil lines in house using 36-37 style knucklehead banjo fittings. From here we decided on the exhaust with which Greg had some really great input on. We chose the overall style of the exhaust together and then when we thought we were finished we decided it would be nice to add the “trumpet” flares at the very tips.

The very last thing we did was add some miscellaneous rod to certain parts of the frame, fender, and tank that would eventually be bondo’d and molded to give it the last little touch of “custom.” Some people may not even notice the molding but if you look close enough, we think you’ll appreciate it!

Our brother @calebhindes painted it from a color we chose with Greg. It's a ‘69 Camaro color called Dusk Blue. The bike was completed in December of 2018.

Prism production parts on the build:

• 10” hurricane bars
• Prism Chopper Tail light
• Prism chopper Tail light bracket
• Vintage Cloth Covered Wire
• Vintage Spark Plug Wires
• Kicker Pedal
• Ignition Cover
• License Plate Jewels
• ¼” NPT Stainless Petcock & Fuel Line
• Grip Collars
• Key Switch
• Key Switch Bracket

Prism Custom Parts on the build:

• Frame
• Sissy Bar
• Exhaust
• Choke knob
• Risers / top clamp combo
• Foot Pegs
• 36-37 knucklehead style oil lines

Special thanks: Greg Mitchell (owner), Prism Crew - Mitch, Zach, Rob, Derek, Alistair, Jake, Bens V-twin (Transmission), Matt Best (Photos), Drew from Freakshow fab for keeping up with the maintenance.

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