Fat Boy Face Lift | Project Fat F*cker, Part 1

12 Here you can see where the ignition switch will now reside. The inside of the tank adapter has mounting holes to secure the switch in place. The stock through bolt for the old tank will be used to secure the lower portion of the adapter (red arrow). The front tank mounts will secure to the bungs on either side of the adapter (yellow arrow).

13 The tank was then placed over the adapter. Norm’s bike is carbureted, so he’ll have to pick up a 3/8-inch NPT petcock. Also the tank had a note from Custom Chrome stating that it needed to be pressure tested and lined on the inside before being painted, so that will be taken care of later.

14 The front of the tank was then secured to the sides of the tank adapter and the rear of the tank and adapter were secured to the frame utilizing the stock rear tank mount.

15 Moving onto the seat kit, Norm placed the rear seat bracket over the back of the frame.

16 The sides of the bracket were lined up with the holes on the side of the frame and the provided hardware was used to secure the bracket in place.

17 The tongue bracket for the seat was then loosely secured to the bottom of the seat pan. As you can see, there is plenty of room for adjusting the seat pan forward or backward as needed.

19 After adjusting the seat pan to sit how he wanted, Norm slipped the lower front mount onto the frame and between the tongue bracket.

20 After marking where he wanted to install the front lower mount, Norm then drilled and tapped the frame to secure the mount in place.

21 Lastly, Norm removed the front fender to get a better idea of how the sheetmetal kit transformed his bike.

22 In just a couple of hours with some basic tools, Norm was able to give his once beaten and battered Fat Boy a face lift and turn it into completely different looking bike just by bolting on some new sheetmetal. Stay tuned as we continue to follow the evolution of Norm’s Fat F*cker Fat Boy.