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Joey Reid's Hardtailed Sportster

Joey Reid’s “Lo-Fi” Sportster Chopper at Glory Daze

At this year’s Glory Daze motorcycle show in Pittsburgh, Joey Reid rolled in from nearby Bellevue, Pennsylvania with his first custom chopper build, a 2000 Harley-Davidson Sportster he calls Lo-Fi.

“This is my 2000 Sportster chopper,” Joey said. “We got the full Throttle Addiction deluxe hardtail kit. The oil tank, the fender, hardtail seat, and sissy bar.”

The front end runs a stock Harley 21-inch wheel that’s a bit of a mystery to some. “You can’t really find it anywhere. A lot of people don’t know where it comes from, but it’s actually just off a Sportster.”

Joey added a fork brace from Slim’s Fab. “He makes some cool shit. I saw that and thought, you know, I want to have some support there up front being 8" over, and it looks really cool on there. I got that chrome powder coated and it just ties in with the look of the bike.”

“I actually have the Throttle Addiction mid controls, and I have your extended fork caps too. Originally I went 6" over, and I was like, I want to go a little bit more. Those are perfect. They get that extension, they blend nicely, and they’re really easy to install.”

He also added a small handmade detail in back. “We did a little bit of barbed wire on the back, hand-rolled that out of some stainless steel. Got it all powder coated.”

On building the bike, Joey said, “It was my first build. All the parts were really cool to work with and gave me the confidence to build my own bike, basically.”

“Shout out to Roll-On Cycle in Oakdale. Zack Williams helped me bring the vision together. I stripped everything apart based on your guys’ video, and then he cut it for me, welded it. Everything else I did.”

“I did the gas tank and oil tank, and then everything else is powder coated. I actually redid the tank like two weeks ago before we came here, just to give it a little different look. I built it last year and then rode it all summer, trying to work out the kinks.”

Details like the exhaust came together with some guesswork. “That exhaust was like a hanger up to the peg. Somehow we got it to line up perfectly. Zack welded those tabs just off some measurements I drew on the frame.”

Joey’s roots were in sportbikes before switching to Harleys. “Just out of high school my dad bought me a motorcycle, a Ducati Monster. Then I had a CBR, a Ninja 636… that kind of sucked around town. I wanted to get into bobbers and Harleys.”

“Attending Glory Daze and watching some videos from you guys really gave me the confidence to go for building a chopper. And here we are.”

The name Lo-Fi fits the spirit of the build. “It’s about making the best out of what’s there, what’s left over. The imperfections, embracing those things. It’s not a show bike. I ride it more than any of my other bikes or my car.”

“The other day I was leaving the gym and this guy was turning the corner and stopped, just said, ‘That’s fucking sick.’ Stuff like that is really cool. Once you’ve built a bike, you know what goes into it.”

“I love it. It was a lot of fun. I can’t wait to do another build.”



Joey Reid

Bellevue, PA

@j_reid05

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