Building your own bike from motorcycle parts is cheaper than buying one new and is a whole lot of fun. When you are done, there is nothing like the satisfaction of driving around on a machine you built with your bare hands.

Your first bike project can be a daunting task even if you've done repairs or custom work already. Advice from someone who's been through it can save you a lot of time and frustration and there are plenty of books to help.

How to Build a Kit Bike

Custom bike kits are a great choice for your first chopper. In this book by Tim Remus, you get a complete inventory of motorcycle parts so you don't have to worry about missing something or making sure different pieces match up. All you have to do is put it all together and paint it.

This book illustrates step-by-step the construction of four kit bikes. And "illustrates" is the right word because this book is packed with pictures that let you see how every step is going to progress. It includes advice on tools and techniques that are invaluable for a first project.

Although it is a good introduction and overview, some of the information is a bit superficial. It's a good start but not useful for anyone who has already built a bike. It's no replacement for getting down and dirty with motorcycle parts. You'll still make some mistakes, but you'll make a lot fewer after reading this book.

How to Build a Cheap Chopper

Like the book above, this book by Tim Remus carefully illustrates the build of 5 bikes. However these aren't kit bikes but rather bikes built from parts.

Most of the builds involve getting cheap Harley parts from junked donor bikes. The most expensive example is built with all custom chopper parts, but even this one will cost far less than buying a bike new.

Like Remus's other book, this one provides a solid foundation to the new bike builder but is no substitute for experience. It's a basic how-to manual that educates you on the basic concepts.

How to Paint Your Motorcycle

Once you assemble your motorcycle parts into a bad ass street machine you still need to paint it. You could take it to a paint shop, but then you could have just bought a new bike.

In this book, JoAnn Bortles shows you how to give your bike a professional paint job. She draws on her own extensive experience and is free with stories of personal mistakes. The book has a great conversational tone that makes it fun to read. It's a comprehensive reference of techniques from basic preparation to elaborate bodywork.

Whether you want just a quick coating of black or you want to try your hand at painting flaming skulls, or even if you just want a good read while waiting for the pros to paint your bike, this is a great addition to any bike builder's library.

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Harley-Davidson is synonymous with powerful, functional, American motorcycles. As a result of their growing popularity, the number of Harley-Davidsons on the road is multiplying at an exponential rate. So what can you do to keep your bike ahead of the pack? You need to give your bike more power, better handling, stronger brakes, and keep its factory reliability, all of which can be accomplished using high-performance bolt-on parts. Modern Harley-Davidsons are worthy performers - they're powerful, reliable, comfortable, and they handle and brake pretty well too. But if you really want to turn your particular H-D into a canyon carver, a tire smoker, or the ultimate in cross-country transportation, there is definitely room for improvement. In this guide, author Jerry Smith outlines each of the systems that contribute to your bike's performance and discusses some of the different products out there to take it to the next level, including: induction, cylinder heads, ignition, pistons and rods, exhaust, driveline, suspension and braking. He brings the information to you, directly from the mouths of some of the industry's most respected manufacturers. Whether you just want to do a carb swap and add a set of pipes, or you're looking for the biggest crate motor that can fit in your frame, Harley-Davidson Bolt-On Performance gives you the information you need.

Bike Lust roars straight into the world of women bikers and offers us a ride. In this adventure story that is also an insider's study of an American subculture, Barbara Joans enters as a passenger on the back of a bike, but soon learns to ride her own. As an anthropologist she untangles the rules, rituals, and rites of passage of the biker culture. As a new member of that culture, she struggles to overcome fear, physical weakness, and a tendency to shoot her mouth off-a tendency that very nearly gets her killed.

Bike Lust travels a landscape of contradictions. Outlaws still chase freedom on the highway, but so do thousands of riders of all classes, races, and colors. Joans introduces us to the women who ride the rear-the biker chick, the calendar slut straddling the hot engine, the back-seat Betty at the latest rally, or the underage groupie at the local run. But she also gives us the first close look at women who ride in their own right, on their own bikes, as well as a new understanding of the changing world of male bikers. These are ordinary women's lives made extraordinary, adding a dimension of courage to the sport not experienced by males, risking life and limb for a glimpse of the very edge of existence. This community of riders exists as a primal tribute to humanity's lust for freedom.

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This pictorial celebration of the world's most famous motorcycle will delight Harley fans of all ages. The leading icon of the bike trade of the 1950's, the Harley-Davidson machine is the most respected by bike fans of the 1990's. Includes vibrant full-color photographs of Harleys around the world, as well as custom Harleys of yesterday and today.

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Drove my 98 road king Harley Davidson to mountains yesterday. Stopped to get gas and then bike was dead. No power. We jumped it off from a car. Got it started, drove it for about an hour, stopped for lunch and then again it would not start. Bought a new battery. Then the bike started but then the fuel pump not coming on and have to had bike towed over 100 miles home. Is it possible that jumping the bike off damaged some wiring causing a problem with the fuel pump? Other suggestions? Where should I start looking to fix it? Cant afford to take it to dealer.

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