1980's "CHiPS" Police Harley HOME UPDATE 2/19 238

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:29 pm

Here is the start of my project. We are converting a 2001 Rare Police Harley into the "CHiPS" bike.

The Mod's:

Tear Down and New Paint
New Custom Decals
New Front Tire with Spokes
Working Headlight
Working Tailight
Front and Rear red/blue flashing lights activated with Sirens
MP3 Audio with several audio files, including theme song :D
Working CB megaphone
FUTURE- upgrade to 18v.

This is the bike stock- was in VERY good condition given its ripe age of 10 years old:

And the First couple pieces we have done,
The Tank (flash made them look terrible):

The Front Fender:

Windshield:

Matching Helmet!:

This is a cooperative effort between my husband and I and my step father who is doing all the electrical. We hope to have it done in the next month or so. Paint will be done but electronics are being built and customized from scratch. (plus he lives in Seattle- 9 hours away from here) I can't wait for this to be done! Its going to be so cool!

taz11 · Post by **taz11** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:55 pm

Looks pretty accurate to me :D :D :D :D COOL :mrgreen:

For those of you that were not born yet.....[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTDOLoDi ... redirect=1[/video]

johnny1333 · Post by **johnny1333** » Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:59 pm

can't watch the video on here, says embedding disabled by request

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:05 am

taz11 wrote:Looks pretty accurate to me :D :D :D :D COOL :mrgreen:

For those of you that were not born

Lol at those not born yet. I can't imagine life not knowing "CHiPs"

What a great show :D

Btw- I had sweet decals made for the footboard that says "seven Mary three" lol I'm all about accuracy

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:42 pm

Progress Pics

Paint and Decals

SigEp · Post by **SigEp** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:07 pm

Looking great! We're planning a CHiPs Dodge Charger, but who knows when I'll get around to working on that project...

aVWguy · Post by **aVWguy** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:57 pm

i seem to have better luck makeing things to outrun police vehicles ...

this spring my and a friend will be makeing a video reinactment of my life in chambersburg PA
... 2 cops in a dodge charger chaseing some crazy redhead in a VW bug :lol:

just not sure which kid i want to put in the magica :|

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:49 pm

SigEp wrote:Looking great! We're planning a CHiPs Dodge Charger, but who knows when I'll get around to working on that project...

That would be cool. The decals off eBay turned out awesome!

Funny that my husband could kill me over how many pw I collected but the other day he said, "if I could have just only one more it would be a police charger"

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:51 pm

aVWguy wrote:i seem to have better luck makeing things to outrun police vehicles ...

this spring my and a friend will be makeing a video reinactment of my life in chambersburg PA
... 2 cops in a dodge charger chaseing some crazy redhead in a VW bug :lol:

just not sure which kid i want to put in the magica :|

Can't wait to see that

12vwiz · Post by **12vwiz** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:58 pm

This is turning out to be one nice ride!! I love the detail :D
I know your kids cant wait.

ms1120 · Post by **ms1120** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:47 am

Since you built Jon's bike, now you have to build another one for Ponch

madmaxdecals · Post by **madmaxdecals** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:43 pm

Looking forward to seeing the finished product...looks great so far

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:46 pm

Electronics are 80% complete and paint reassembly is complete. We are trying out electronics tomorrow and I will post photos...then the bike will take a trip back to Seattle for a month with my mom and step dad for him to do all the final install and tweaking of everything. It's way cool!

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:45 am

Here are some reassembly photos, along with a few random. The paint is complete. Next is to fully install electrical. It has headlights, brake lights, red and blue flashers activated with the siren, Police scanner chatter MP3, Theme songs and sound clips on MP3, Sirens, Battery Indicator (fuel guage)with range of 12.5-14.5 volts, Megaphone and original stock sounds and lights.

I also changed the new drive wheels to the ones I got from Gambler.

I won't get this back from Seattle for about a month, so video will come when Its all complte. I also still have a bit of work to do on the side pipes with the heat gun to smooth out road rash.

Protect and Serve side

Seven Mary Three Side

Birds Eye View

Control Box that mounts between handle bars right behind the windshield

New Drive Wheels (new on top, old on bottom)
Definitely needed new wheels ya think!

Anyway, it looks amazing, and I can't wait to get it back and have it all operational. Its going to be sooo nice! Like a life-keeper!
Stay tuned for video

madmaxdecals · Post by **madmaxdecals** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 10:50 am

Looks great! Nice job

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:34 pm

Electronics Progress Photos

Rear Tail Light Bezel

Brake Light

Rear Bezel before lenses

With lenses On

Front Bezel holes cut for LED's (Will have Lenses Over)

Red & Blue LED's for Front Flashers

Video of Rear lights

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:38 pm

Changed the Rear Bezel Light pattern, didn't look right with red next to Red Brake light, so now rather than being a Brake light it will be part of the emergency alert system. :lol:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RI3uKvj ... re=mh_lolz[/video]

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:38 pm

2 New Videos-

First is the operational Brake light.

Then the rear bezel when emergency flashers are on :D

I'm Very Excited about it!

madmaxdecals · Post by **madmaxdecals** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:55 pm

Awesome job Gwinny!

ms1120 · Post by **ms1120** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:04 pm

YOu know if you spent less time on here and more time finishing that Escalade, you would be done by now. lol

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:00 pm

I have to have something to do every 15 minutes between coats! Lol.... I've done laundry, fed kids, wet sanded, swept floor, organized pantry, cleaned kitchen, mpw, Facebook, I could go on. I'm a good multi-tasker. :lol:

ms1120 · Post by **ms1120** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:13 pm

If the Jesus Grave Digger was a laundry doer, if you layed out finger foods for the kids, got a roomba for the floor, used paper plates and cup and stayed off FB, all you would have left was sanding and painting. lol. I totally dig the harley.

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:22 am

Giggle.

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:48 am

Control box mounted

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:37 pm

Quick Update: For one- The bike is coming home in 18 Days! and I can't wait.

So we jumped off the deep end and decided since my step dad was already so far into the bike, he may as well jump it up to 18 V now so that its totally done.
He cut the stock relay for the turbo button and built a new relay board. If I understand correctly, the bike will go in reverse 6V, speed 1 12V and Turbo button 18 V.
The 6 Volt battery is perm housed in the engine compartment and will have a charge port, as will the 12V. They both will be hard wired in.

Heres some pictures

madmaxdecals · Post by **madmaxdecals** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:45 am

Looking good....hope you have the outfits to go with this bike..haha

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:32 pm

madmaxdecals wrote:Looking good....hope you have the outfits to go with this bike..haha

Lol I have the helmet made, but I need to get outfit. :lol:

djssnowgod · Post by **djssnowgod** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:44 pm

I think this is awesome since my first powerwheel was the pines "CHiPs" edition motorcycle. I rode that thing until it died. I think it is still my favorite toy ever.

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:46 pm

It will b home in 4 days. I can't wait

Scotty5 · Post by **Scotty5** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:11 pm

Only a couple of more days for you now.
I think all is good with it some of you pics are a little old though. Espically the front panel on the control panel changed quite a bit for the better I think.

Relay board mounted on top of 6v battery and adde a couple of barrier strips so if you do want to put on heat sinks the motor disconnecto will be easy. the relay board is a little hard to get to where I mounted it. Thank goodness you will not have to remove the batteries to charge this thing with the added charger jack.

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:09 am

Sweet! Thanks for posting new pics! I can't wait to see the big guy driving it!

madmaxdecals · Post by **madmaxdecals** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:05 am

AWESOME :mrgreen:

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:37 pm

The BIKE is home!!! Its beyond awesome. I will have to post more close up pics after I get home from Florida next week but heres some pics and videos. My son learned to drift right away and now thats all he does.

With the Bronco Harley

Race- keep in mind this was litterally the first time he drove it and the variable turbo is a learning curve, still caught and beat his sister tho

Dark

Video of sounds

Lights

Donuts

ms1120 · Post by **ms1120** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:27 pm

Thats the Goofiest looking bike Ive ever seen....lol. j/k.
That unit looks awesome. I especially like the control box above the tank. That is super cool.

madmaxdecals · Post by **madmaxdecals** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:18 am

That is Awesome!....I had a retro heart attack when I heard the Chips music...haha

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:49 am

Sorry should I just call it a hog, lol
It's way cool! The control box does so much, I'll take a full video. It's got scanner chatter and everything

I still need to paint the Harley lettering black on the side pipes and change the back wheel to a spoke wheel.

aVWguy · Post by **aVWguy** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:38 am

awesome work
wow

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:17 pm

Some better Pictures

New Turbo disable

Charge port for both 6 & 12V

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:18 pm

I still need to swap out the back tire for a spoke tire to match the front and I think I will paint the Harley lettering on the side pipes black to make them stand out

Scotty5 · Post by **Scotty5** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:04 pm

I think the lettering will look great. You should post a pic of the charger setup from the eliminator battery compartment that got the 18v upgrade. I read someone was using a house wall outlet to connect their chargers to the batteries. I think our setup is so much better, smaller and electrically correct for its intended use.

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:14 pm

I did. Its in the battery section...Which by the way, I LOVE IT!! It works so great and is so easy. I love not having to take the battery cover off (which explains why so many are missing- they are a pita)
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6876

And long gone are the days of me lugging 10 heavy batteries inside to charge! I need to put one of those in the escalade so that I don't have to lift the hood. Its a real pain as well and is ruining the paint.

I need to go buy another charger so I can have more than one machine charging.

Thanks again for all your help! I can't wait to get the eliminator on the block and get lights figured out

aVWguy · Post by **aVWguy** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:53 pm

this build is awesome lol
cant wait to see what you do to an elimator

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:37 pm

I'm dying to start the eliminator as well now that I've got speed.
But I'm focused on Francesco driveway racer first.

aVWguy · Post by **aVWguy** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:23 pm

i still have a magica, a plow truck, a mudwarrior and a black and green quad to finish lol
and all before summer

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:24 pm

I have 4 as well. YIKES! 2 of mine are very small yet have the most detail

aVWguy · Post by **aVWguy** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:53 pm

when its done the magica wil be byfar my most complicated lol
and i may end up changeing a few things after a few test runs lol but thats going to be the lil show car hauled around and set up with a couple full size VWs this summer

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:18 pm

2 Videos

Sounds- as much as my son who would allow...

And more driving/drifting

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:57 pm

So after the Harley's melt down via the 3 year old, it now has a new control board installed (PHEW) and I did a few cosmetic fixes. Since he rolled it there was some damage to the tank, but who knows which time that happend! :lol:

Luckily all I had to do was wet sand and re-clear! Easy.

I also painted the tailpipes where the decals were missing, and filled in the Harley with black. and changed the back tire finally so the spokes matched

I also installed kill switches for both the 6V and 12V batteries just under the tank "just in case" we melt another board.

gwinnythepooh · Post by **gwinnythepooh** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:59 pm

And here's more video of this thing moving! LOL
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NljJYNxw ... AAAAAAABAA[/video]

madmaxdecals · Post by **madmaxdecals** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:09 pm

Awesome!!!...is this recent...i thought it had a meltdown?