Bob Millerleile's 1979 Ironhead

During our coverage of Pinned Ohio I had the distinct privilege of meeting Mikey Arnold. He's a local photographer willing to cover events and bikes throughout the Buckeye State. I'm a firm believer in letting others have the opportunity to shine and look forward to Mikey’s contribution to Chop Cult. Welcome aboard and thanks to Bob for letting Mikey feature your bike.

Photos by Mikey Arnold

I learned a lot from this build, started with an image in my head and a barn with no heat. My average day for a few months was work till 5 and be out in my barn till midnight uploading instragram pics of each part I make. Piece by piece it came together, finally I timed the mag and it fired first kick. Wasn’t getting oil… after so much frustration I tore the cam cover apart and found out the sketchy guy from the swap meet plug welded the oil passages. Got that fixed and started it up once more and broke the clutch and motor in with a smoky burnout. 

Owner name, location: Bob Millerleile, Youngstown Ohio

Chop Cult Member profile: Pisspoorbob

Bike name:  Esmeralda Swampass

Engine, year and make, model, modifications: Ironhead 79’, Morris Magneto, early rockers, custom Kicker cover

Frame: Paughco

Fork: Stock

Chassis mods: Mullins trees 

Tire/wheel size and style: Trials 18 rear, trials 23 front

Favorite thing about this bike:  It looks the same after a long ride

Next modification will be:  Gas 

Other mods, accessories, cool parts, etc: Gasbox oil tank, chopped, narrowed, and hidden mounted wassel tank, custom seat, custom pipes, lots of handmade gadgets and mounts, handmade pegs and custom bars.

Any building or riding story or info you'd like to include:  Does great on the oval dirt track.

Thanks to Jesse at Gasbox for the help. Also to Kyle, Joe and Steve for helping me get the motor in and out of the frame. Big thanks to Melina for putting up with all the grinding dust during the late nights.

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