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i! My name is Peter and I live in Sweden
I am 49 years old, and live in a suburb of
Stockholm called Södertälje. I have always
changed and rebuilt bicycles, mopeds, boats, cars and
motorcycles. It has been difficult to have something
that no one else has, I have to put my own style on it.
We have three Harley Davidson in the family now
that I have built, the first one is a FXR Trike to my
wife, she has a muscle disease, so she can not run a
standard motorcycle. Then I built my Sportster chopper that has been published by many magazines in
the United States, England, Germany, Spain, France,
Austria and Sweden. Last year my wife’s daughter
wanted to ride with us, so I built her a Sportster to
this season, the only thing she wanted was purple and
that there would be a crown somewhere. So that’s
how the name “Purple Queen” became about.
Her name is Janine Nikula and she is 22 years old.
She is studying music, singing, drama and dance.
She started to ride a bike late last summer and she
got her driving license this summer (2012). She has
always liked to ride with us and now with her own
license and bike, she has been joining us on the roads
and bike shows a lot. Janine appreciates her bike and
thinks it is nice and smooth to drive. “It’s really a
nice sidekick from the daily life.”
My ideas started when I saw Moons Sportster and
thought the style was awesome. I had met
on the internet Andrea Gallinaro from Italy
who engraves. I like the 70s style engraving, flake paint and gold. So I made a mix
from Sportster bobber and 70s chopper.
I started with an original Sportster that I tore
down completely. I cut away the rear bracket for the stock fenders and welded new
mounts for turn signals, raised the mounting
point for gas tank, cut out and reinforced
the frame in front to make a cleaner look.
Bracket for the ignition switch was moved

and welded to the battery box, bracket for the new
rear fender was made. Brackets for solo saddle was
welded after that the frame was powder satin black.
The wheels I tore down, hubs powder coated satin
black, then I built up the wheels with twisted spokes
and brass nipples and old style tires were mounted.
The fork I tore down and all the brackets were cut
away from the triple trees, then I sent all the parts
from the fork and all engine covers to Andrea in Italy
for engraving and polishing. The engine is almost untouched, what’s done is engraving on all covers, cylinders are powder coated, special bracket in polished
stainless steel with integrated speedometer to the
upper engine mount, and all bolts have brass covers.
Brass point cover from Indian Larry. The handlebar is
Biltwells frisco I welded risers for a cleaner look.
I installed an internal throttle and electricity was
drawn to two mini switches, one in the side of the grip
for high /low light and horn and the brass mount from
Kustom Tech Italy a mini switch for turn lights.
All electricity is newly drawn, mini turn signals in
front and Kellermann Micro 1000 for the rear Reg
plate was moved down to the left side with a new
bracket from powder coated steel and brass.
All parts were left to Daniel on Air brush studio in
Stockholm who painted mini flake paint and text.
I have tried to find as much brass parts as possible,
I think it has been a good combination. The exhaust
system is made ?? my friend Kent, Ace Performance
by
and I have rebuilt the mufflers with brass trumpets.

Peter Ström
Stockholm / Sweden

165 Saint Bridget Drive
Schriever, LA
Home: [phone]
Cell: [phone]
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