Thursday, March 20, 2008

Spring is here (and the fucking bike is still in fucking boxes!)

Well it's the first day of spring. It's 65 and sunny outside. It's a great day! The bike is still in boxes! Damn It!

We have gotten alot done, but there is a alot left to do. The frame is painted and ready with the motor sitting in it ready to be mounted this weekend. As far as the engine goes, its mostly done. I still need to remove the pair value, clean up some of the fins a little more and change all of its fluids. The tank and fender are at kenny's getting the last of the body work taken care of. When I get them back I need to seal the inside of the tank with the Kream stuff I got from jpcycles. After that it's back to his place for paint. Either red or black..... Don't know yet.

While that is going on, I need to finish the sanding on the forks. I am not even 25% done with the first one. Not sure if I will be able to pull this off or not. If not, then the fall back plan will be to get some of the chrome covers they have for them. They look okay, but I would rather just polish and clear coat them as they are.

Here is the rest list....


  • Seal the tank with Kream
  • Finishing painting the tank and rear fender
  • Finish sanding and polishing the forks
  • Remove pair value from engine and wire harness
  • Wire new head light
  • Mount and wire new tail light (or get a new side mount light)
  • Mount engine in the frame
  • Install battery, wire harness, EPC, PowerCommander
  • Mount and wire new handle bars
  • Order new clutch, throttle and front brake cables for new bars
  • Polish Wheels
  • Measure and order new radiator hoses
  • Measure and order new fuel hoses
  • Fab up and paint or polish a new shifter linkage

0 comments: