Handsome Rob

Bump again.

If someone would buy the damn kayak, I could keep this! All I need is 2 grand!

Any Warhammer 40K fans in the house?

Gregg, if you buy it, I'll pay to have it chromed.

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That're worth about 800 bucks! Ain't screwin' with em when aftermarket are less than 2 bills & some elbow grease! A full set of good condition, original matching tins with caps, lights & fender tips is worth about 3½ GRAND right now! I'm occasionally dumb, but never knowingly stupid

I may do the rocker covers at some point, certainly if I ever have to take them off. But looking at how much of a ballache it is to pull the oil tank, I think I'm going to leave it alone. A tiny bit of sparkle, here & there, isn't a terrible thing. Enhancing what's underneath. Like lingerie for motorcycles. I'm going to start to tackle the new gas tanks this weekend. My god but they're rough. I can envision having to encase the entire things in bondo, then sand it back to a tank shape And that's after I degrease, etch & line them, because they were welded up by the kid that did Greg's heat shields

Anything that falls off, lives where it lands

Welp, they've managed 25 years so far & 120 miles this afternoon!

Totally forgot I had this to go with it too. Fantastic under seat storage.....

Bumpkin

Still here y'all.

They're the factory heat shields, on the headers & cross pipe. They're held on with Jubilee clips (I think you guys call em hose clamps, but y'all call everything hose clamps..... This is the ONE single American thing that after 15 years, I still get stuck on! ) The tail pipes got the same treatment as all the other chrome; wet sanded at 220, etched with Naval Jelly, etch primed & 3 top coats. I wish I could post videos here. They sound fantastic with the baffles in. With em out, it sounds like 2 kids chucking bricks into a 55 gallon drum.

Aaaaaaand..... we have fishtails!

Setting off in 2 hours..... I'm happy to hook her up.

I'm hitting the road to Knoxville in 2 hours. I'm more than happy to throw her in the truck if anyone's interested.

I'll be headed towards knoxville in Saturday afternoon. If sometime wants it for $2,000 I'll hook it to the truck.

Well you definitely need a fishing kayak then...... Pssst......I know a guy

I'll be traveling up to Knoxville this weekend, if it helps anyone.

Still here....

Bump again

I've got to install the header heat shields, throttle & idle cables & some taller risers tomorrow, since these ones catch the dash, just before full lock and I'm still waiting the fishtails & tanks, but other than that, she's about ready for a test ride! Oh, that primary cover needs dealing with too.....

It got the grinder treatment But then I gussied it up a bit. I didn't like the unfinished edge. I tell you what though, creating a wire edge on a sheet steel fender is not as easy as the first 3 minutes I watched, of a 40 minute YouTube tutorial, led me to believe. Especially when the only welding equipment available is the 'Easy Bake Oven' of MiG sets...... I've also re-wired the back end for the new light setup & the fender is just sitting letting the paint cure. I'll have her back together tomorrow. Oh... painted the rear wheel & ditched the chrome pulley and inner primary covers. Painted the shift linkage, rear master cylinder cover, horn & coil cover, transmission case & a couple of other trim bits that do, actually, fill the gaps nicely but we're waaaaay to shiny. Installed the new, shorter clutch cable, fixed the front master cylinder, gave her some new rear pads (which were down to the paint....) & modified the kickstand to better suit its new, squatted, stance. Hell of a good weekend so far!