I brought home the bodywork Sunday night. I have so much more work to do before I put the bodywork on, I don't even want it near the bike. Again, the pictures don't do the paint job justice.
I can assure you, it looks killer.
The bike is sitting in the garage, basically frame and engine.
That would make it easier to paint the motor too. It only took me about 10 min. to lift the motor out, and it wasn’t as heavy as I thought it would be. Well, the side covers are off, the clutch is out; but it still wasn’t too much of a back breaker. Anyway, I start sanding away at the frame, I grab my drill with a small wire wheel, I start looking at the wiring harness and what’s left of the bike. For crying out loud, I’m 95% of the way to a bare frame. So I take about 20 pictures of the wiring harness, and all the routing of the cables and stuff. I snake the wiring harness out of the frame, unbolt the front end, and hang the entire front end from a rafter with the wiring harness draped over the bars.
A few more parts off, and I guess I'm powder coating the frame before this thing goes back together. The frame is now stripped and sitting in the back of my truck so I can drop it off tomorrow.
A month ago I was thinking that I would just ride the bike for a couple years, then freshen up the motor and finish all the details; like powder coating the frame. Oh well, that's how it goes.
I put in my new Clutch from A.P.E. and it came with new clutch springs. (they're the green ones)
I decided to clearcoat the alum. parts that I polished. It makes me kind of nervous when the paint is wet it looks all cloudy. Luckily, that all clears up as it dries.
Media blasted and ready for powder coating.