Saturday, May 19, 2012

It's starting to look like a motorcycle

Last weekend, I worked on the front fork.  I added oil.  I tried to finish them.  I ended up messing up the top of the triple tree.  Rats.  I did, however, figure out how to bolt the bottom together, so that I could put the top on correctly.

Friday at lunch, I took the top of the triple tree over to D.A. at Spectrum Powder coating.  He's going to strip it and re-coat it.  I know D.A. will make it perfect.  At the same time, I took him one of my headlight buckets.  It will look pretty good coated as well.

D.A. gave me the name of another chrome shop to try.  So - the tank fastening bolts and the brake pedal went over there with me, and dropped off.  Get that back in a week, and I won't make the same mistake.

Today, I dropped the swing arm with my buds at Atlas Auto down the street.  They pressed the bushings into the swing arm for me, and I brought it all home and bolted it onto the frame.  So now, it's starting to look like a motorcycle.


I'll try and work on the wheels tomorrow.  Might have a partial roller by the end of the weekend!!!

How exciting.  Now I have to go hide my camera from my family.....

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