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<blockquote data-quote="JonBeast" data-source="post: 15370392" data-attributes="member: 85069"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I haven't updated this thread in a while...been making slow progress (mostly fighting the wiring)...but its almost done!</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I made a rough template for the seat, and went over the design with my upholstery guy...seat and grips came out perfect!</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690724[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690725[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690726[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690727[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690728[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690729[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Next I moved to the exhaust...I couldn't find any pipes that I liked, so I decided to make my own. I got a 2.25" 6"x6" 45 deg piece and some baffles, and wrapped it...came out clean</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690730[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690731[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690732[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690733[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Then I moved onto the brutal wiring job...I mounted everything under the seat...ran wires, made a bracket and installed my tail light, my blinkers, etc...I'll let the pics do the talking on this one...</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690734[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690735[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690736[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690737[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690738[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690739[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690740[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690741[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690742[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690743[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690744[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690745[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690746[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690747[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690748[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690749[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690750[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690751[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690752[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690753[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690754[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">I also wrapped my kick starter and brake lever with some heat shrink loom...looks pretty clean.</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690755[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">...and here's where it stands! I just need to repaint the gas tank (paint got trashed during all the work getting it running), and mount the seat. The bike runs pretty good! I've ridden it around the block a couple times, still runs a little rough but its almost done!</span></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690756[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690757[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonBeast, post: 15370392, member: 85069"] [SIZE=4]I haven't updated this thread in a while...been making slow progress (mostly fighting the wiring)...but its almost done![/SIZE] [SIZE=4]I made a rough template for the seat, and went over the design with my upholstery guy...seat and grips came out perfect![/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]690724[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690726[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690727[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690728[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690729[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4]Next I moved to the exhaust...I couldn't find any pipes that I liked, so I decided to make my own. I got a 2.25" 6"x6" 45 deg piece and some baffles, and wrapped it...came out clean[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]690730[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690731[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690732[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690733[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4]Then I moved onto the brutal wiring job...I mounted everything under the seat...ran wires, made a bracket and installed my tail light, my blinkers, etc...I'll let the pics do the talking on this one...[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]690734[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690735[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690736[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690737[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690738[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690739[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690740[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690741[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690742[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690743[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690744[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690745[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690746[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690747[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690748[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690749[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690750[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690751[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690752[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690753[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690754[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4]I also wrapped my kick starter and brake lever with some heat shrink loom...looks pretty clean.[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]690755[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4]...and here's where it stands! I just need to repaint the gas tank (paint got trashed during all the work getting it running), and mount the seat. The bike runs pretty good! I've ridden it around the block a couple times, still runs a little rough but its almost done![/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]690756[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]690757[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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