I'm still at it

I know it's the end of the summer and I had it in my head that this thing would be out but earlier this spring.  No excuses, I got frustrated, lazy, sidetracked, so on, so forth. 

Remember that scrape on the headlamp ring,

 just like that, gone.


It turns out that the CX500D and the CX500C have slightly different front fenders, so after unsuccessfully trying to put my finished fender on I realized I had to start over again.

 The brake lamp is now permanently mounted to the bracket thing and that is permanently affixed to what's left of the back of the frame.

I hid the wiring for the brake light using a little black thing and some precisely bent copper tubing.   I'm not kidding when I say precise,  I must have frigged up that thing half a dozen times with a little hand bender fighting me all the way.  It worked out well though.

A little magic stuff called Shoe Goo and it's stuck in place plus I'm sure the wires won't chafe on the copper. 

With the help of  Mr. G the pipes where wrapped.  Nice job if i do say so myself.

I got some Kuriakin Switchblade pegs for the VStar, I like.

My friend Mr Double J dived into the world of body work.  He fixed some issues on his wife's bike, hell yeah she rides too, and took the opportunity of changing the looks a little.

Hang to paint...

and put together.  Not bad, lots of swearing went into that.

Good night.