Home stretch

Soon...Very soon.

I've been looking everywhere for these.  I should have started at my favorite bike shop in the first place.  The Ottawa Goodtime Center hasn't let me down yet. 

 Now I have a good battery terminal, nice and permanent.

I've oiled up the pod filters.

I've got a question for you.  Does anyone know what these nipples, tee hee, are on my carbs?  Larry's, ptouie, bible of carbs doesn't mention them at all. 

Here are the goodies I've been waiting for.  I bought a set of bars and a brake master from Dime City Cycles and a custom Spiegler brake line from Moto Madness.

Sorry about the tuft of hair in the bottom of the last picture, I haven't had the time to shave my toes in a while.  Anyhow, cool stuff right. 

I took the old bars off and man are those grips hard to take off.  I tried it dry and broke a sweat.  Once I added a specially formulated ancient recipe lubricant it came off easy.

Ok, so the lubricant you see on the end of the grip is actually butter.  Shut up, it worked great.



Here it is with the new bars.

I don't know how comfortable they'll be but they sure look dope.   They fit the bike better aesthetically.

I lost the little thingamajig that holds the cables near the fender.  I've seen it at least a dozen times during the winter but now that I want it I can't find it.  No problem, made my own.

 I'll paint it black and you won't notice it unless you really look.

Soon Mr. Double J will help me get this thing out of my house and bring it to work.  There we'll fire it up and hopefully safety it.

 I hope it runs Ok, fingers and furry toes crossed.