Living La Vida Lunda: A blog abroad

Well, I buttoned up the front light and did a little more ogling. The next step, really, is to schlep it off to Bluecat for tires, brakelines, and some electrical work. And then a license plate … It’s a far cry from where it started. Rear quarter: Front quarter: Headlight and gauge bracket: View from…

I put the old (longer) shocks on and fabbed another headlight bracket. This one is a lot lower. I still have to get the wiring guts in it, but I think it’s got the right stance now. Session time: 4 hrs. Total time: 49 hrs.

I picked up the tank and plopped it on the bike. Along with the seat, it looks pretty awesome! I definitely think that the long shocks will need to go back on – it’s just too low. Also, the headlight bracket will get re-done. Really don’t like it. But the tank and the overall stance…

So, the paint is basically done on the tank. The shop sent me some pics. It’ll get the final buff tomorrow, but it’s a pretty damn nice sight. Here’s some before pics: And here’s some just painted pics. I squealed like a girl when I saw this: I also put some shorty shocks on the…

I fabbed a different kind of headlight/tach mount. It was fairly complicated and consisted of needing multiple, symmetric bends in 1/8″ AL plate to make. Suffice to say, my vision exceeded my abilities. It doesn’t look too bad, but it’s not right, and it’s a little wonky. I don’t see this solution lasting too long.…

So, between being deathly ill with what resembled TB and having my parents visit for a weekend, there hasn’t been a lot of progress. I got a little more done last night and tonight. Mostly, I got the new battery installed in the custom electrics box with some “custom” wiring. With a good ground, it…

The seat is done by Nate. The stock Honda seat pan never looked so good. I’ll probably pick it up this Friday. Not too many other updates. Been sick with concrete lungs … Here are some pics of it on the bike. Still waiting on the tank, but it’s starting to look pretty good.

Here’s a little more cardboard aided design. The model and the flat sheet for the electrics box. And here’s the box in the frame. Still a lot of tweaks and connections to make, but it’s in there nonetheless. Session time: 4 hrs. Total time: 37 hrs.