preparing for basket case, lots of pads on the floor.
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with mixture of masculine and feminine in me, lowering down the engine
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turn in over sideway on the right side of the engine, removed the oil filter
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slowly lowering down the bare frame to the engine, and trying best not to scratch paints, all went well, only few scratches that again i'm not worried about
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my lower and upper triple tree that I worked on the paint months ago. it already came with tapered bearings, so all I had to do was just WD40 the bearings, cleaned out the old grease, make sure they spin freely, and applied small amount of grease
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forks assembled, steering move freely, I now have a basket case
![Smiley :)](http://forums.sohc4.net/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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i needed to mock up the bike to bring my endorphin level up, for excitement
here's one with tank and side covers that I got from member Chewbacca5000 sometimes last year
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and here's one with tank I got from member kevins750
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and here's again, how the bike came
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asked the wifey to see which she likes best, but she wouldn't answer. I think she's testing me if we are thinking of the same color choice......hmm....