Since I cut down the trees in my yard and there has been almost no rain in the last month, no yard work and I was able to dedicate a weekend to this project. It is unbelievable how much time goes into fabricating and fitting up stuff. All afternoon in my garage beefing up and re-fabricating the seat fasteners on Saturday. On Sunday I threw it on my truck and spent 9 hours at my welders shop. We redid the entire rear seat / fender mounting and built a frame so that if someone grabs it by the back fender, it won't crack the plastic. We also move the cross piece that the seat sits on so there's no gap between the seat and tank. Then we had to come up up with a bracket for the back of the tank and the front of the seat to fasten to frame. We even modified the frame backbone to get a better sight line. When I say we, most of this stuff gets done by my new friend / master fabricator Derek and I assist. When most people look at this motorcycle, they will never realize how different it is from stock but in my opinion, that's what makes it look cool. The other cool thing is that in spite of all of the changes, there is no part that isn't readily available if something has to repaired or replaced. So I'm at the point of having to take everything apart now and have him do final welding as most of this weekend's work is just tacked. Then it's off to powder coat. I've been very fortunate to find an obsessive welder and painter. They've treated my project like it was their own. Check out the top rear section in the first picture. It's pretty cool.
