Keep the checkers. The bike is sweet. Is that the stock chain guard?
I believe it is actually off of a Harley Davidson.. Not sure though..
if those are emco pods watch out they dont filter well
They are not actually emco pods. Although, I forget where I got them from; Fleebay somewheres.. But I have never really heard anything
good from that company so I've steered clear from them.
I love the paint job. Did you do it yourself or did you farm it out?
Me and my father & law came up with that. With a lot of measuring, we came up with the dimensions of the vinyl graphics, of which his sister has her own company that produced those..
We used nitro-cellulose paint, kind used with old hot rods, it came out great and it makes it look like it's 30 layers deep.
My father & law builds his own guitars, banjos, madelions, etc. so he has his own paint booth, that came in real handy. Needless to say, I didn't have to pay for the paint job or graphics.

I did this whole bike for about $1500 including the $450 price tag on her. Not bad. Still have a few more items I'd like to get though. Including yamiya 4-1 exhaust.