Alright, some more progress. I've got the engine mounted back into the frame, so I couldn't resit taking some pics with the seat and tank sitting on top of it. It finally is starting to look like a bike again!
I ended up using a suggestion from someone in this forum, about setting the engine on its side and simply dropping the frame on top of it. Man was that person a genius. I can't remember who mentioned that but it made mounting the engine a snap, and best of all, it makes protecting my paint job just as easy. So here are some pics. Again, I had to use the flash due to low lighting, so the quality isn't amazing, and it tends to blast out the red paint seeing as it is reflective metal, and makes it look bedazzled to all hell. But in person its a much more subtle effect and looks awesome.
In some of these pics you can see where I've wet-sanded, but haven't gotten around to re-spraying the gloss coat, but I will, I promise
On a side note, I just dropped $800 in parts
but they include my new 4-1 exhaust, rearsets, new front tire, new chain, new rear shocks and springs, and some other various parts, and should be the last of my large expenditures, aside from getting the seat upholstered. Boy when those packages arrive, it'll be like Christmas come early.
