Found an old foto of when I bought her back in 1997, a bit of a chrome barge. There were receipts for £2k worth of live to ride and chrome. I cant remember what attracted me I liked the colour but I swear I never noticed all the live to ride emblems which were stuck everywhere, until about a month after! I think that when you buy a Harley its the engine your buying into either it works for you or it dont and until they 

"rubberised" the engine each one was different.

Oil Tank

Fitted oil lines today... OK but look a bit tatty but will do to start up the engine, and make sure all is OK looking to use braided lines eventually, Cant get the rear OEM brake line to sit properly so have ordered braided one and brake light banjo to tidy it up.

Re aligned the rear muddy, mounted the brackets upside down!

fitted the oil tank and sorted rear exhaust bracket.

Just waiting for some 90 deg elbows to re route the oil lines over where the battery will sit.

Krome Werks pipes will stay as they are only a year old! But looking to have a 2 into 1 with old school trumpet silencer will be using a side mount no. plate which just needs slight modification because of muddy stay.

Almost there

View from the cockpit, Just the oil tank to fit and run the oil lines then the wiring.

The bars and that

Got the risers sorted and painted and back on the bike along with the handlebars, daft sod that I am forgot to thread the front brake master line through the yokes so will have to undo and re bleed ! still that can be done whilst the paint dries on the side mount number plate tomorrow !

Today I mostly.......

Made the axle adjusters, shortened the risers by an inch sanded and painted to match bars. drilled and prep'd the side mount no. plate. Dont plan to take rear wheel off twice so want all that lot sorted first.

AND dropped the bloody riser top whilst tacky , why o why do things have to land paint side down or even worse butter side down when you drop yer toast!

Hard Days work

Today I found out how hard Stainless is to drill! Don't have a drill or bit man enough to do the job! So plan two, ignore it and work on something else, something else... need paint -supplier doesn't have any left...Plan 3... sod it where's the beer!


Thanks for that Brushwarrior !

Rear end again

Made the Muddy struts today and fitted prior to painting next the axle adjusters! take it to bits paint and its done.

Small Adjustments

Front exhaust fitted, oil pipes and electrical wires zip tied under frame, rear muddy removed ready for new brackets. Need to locate some 10mm copper pipe to run oil lines from oil tank to pump so that it goes up and over the battery all a tight fit. So need it to look as clean as poss.

rear struts

Got a pair of rear struts made for the rear muddy today and started painting the levers chrome has had it, and sanded them down painted with smooth hammerite then will buff them so they are satin.

Rear Brakes

Result, managed to fit the OEM rear brake lines so now I can stop, ..........just need to start the engine now!!!!

foot rest

Nearside foot rest arrived from US today been looking for months for one cant find any in UK. need to sort rear wheel adjusters, then rear muddy and rear brake line.

front end this time

Head stock bearings turned up today, so got the front end back on, time to finish off the mounts for the switches so one needs one large helping of patience.
Success switches mounted neat and tidy might paint the mounts black to "loose" them in the bars. time to make the rear mudguard brackets and axle adjusters

that damn front end!

Today I started stripping down the front end to grease up and final assembly, another shot bearing.. forgot I needed to replace them so cant blame the old gal for that one!  also started sorting the switch gear but need a 3mm drill bit so that stopped that cos I cant be arsed to go to B&Q to pick up one

Bearings

Bearings turned up this morning so relented and returned to the back end! Besides beating seven bells outta the old ones is sure therapeutic! and installing the new races is equally so. Rear wheel back on and sorted just need to make the rear supports for the rear muddy.

That Backend again

Having sorted the rear caliper last night I thought I would fit all together! lined up things started shoving the axle through, wouldn't go???? the bearings had decided to fall apart well for goodness sake they are only 16yrs old !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I will re focus on the front end (that had new bearings 5K ago) cleaning and greasing and maybe's start on the bar switches