The bike went from no wheels, suspension, bodywork and really most of the accy wires all over… to something looking ready to go. Today I got a shitload done on the bike after work. Installed the new suspension lubed the bushings … Continued
New tires all mounted up, and I think I found a dealer/service dept that will be getting all my business. Co Powersports in Thornton is really great. Some of the best people I’ve met in a dealership yet. And their … Continued
Got a lot of work done on the bike tonight. All the accessory power bits installed (Power for the GoPro, power for the GPS, power and control unit for the new heated grips), tested, and ready to go. Terminated the … Continued
More progress made on the bike
I received word that my suspension is on its way back to me as of tomorrow. After one final call/check on some settings for the ride style, and use was confirmed today. That means I have probably the rest of … Continued
Website work and New Tires
I hacked around on Tumblr over lunch today to improve the playback of videos, I also added some info about the motorcycle, and such, and organized the menus a bit. I had to run some utils against the video files as … Continued
What fun would be wrenching on the bike if there wasn’t an epic trip to be had in the end? This is a route I am pondering. Heading from Denver up to Saskatoon SK up in the great white north … Continued
Had a great half day of wrenching on the bike, actually knocked out a great portion of what I expected to do on this project. HID units moved out of the front cubby and behind the speedo for more room … Continued
Tonight – I ran down to do some soldering and some cutting to put in a new waterproof metripack connector instead of the OE for the stator connection. This is a high voltage, high amperage line from the stator and … Continued
Fabrication time
So one thing that I need to do as part of this project is fix up some fairing attachment points that are broke or cracked. Unfortunately a front one is missing all together and I am not sure I can … Continued
Day two of the bike tear down and rebuild
Today was all electrical all the time. Got started a bit late, and rapidly realized that this electrical job makes the work on the suspension seem easy. Found the glue the previous owner used to get the handle grips on … Continued