Yesterday was the first day of 6 days of vacation which I book for no other reason than to get this monster together...and maybe even running! I'm starting to get comparisons to the movie 'The Fastest Indian'. Most of my friends figure I won't get it done until I'm in my sixties and all my friends and family have left me
Here's how things started yesterday (though this is after I'd pulled the old bars off)
As reaper mentioned it's been a month (or more). That month has been spent planning and getting all the parts together I might need so that I can put a solid week in and get it done. Unfortunately I've added a lot of plans onto the heap so there's still a fair bit to do.
Much of yesterday was spent digging out all my parts and the bike and getting is ready to be worked on. I also wanted to focus on getting the new handlebars on as I still need to order brake and clutch hoses and can't measure properly until the bars are in (and the forks shortened...I'm doing that tonight).
True to my love of streetfigher bikes I put a set of ProTaper bars on. I obtained these from a friend at a local salvage shop. I also got the fat bar clamps which I modified to use in this application. All I did was make an aluminum adapter plate and bolted everything together. I think the end result works really well and they seem to be comfortable from what I can tell sitting on the bike with no seat. I mounted the master cylinders, my MPS kill switch, and my throttle (a switched throttle from MPS racing). The levers don't line up quite as good as I'd have liked them too but they're functional. Today I'll be measuring to order custom cables from MotionPro.
I also installed the air shifter bracket I ordered from Schitz. I like the under peg design better though ground clearance might be an issue.
I mounted the chain so that I could put the new sprocket cover back on and measure for the clutch hose. I'm going to be fabricating a clutch slave from scratch...still no clue on how I'm going to do that with the cave-man-esque tools I have to work with.
Today I'll be trying to mount the intercooler...a big gamble...it may end up being put back on eBay where it came from.