Coolness in the air.

Well it is starting to get cooler and it's about time to tear down the '81 again and do some changes. Currently here are the changes I got off Ebay and Shipping here as I write.

• White Hand Grips
• Braided Front Brake Lines
• 12" Apes

Looks like with the these minor items I can start some major movement on the cleaning up of controls.

• Remove the Handlebar Controls (relocate starter button to rt. side of bike)
• Change out Headlight and wiring
• move around the ignition.

A few other things that I plan is to

• Adjust the height of the rear fender.
• Remove the Chain Guard

Thats about enough for now but finding a few nice Biker sites along the way.Check out  dirtyoldbiker.com

Problems seem to jump out of nowhere

Had to repaint the Oil Can and the Side tin. It seems that the paint didn't gel together so when sanding it down a little I noticed a small spot and the small spot turned into a peel and the peel turned into me taking all the paint off back to the primer. Reprimed the Oil Can and Side tin again and got the first coat on for the base color. Now its moving on to waiting for the base to dry and working on the rear fender mounts and adjusting the solo seat mount. seems like the things to do are never done.

Cutting the rear fender

OK. I went over and over in my head the thought about CUTTING a perfectly good fender and then someone coming along and wanting to buy an original bike. WELL I researched it and found a 1981 XLH rear fender and it cost $63 +shipping. SO I decided that if someone wants a "perfect" fender then they will have to spring for a new one and if I sell this and they want a new fender I will discount this one $63 lol. Anyway I finally pulled the trigger, broke out the Angle Grinder and whacked it. Marked my line, taped it off as a Straight guide and whacked it. Angled the edges and it looks great.