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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6051 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Ed L forward controlls 02/11/09 at 17:50:49 works slow so finally(a year!) gettin around to gettin them on.. havent seen any posts about anyone painting theirs'?? insights,suggestions??
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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: Ed L forward controlls Reply #1 - 02/13/09 at 03:12:20 I ran down to Auto-Zone and got Duplicolor Wheel paint. Flat Black, then a gloss clear coat. Pict's (note I trimmed them for more streamline look) http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1202177312/91#91 and with All-Thread, also note the raised heat shield. See picture at > : Picture
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6051 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Ed L forward controlls Reply #2 - 02/13/09 at 07:04:49 nice job..i thinkin flat black too.. thanks!
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Re: Ed L forward controlls
Reply #3 - 02/13/09 at 07:50:43

thumperclone wrote on 02/13/09 at 07:04:49:

nice job..i thinkin flat black too.. thanks!

How about this- you know the durable stuff they use for putting stripes on a car? Yep, durable 7-year vinyl. Some might giggle at this idea at first but if you've used or worked with the stuff in the past you know that it's tough, handles most dings nicely (much better than any rattle can/clear coat job ever could), it's pretty darn heat resistant and cost less than a can of spray paint. You can get a piece to do the FC faces for less than $3. You could put gloss or flat black on the inside and outside faces of the controls and polish the edges. That would look sharp. It's also one of my next projects.

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Reply #4 - 02/21/09 at 17:27:57

got em on final tweakin monyana..just sittin on er I cant believe what a difference 4" makes ...went ahead and extended the side stand switch wires and drilled the left plate for the 3rd bolt...multi layers of flat black and clear coats still got some touch up to do..
doesnt interfere with the oem engine guard, tho think i need to raise the hwy pegs a bit or just remove them..fine tuning and road test next..
thanks Ed!!
p.s. read about some runnin a piece of all thread between the plates,
whats the advantange?? every thing seems pretty strong..

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Reply #5 - 02/21/09 at 17:54:16

thumperclone wrote on 02/21/09 at 17:27:57:

...went ahead and extended the side stand switch wires and drilled the left plate for the 3rd bolt.....

Same here.......

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....fine tuning and road test next.......

It will take a few stop & go's to get use to getting your foot (feet ) up to the pegs. Take the test ride in a easy area.

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read about some runnin a piece of all thread between the plates, whats the advantange?? every thing seems pretty strong..

It adds strenght by tying the two plates together. I noticed that when riding and you go to push off peg to stretch, you could almost feel a slight bending. It strenghted the side stand too.

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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6051 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Ed L forward controlls Reply #6 - 02/21/09 at 18:58:53 thanks t mac..gettin the allthread
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Reply #7 - 02/22/09 at 22:18:15

got the allthread installed with washers,jam nuts,painted flat black and covered with some of that automive flexable condiut(?) with the slit in it
tye wrap inside the jam nuts looks pretty good..touched up all the scratches in the paint on the Ed L brackets(fyi 1"X 3/8" for the L bracket that holds the rear brake cables or nyla nut doesnt grab )
didnt like haven to grind off the oem cable bracket,no big deal if I want to back to stock got to buy a new foot peg/rear brake plate..
played with the rear brake light sw adjustment for a couple of hours
finally streached out the spring to the switch to make it work..
while waiting for paint to dry reinstalled a rubber pad on the rear brake
lever,silicone and tye wire on both axis till the cure is complete..lost my last pad w/o any bonding agent..
road test tommorow!!!

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