Great work!

Thanks for all the positive comments. It's been a great project.
I definately plan to ride the snot out of the thing Today I was out riding most of the day. I hit 90mph and man that feels fast and it's all I can do to hold on. What a rush.

I used Krylon Ultra Flat black industrial spray paint. I used a spary booth, but rattle cans. Next time I'd probably powder coat, because it's really hard to assemble a bike and not scratch anything. I did wrap the frame in rags while assembling, but I still got a nick or two.

Yeah it's not a kick start, it's just the foot clutch setup. The exhaust is an orignal screamin' eagle and welded to some stainless tube. The exhaust sounds mean and everyone knows when I'm comin. Just the way I like it.
Passenger pillion is fully functional, though there is a built in 120lb weight limit I'm not planning to take a passenger but I could. I can sit on it and it's more comfy than it looks, but I'd rather be driving.

I still want to make a new clutch lever and master cylinder, but I'm going to be riding too much to get around to it any time soon. Thanks again for all the support.

Metri

Hi James,

That tank was stock. I cut the bottom off, welded in the old filler hole, speedo tunnel and the tunnel for the frame. I centered the new bung and voila, a larger tank. I filled it up today at just over 13L. A modest increase, but worth the work and I love the way it looks on the bike.

Metri

krylon huh? i use rustoleum, i've heard bad things about krylon, but maybe the booth helps, mine is always done outside, and i don't worry too much about scratches  

i would have been more careful, til the day after i painted her, the left side cover fell off on the highway, got run over, and i put it back on like that.....since then, not much prep work lol

Metri, how did you fill the tank hole?? I tried MIG - it leaked. Than Brazed with brass - leaked!! Finally I bought another tank! It turned out it's a hot rolled steel, develps cracks when cooled form high temperatures. Any advice is welcome.

Don't know. Only thing I can think of is that maybe different years have different tank material. The guy that brazed it has years of experience, he told me it's hot rolled or hot stamped, not sure what he said. Anyhow, It would both weld and braze just fine, and while it cools you can hear it crack. Strange.

Obviously better than me, my friend.  

Anyhow, I have a new tank coming. I don't dare to try again.