Electrical-
Well I got back to Anchorage. My tank and side covers are STILL not done. I had wanted to wait till I have my top triple clamp (he is using it for color matching) to do much of the electrical nonsense on accounts of a large portion of the wiring being in the handle bars. Decided not to wait. I am keeping the drag bars for now.
So, all of my wiring is now back together. I blew a few fuses getting there but everything works, including a number of items that weren't working when I took the bike apart. Namely the starter (no big deal as I rarely used it) and the turn signals. Electrical systems have always been a lot of magic and wizardry to me. I have a pretty competent basic understanding, but am constantly tricked by gremlins.
A bit of back info- I had previously thought I had a bad turn signal relay because when the switch was thrown to L or R, they would blink once, or twice, three times on a good day, then just stay lit. But the relay tested good. I fooled with it for a long while every time I worked on my bike and couldn't find the problem until today.
The problem was my headlight mounts. I had swapped out the old one for a cheap black set of headlight ears and put everything back together exactly as before. Well, the new mounts were powder coated. Since the old set up gounds to the headlight bolts and then through the mounting frame, I had effectively broken the ground path without knowing. Headlight still worked since it is fully wired, and I think the turn signals were partially grounded somehow through that system. Enough to work almost, but not really. I thought it funny. I never would have guess my headlight mount would have caused and entire system not to work.
Exhaust-
Must be Christmas today, as it has been snowing here and I got a box of goodies. Here lies the raw makings of my mufflers and headers. The bends and packing aren't shown.
I couldn't find any ready-made exhaust that I felt would finish off the bike properly. Well, I figured I've come too far to half-ass anything now. Guess we'll see if I am capable of making headers and mufflers. What I have in my mind is pretty killer. Getting it into the realm of real world items is the trick.
Cutting tubes accurately was my first hurdle. Using a hose clamps works really well as a guide for 90* cuts. I'll get pictures of the muffler body tomorrow.
Not sure how I am going to cut the cones to size....