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A school club I'm in is doing marketing research for features on a tracking device. We are looking for pet owners, car owners, motorcycle owners, and anyone else who may have use for a tracking device to take this survey. Please take the survey at the link below. Anyone who takes it will be...

Also, off topic, but I you guys would appreciate this. One of the reasons that I didn't get as much done as I wanted to was because I was making a present for my brother in law. His birthday was a couple weeks ago and at the same time he got a job offer at the headquarters of a fuel company. It...

I ordered a bunch of parts with my tax refund. Unfortunately, I haven't had much time to put them on. What I did manage to do this weekend was the headlight bucket and the new muffler. The headlight was super easy, but I wanted to get it on there so I can figure out how I want to mount my speedo...

I love Hwy 1. I camp along the coast all the time and every time I drive on 1, I just roll down the windows and enjoy the drive. I can't wait to ride that road.

I figure that I'm still in the welding phase of the project and I haven't painted or coated anything, so I'll add a bracket and I'll decide later if I want to use it or not.

I saw his famous-ness too! I ordered some parts which came with a gear brochure. Open it up, and what do I see...?

I was going to connect them with a rod just for a bit of rigidity. I also got new mikuni boots. I'll make a hanger for the rod, I just wanted to know if that was mandatory.

I bought some Mikuni VM32 carbs for my bike and I'm trying to decide how to mount them. The stock carbs were held up on both sides by being attached to the head and the air box. Since I'm doing pods*, the carbs will only be attached to the head. Is that enough to hold them on reliably, or do I...

I'll check it out, thanks. I ordered the battery from the link you provided. I chose the expedited delivery option, so hopefully it wont be 2-3 months like you said.

So you haven't upgraded anything aside from the battery at this point? I'm just trying to plan out what I need to order.

I'm considering using the same battery for my CM450. Your CM400 is electric start only too, right? How is the battery holding up? Did you need to upgrade to a new rectifier and other electrical components to run this battery? Thanks! Really clean looking bike.

If you ever find yourself in Sacramento, I'm buying you a beer. Thanks so much for this detailed post.

I'm in Sacramento, so that's about 45 minutes south of where you're going, but there are some fun things around the area. In Auburn and the area around it there are a bunch of fun canyon style roads. Basically, if you ride most anywhere on highway 49 it will be a fun ride. There are some good...

I'm trying to cut down on the switches and buttons, but since I don't have a kickstarter, I need to keep my electronic ignition. The CM450 has separate units for an ignition switch, a start button, and a kill switch. I'm trying to reduce this all down to a single ignition switch with a magnetic...

The luggage rack. Yours was missing the luggage rack, right?

Here's a shot of me on my first hog. Such a badass. On my first time riding it the throttle got stuck open and I rode it up a curb and nearly over a 10 ft cliff.

This isn't related to this bike, but I was going through some old pictures and found some fun ones. I always knew that my dad had a bike at one point, but he got rid of it when I was a baby so I didn't know any details. After I saw this picture and asked him about it, he said that it was a...

Just posting more progress to keep myself accountable. I made and mounted a bracket for my license plate and tail light. Like my custom license plate? ;) My precision mounting technique to hold it in place while measuring. Another angle. Sorry it's a bit blurry. I tried to keep the...

I'm looking forward to seeing how you do the rest of the tail piece.

I also have a question. I'm thinking that I'll stick with the lead/acid battery that I have and just install the battery box that I made. Placement is my only issue. I had originally planned on attaching the battery box to the stamped backbone, but I'm having second thoughts now. I've read a lot...