Re: Airhead Cafe Racer - 81 BMW R65
OK! So big update! (No I haven't cleaned my garage yet....)
I finally got the tank and seat back from the painter.
BAM!
I also fiddled around with some taillight options...
And then there's this thing... I don't really know how I feel about it.. I was excited about it right up until I finished it. It may just be that my mind is on getting this sucker running... so sitting here soldering wires for lights that I don't even need is pffff. Thoughts?
These are from the weekend. Last night I managed to:
- Finish up the wiring (on the front end.. still debating on rear lighting).
- Got all the wiring pulled into the headlight bucket and the headlight back together
- Got the exhaust secured properly.
- Threw on the motor mount spacers (because I'm an idiot and left them off... ALSO... those suckers are a bitch to put (read: hammer) on when there's new powder on a frame)
Need to do:
- Finalize rear lighting
- Run clutch cable
- Seat pad
- Battery bracket (which I'm going to see first if I can use a smaller battery I have laying around.. (actually it came out of kzpokey's CS3.. shhhhh)
- Torque a few bolts (read: all of them)
- Get that rubber boot on the swing arm joint. Yeah I'm making this an individual task because I believe it will take a few hours. That thing is a menace.
- Order my rearsets
- Uhh.... put gas in it? (and various other fluids)
- Ride naked into the sunset yelling "It's my birthday bike! I gotta wear my birthday suit!"
Hopefully I'll get a good chunk of the to-do's sorted this afternoon.
Weeeeeeeeee!!!!!