Finally got my Virago 750 rehab project done, so that's up for sale - now back to this!
After sitting on the plush 920 Midnight seat, I am sad looking at my seat foam glued up:
...but a sheepskin on longer rides will deal with that. While the adhesive dried, I spent some quality time with my Vintage Connections toy kit and got the ignition wiring done:
Next couple of nights I'll wire in the lighting. Having recently done the harness for the 750 (my first time doing a full harness) I can definitely say that it gets easier with practice! The thing that really got time-consuming the first time was ending up having to go back and redo connections where I hadn't planned for enough splits, or redoing lengths of wire because I hadn't planned for location of components correctly.
Wrapping up for the night, I couldn't help but shave the foam down and check out the bike with my ass-killer mounted - this will get wrapped with leather from a couch that my two-year-old son tried to burrow through.
After riding the XV750 around, I called my pop to let him laugh at me for enjoying riding a cruiser; I think it looks pretty silly but I can see putting a lot of miles on it - and that v-twin engine is my kind of fun! I am not a go-fast rider, not trusting my reflexes to make up for surprises, but the pull off the line on these bikes makes me grin every time.
Not sure if I'll hang on to this bike for a long time or not at this point. There is a possibility that I will take possession of my brother's 620 Monster at some point this summer; if that doesn't happen, though, I can see putting some pavement under this thing for a while.