let the tear-down begin!
In 4 hours i had the bike from as you saw it in the last picture, to this:
all the frame components were stripped, cleaned, and sandblasted.
I got them powdercoated in a color called "sunken treasure" which is a black with gold pearl in it to give it a black/bronze/gold color depending on the light. here the parts are in the sun
and here it is inside.
then, it was time to start on the engine. I rebuilt the engine, but the in progress pictures all turned out horrible. so you will just have to imagine all of the mechanical goodness. All new internal parts and everything. aparently grease and camera lenses = bad
then the engine got a bath
a little silver...
and a little black, and looking pretty good
more soon!
thanks
~Chris