HOLY COW, that thing is coming out looking so cool! It would drive someone nuts trying to figure out what it used to be! I swear, if Motorcycle product-planners were smart, they'd have sites like DO THE TON bookmarked and check in here daily for ideas on what people really want on two wheels.Yeah they cleaned up okay, it was just gross. With a little B12 and air both throttles completely blew out.
More work on the 2006 Honda Shadow 750 Spirit (I've been calling it an Ace but I learned this morning this is allegedly a Spirit).
Got my exhaust set up, ground down, re-welded in places, and painted. It's painted with a generic epoxy so it'll burn off the first thing the thing is heated up, but it gives me a good idea of how it'll look redone in stainless. I will probably sell my CX500 once this bike is done, and then I'll have a new exhaust made in stainless...probably with some slightly shorter mufflers.
I also finalized how where I'm sticking the coils. I've been switching back and forth between the stock coils and some stick coils but fitment has been crazy with both. I sorted out I can fit them in the area that the fins would be on the #1. That spot looks funky anyway since it's normally occupied by an airbox so the coils fill that void. I'm thinking of running with yellow wires lol.
I LOVE how skinny this thing is!
And a money shot just to help with size perspective. I'm 6' even these days for reference...I use to be 6'2" and not sure what happened...
well...it would, wouldn't it? It's a bike that in stock trim weighs about 3/4 of what a GL1800 weighs and has 1/3 the horsepower and half the torque.My step-daughter bought a new one. After about ten years it had all of 30 miles on it (and I had put 11 of them on it). I cleaned the tank and carbs and she sold it. Having riden a GL1800 for years, it seemed very under-powered to me.
Looking good! I kinda messed up and got the 7" bulb for the ugly plastic SR250 bucket, when I could've gone to the 5"/ and a new bucket. That Sporty bucket looks good on there!Alrighty...I don't particularly "like" this but it works and clears everything is easy to secure and it's mostly hidden. Unfortunately my 4-cell 26650 LiFe battery didn't have quite enough amps. I could have made an eight cell battery but then I'd have had to have built a solid BMS and it would have been nearly as expensive as just going and buying a Firepower battery (if you're looking at lithium batteries look at Firepower before Antigravity). This little AGM battery works just fine as was only $80 at walmart.
It does look tight against the swingarm but it's outside of the radius so shouldn't be a problem.
I did figure out that my swingarm has to move to the left about 5mm. It's going to throw off my alignment a little I think but that's life sometimes. I'm going to have to notch the frame after all.
Also got a set of UNI filters. Left side fits with lots and lots of room, right side...not so much...but UNI filters are pretty squishy so it works all the same.
Headlight is sorted out. Swapped the Shadow bucket out for a generic steel Sportster bucket. I wish I had gotten a chrome one, though. I'm going to have to remake the mount, though, because this bucket has no lateral adjustment. I need a single post to make my side to side swing.
And one of my favorite bits so far...the coolant neck on this bike is horizontal. How do you fill this up? Such a silly arrangement.
...Maverick Grabber Blue?I've always hated the whole "look at my Jim Beam coolant reservoir" type stuff but my reservoir is busted (the leak) and I had to improvise. I have a proper aluminum one coming lol
I also went shopping last week! Some meth addict was selling a Predator 7kw generator for $50 and as it turned out he had a set of ZX6R forks and wheel sitting there...so I bought those for $20, too! The wheel has a little bend in it but the forks and rotors are straight. A friend of mine who deals with classic bikes picked up a ton of wheels at a swap meet and he had a K5/6 GSXR600 wheel in the mix...doesn't help him none but it'll be a little profit for me. Not much all told, but it'll fetch most of what's left in finishing out the shadow!
Best bit, though, was a found that wheel on the bottom there at a hole in the wall shop in Odessa (BTS motorworks, they sell on eBay, fun guys)...RC46 5.5" wheel in good shape for $100.
I'm looking at wrapping the tank in vinyl, but not sure yet. I like crazy abstract stuff, rust/patina finishes, but also clean solid colors. Makes it hard to pick. I keep shifting from a glossy silver, flat black, and then off to something weird. I've sent a seller on eBay a request for this print but without the skull...I like the background but the skull is silly.
I also got the horn hooked up but didn't take a picture...sorry...
...yeah, with those gold forks, etc.... nice. Actually, it looks freaking awesome the way it is, too! It's going to be hoot to ride, for sure.A matte turquoise has crossed my mind.