XV920 "Short Bus"

[MJPriceisright]

hahah oh god not a Volvo...

 

[Rich Ard]

Tell me about it

 

[DreadRock]

Would tell you to run a monster truck over to fix it but that's been proven not to work lol good deal on the bike tho glad you got it sir !

 

[MtlsiR]

damn nice vriago rich ;D, i've just read the whole thread!
any chance that you take some newer pics of the whole thing.
that the way i go for my savage garbage

 

[Rich Ard]

Here's what it looks like right now:

With 2700 miles since assembly, and another bike I can ride every day, it's time to get this thing looking sharp. Mostly, that means wire wheeling the rust off all the parts I made for it, finding another pair of silencers that don't sound like I'm on my way to till a field, and preparing to put the new front end on.

Here's the tiny subframe, switch and fuse box:

 

[HerrDeacon]

Nice looking uni-cycle Rich. Very cool, compact subframe.

 

[Rich Ard]

Less wheels now!

 

[Rich Ard]

Oontz

 

[crazypj]

New frame made from conduit? ;D

 

[Rich Ard]

Yep just going to let it sit on there for a week and let it show me its natural shape

 

[VonYinzer]

Done yet, assface?

 

[Rich Ard]

It's hard getting any work done with the ass I got for a face

 

[HerrDeacon]

You could probably get a lot of shit done though.

 

[Rich Ard]

Don't think anybody's going to beat that one. Nice.

 

[mydlyfkryzis]

Cheeky answer.... 8).

 

[Rich Ard]

Still not sure how I'm going to paint the tank, but this is tempting:

For the moment, the XV is completely torn down and the frame and swingarm and various little bits have been painted gloss black with appliance epoxy.

Tank is in the process of being stripped. I tried to pop one of the badge mounts off and that didn't work out so well, so I'll grind those down a little and fill them in. If I can get to it this weekend I'll sodablast the motor; not sure if I'm going to pick up new fasteners or clean up the ones I have.

 

[JustinLonghorn]

DT inspired tank paint is fantastic!

Keep up the good work, sir

 

[Rich Ard]

I thought that was pretty neat too. And in retrospect, putting $20 worth of stickers on do I could take them off later was dumb ha ha

 

[Rich Ard]

Fun fun fun

 

[HerrDeacon]

Looks to be in really good shape. Besides the badge holders, any dents to take care of?