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Cliff is great - if you are in the indianapolis area - or even within a couple of hours, I highly recommend him. His fab skills are second to none and his rates are more than fair. A truly stand up guy and master craftsman.

Still throwing my hat in the ring that I am still interested. :P

Nope, it was arc. I was so disappointed with the work that I nearly bought another frame with a title so that I could start over. I am just glad that Cliff was able to step in and save it.

I am looking for a set of rear view mirrors to complete this project. I have a set of bar end mirrors which I am not sure if they will fit the low slung profile of the bike. Here they are on version 1.0: <a...

Started in this weekend with the goal of getting the electrical sorted out. I didn't have any electrical problems with the bike when it was operational but I did plan quite a few upgrades. First on deck was the Hondaman ignition for better performance and spark. The second was a single unit...

Quick update for now - I got some pics of my wheels that I sent off to TAS Motorsports to be built. Those guys are top notch. Their work ethic is second to none - they email me at 11:30 at night to send me pics of my wheels - helps that I am up that late working on the bike, but hey, I love...

Last night I decided to tackle the rear brake and it's connection to the rearset. I decided that I would hook the rearset rod into the rear factory braking system. I did this for a number of reasons, one being that I wanted to retain the factory brake switch. The rear brake on the bike always...

Since most of the parts of my bike were in good condition, I decided to rebuild the factory rear shocks to save some money until I can upgrade them to better units. Taking them apart was a pretty simple process - requires two people but it is pretty easy to remove the retainers if you get...

After paint came time for the rebuild. Owned and I were working at pretty much the same pace and living within about 20 minutes of each other, it make it easy to run over to his place, build and mate his lower cases and then do the same to mine in the same afternoon. Here is the upper case...

Once the engine parts came back from blasting, I decided to rebuild the head. Friends had reported smoke coming out of my pipes at high RPM, meaning either head gasket or valve guides. Have the motor in this state, I figured that doing the valve guides would be the easiest. The plastic media...

Splitting the cases is a pretty easy affair - remove all the bolts tap gently with a rubber mallet and they come part pretty easy. I pulled the crank out and settled back for a beer. While it took me about two nights to tear the thing apart, it would take me about 3 weeks to get it back...

Since I keep jumping around in the chronology of this build (my history professor would be so disappointed), now might be a good time to cover the engine build. I originally pulled the engine for a rebuild after I noticed the head gasket weeping getting worse and worse. I decided that a tear...

My favorite thing to do it climb on it when I get home from work and "ride" it through the living room while all the neighbors come home from work. I am already the weirdest guy on the block. I don't want to disappoint. I decided that my tach needed some refreshing. I am going with a tach...

And since I am building this in my living room that is entirely lined with glass, I thought it would be only fitting to take a night shot from the road of the bike. <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Cz-CJnlVcjOe4hAepkuTJw?feat=embedwebsite"><img...