This is what emerged from the garage. It didn't come out quite as well as I had visualized, but it runs great and is ready to put back into service. I ended up building a solo seat out of the original seat pan/foam and moved most of the electrical components up under the seat or in the seat cowl itself. The seat cover is two leather remnants that a friend gave to me sewn together (this is the first seat cover I've made and it certainly ain't perfect). The paint isn't an exact match, especially because the tank paint has been sun-baked and faded but it's pretty close. For the design on the seat cowling, I basically inverted the tank pattern. I made a pseudo-Vincent tail light by masking and painting the lends for a generic trailer light from Autozone. The turn signals are aftermarket cheapies with 6V lenses installed. The pedestrian slicer and reflectors on the fork tubes were just masked and painted with rattle can paint. The final expenditure including the cost of the bike was under $300 and this bike is now ready to hit the streets and buzz around all day sipping gas at a rate of 60 mpg and if I'm lucky, crack half-the-ton!
Cheers,
Scott
