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It looks like you left the boss on the frame for the stock side stand. Do you plan on using it? It has a rather infamous reputation for dumping bikes.
It looks like you left the boss on the frame for the stock side stand. Do you plan on using it? It has a rather infamous reputation for dumping bikes.
Just a thought, I removed the side stand boss from the frame before powder coating on my RS. It cleaned up the frame nicely. I use an aftermarket sidestand that bolts onto the rear engine bolt.
Invariably, seats close to the tank will rub the paint. Might want to consider that aspect of a custom seat design.
THANKS, again, for sharing all your marvelous finds and design ideas.
LOVE those mirrors -- they look as if they'd cost a lot more than $20, for sure.
You and Josh have already established and documented your "artist" DNA, so I feel a little presumptuous to weigh-in on design, but this is a terrific thread, bound to attract interlopers!
My .02 worth on the sidecover finish is this: I like the paint idea, maybe matching paint, which would look better than chrome. My goal would be to make the sidecover area "disappear" for the viewer -- an effect more easily achieved via (a) using sidecovers, no matter what the Cafe Racer book says. . .and (b) paint vs. chrome.
Full disclosure: I don't like the chrome sidecovers, even on the classic Toasters, and feel that it "interrupts" the flow of the view, and -somehow- it manages to look a mite garish. [No offense intended toward dedicated Toaster boys and girls -- Ah, you have no choice but to "like" the factory look when you restore a Classic to full glory.]
That vapor-blasting appears to be THE way to go, eh? Thanks for sharing that bit of technology. Down here in Southern NM, we can just set the stuff out in the 50 mph breeze and wait for The White Sands to work the magic! Only takes about a year to get most of the grit out of everything; the engine parts only last about 5,000 miles before ya gotta rebuild it, but the price is right.
Keep on keepin' on -- great stuff.
Regards,
Walking Eagle
Very nice !!
Looks real retro, now you need some bug juice on it to make it perfect.