With that hard of a hit, the frontend actually bent, frame hit hard obviously and notable swingarm scratches in the wrecking yard pic I certainly would have had the frame checked for straitness myself. Glad that swingarm held out till you found it!

 

Hoping to have these painted in the next few days, got a little more work to do on the tail. Try to see past the horrible photo quality, bad camera is all I had.

 

Making progress at the paint shop. We have paint! Probably mentioned this already, but I was originally just going to do satin black paint on this bike, but my good friend Jason Haskin inspired me to do custom paint on it, and we decided to have a little fun with the paint job, which is inspired by a late 70's Gulf Oil sponsored race car. I can't wait to assemble it.

And once again I was unprepared with a proper camera so the photo quality kinda sucks.

First base coat color



Taped of for graphics and sprayed second base coat color






Striped a black border between the blue and orange



And finally a clear coat



Full Album, in no particular order http://s275.photobucket.com/user/gle...BR%20600%20f4i

 

That is some amazing work you have done there! My hat is off to you.

 

Thanks, it's been a challenge being a low budget project and all. In the future I am hoping the stars align and I find a frame with title for an unbeatable price.

 

Just couldn't resist a little mock up

 

Village style ))

 

thats cool, does that little piece of the side fairing keeps the upper from moving around?

 

Excellent question and the answer is a partial yes, and also still working that out. I had to ask myself the same question, because the upper fairing stay/bracket is pretty flimsy. I did mock this up previously before any of the body work with those small lower faring pieces and the plastics that cover the intake duct and both together provided a great deal of support, made the fairing feel pretty solid, and seemed okay on the street........but is it enough? I still haven't decided whether I will have to engineer some kind of a lower support bracket for the upper fairing. A little more street testing perhaps, kinda wondering how it will handle a pot hole or sudden jolt.

 

looks good, wish i had the painting skills myself man thats a talent you can always use