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Well, the springer finally came in.
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Mounted up.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\; Sorry I forgot to take pics, but what I did was marked the spots on the frame where the fork stops hit, and then sat the freshly painted tank on there and measured how close I could get to the tank.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; From there I determined that I needed to weld on 3/8 inch nuts as a spacer.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; I used stainless steel nuts, and If I can get away with it, I will run in some button head chrome plated bolts.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; If it takes away too much travel, then they will have to come out.
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Okay, the engine.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; As I had mentioned earlier, It had a broken ear.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\; Well, here is a welder putting it back on with a TIG welder.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; I noticed while he was doing it that the other top rear ear had a crack![&o]&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\; LUCKY.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; He welded it up and grinded it down as well.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; I will post pics later, as I have to go out and take the finished pic.
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I have ordered 95% of the parts necessary to finish the build.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; It will be a bit more money than I had hoped, but I was unwilling to put some of the rusted and corroded parts back on.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\; With such a pretty frame, tins, etc. I just could not put "junk" back on.&nbsp\\;\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\; I am sure I will be glad when it is finished.
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~Joe
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Like how I looks like its going to stand.&nbsp\\; Should be a blast to ride.&nbsp\\; &nbsp\\;&nbsp\\;

 

Thanks for writing.&nbsp\\; I hope it turns out okay.[&:]&nbsp\\; It's my first "full on" build.[]
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~Joe
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Lookin real sweet Joe! It's gonna have a real nice stance. Love the springer front end and drag bars. Just awesome! Keep posting bud!

 

s i c k&nbsp\\; in the making

 

Looking cool.

 

very kool................... . . . . ..................... . . . . .......................

 

Thanks guys....it IS nice to get an "atta boy" once in a blue moon, I guess.[]
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Today, I'll take a pic of the finished motor mount, all welded up.&nbsp\\; You have no idea how much weight that takes off of me...that all went well with that.[]
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~Joe

 

Looking good!

 

NOTE: I added 2 pics showing the finished product of the engine case welding
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~Joe
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