Going to paint. I'm going to paint them just like what came on the older Iron's. I was going to powder coat them, but would rather not pay for the bearings and pulling/replacing them. Pretty sure I can get them painted with a poly paint for cheaper anyway and get 80% the durability... well maybe not 80...
Update for today, got all of the parts to paint and to powder. Only ended up doing a handful in powder and most with paint. Wasn't looking forward to taking everything apart to get it powder coated, but I'm pretty sure paint will look good. Should have everything back in about a week or so. In the mean time I'm going to get everything ready for the parts. Getting excited now!
Some work done today. Got the exhaust mounted, handle bars mounted, turn signals mounted, rerouted the ignition to clear the petcock, got the carburator and new longer throttle cables put together as well. My wife said, "it's finally starting to look like a bike again!" Can't agree more. Anyway, pics below:
Exhaust all mounted... I know, played out short shots, but I still like them:
Handlebars and carb mounted:
Ignition moved to behind rear cylinder:
Turn signals mounted:
Close up of ignition, also you can see the choke there... not too sure I like how it's currently mounted. I'm using some zip-ties, and I don't love how well it's holding it. May end up moving it.
Some work done today. Got the exhaust mounted, handle bars mounted, turn signals mounted, rerouted the ignition to clear the petcock, got the carburator and new longer throttle cables put together as well. My wife said, "it's finally starting to look like a bike again!" Can't agree more. Anyway, pics below:
Exhaust all mounted... I know, played out short shots, but I still like them:
Handlebars and carb mounted:
Ignition moved to behind rear cylinder:
Turn signals mounted:
Close up of ignition, also you can see the choke there... not too sure I like how it's currently mounted. I'm using some zip-ties, and I don't love how well it's holding it. May end up moving it.
I like how you used the key tab to mount the choke. Maybe use the little stock choke bracket to secure it to the key tab?
Got a few things done today. Sorry for the kinda crappy pictures, I'll get some better ones tomorrow. Got the intake all mounted up. Can I just say the Arlen Ness instructions kinda suck? Anyway, got that taken care of, and also picked up all my stuff from powder coat. Let me tell you, it looks AWESOME! Put on the new powder coated oil tank cover and battery cover, got the headlight mounted too. Had to drill a hole through the lower triple tree, but the gloss black looks AWESOME! Re-mounted the chock using the stock mount bracket. Looks much better, but I'm worried that it'll hit the petcock. Guess we'll see. Also bought a chrome cover for the front of the triple trees that comes on the custom's and powdered it gloss black to finish off the front end. Oh, and can't forget, got the new clutch cable mounted up and finished buttoning up the left-hand controls. That side is ready to roll. Right side is about 75% there, but need to get the throttle cables all done up there too. Anyway, tomorrow will be finishing up some of the wiring and testing it, then 15K service time. I promise I'll get some better pictures too.
06-20-2017, 08:58 PM
