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Found an old horn cover with a cracked mounting bracket that I cut off then drilled mounting holes thru the center so that the coil mounting bolts go thru the horn cover. I mounted a twin cam point cover on to the horn cover to hide the bolt heads. I also painted it with wrinkle paint
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Thanks!
I'll take some pic's when the weather allows it, I had to cut and weld some new sheeting to get the fender between the forks, indeed.
I would like to see a section of your front fender cut out and welded back together to fit the front tire size a little better. Looks like it is for a larger diameter tire and wheel. But the bike is looking cool and keep us updated with the new pictures as you work on it.
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I bought some 8" Z-bars from kijiji (Canadian Craigslist..) for $25, they were raw and a bit dinged up, I smothed them out with a little body filler and started painting. 2 coats of Primer, 6 coats of paint, 2 coats clear and a heck of a lot of wet sanding in between every coat.
I used Rattle cans of Rustoleum camo black from Home Depot and a Krylon Matte UV resistant clear from Micheal's and the colour came out a very close match to the Denim black.
But when I mounted the bars the paint started flaking off. My guess is it was either the shitty primer I used (an old can I had kicking around for a couple of years) or it was too cold when I was painting (10 degC). Either way I was pissed and I did not want to go through the painting process again, so....
I went to the local hardware store and got $5 worth of black hockey tape and wrapped my bars, matches my exhaust and looks pretty awesome.
All in all cost me about $60, $25 for the bars, $15 for the paint, $5 for the Hockey Tape and $15 for some butt connectors and shrink tubing to stretch out my wires for running internally. Would have been $45 if I had just thought to wrap the bars from the start.
PS Can anybody tell me how I can post photos directly into my post instead of these thumbnails at the bottom? And how I can post more than 5 photos at a time?
I used Rattle cans of Rustoleum camo black from Home Depot and a Krylon Matte UV resistant clear from Micheal's and the colour came out a very close match to the Denim black.
But when I mounted the bars the paint started flaking off. My guess is it was either the shitty primer I used (an old can I had kicking around for a couple of years) or it was too cold when I was painting (10 degC). Either way I was pissed and I did not want to go through the painting process again, so....
I went to the local hardware store and got $5 worth of black hockey tape and wrapped my bars, matches my exhaust and looks pretty awesome.
All in all cost me about $60, $25 for the bars, $15 for the paint, $5 for the Hockey Tape and $15 for some butt connectors and shrink tubing to stretch out my wires for running internally. Would have been $45 if I had just thought to wrap the bars from the start.
PS Can anybody tell me how I can post photos directly into my post instead of these thumbnails at the bottom? And how I can post more than 5 photos at a time?
Last edited by willy78; Jan 13, 2015 at 10:11 PM.
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