Diamond in the rough!!! Saving a FLHPI

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Mar 14, 2013 | 06:31 PM

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MIKE93SVT

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Originally Posted by jimsuver

Your bike is coming along very nice! Those wheels are the same as mine polished stock wheels. Anyone that chromes wheels can do that for you. Mine where done for half of what chrome would have been.

thanks. i appreciate it. definately prefer the polished wheel over chrome. last longer and are easy to touch up. i'll get the rear one polished up later. but it's already getting up to mid 70's here. time to ride!!

nothing amazing to report. more grunt work done today. but we have visual progression rather than destruction!

finished prepping the tail section and got the rust inhibitor laid down. tomorrow will be color and tearing down the front end for the same process

Mar 14, 2013 | 08:30 PM

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RoadKing2438

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Good thread. Good luck with it and keep us posted.

Mar 15, 2013 | 07:08 PM

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MIKE93SVT

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today was nice and productive. got the front end broke down for the most part. ground down any surface rust and taped off the areas i didn't want to paint. for some reason i laid down the rust inhibitor too thick on the rear section so it is still kind of wet.

so the rest of the frame is done and ready for re-assembly. i'll spend tomorrow cleaning up all the add on's and cleaning up the bolts, etc. hopefully buff the tins if i have time. then sunday i'll paint the tail section and start putting this beast back together.

also pulled out all the wires that were cut when it was de-commissioned.

really pondering leaving the front fairing off after discovering the painted head lamp assembly. looks pretty nice once cleaned up

Mar 20, 2013 | 07:43 PM

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MIKE93SVT

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ok, had the day off and spent it in the garage. more grunt work but it's time for assembly!!!!

finished the frame finally

cleaned up the hand controls

removed clutch cable, installed new one, broke new one and then removed it again (see motion pro thread). haha

ordered new throttle, brake and clutch cables for new 10" bars

painted brake calipers

repaired and painted battery box

and some other misc crap

also got in my replacement back wheel with a new tire on it. gotta clean it up still. paint will dry over the next 24 hours and plan to start making it look like a bike again on saturday. hopefully it goes smoothly from here on out.

thanks
mike

craigslist score for 60 bucks

that didn't last long

quick polish on the levers

sanded down and repainted the flaking hand controls

replacement electra glide wheel

Mar 20, 2013 | 08:28 PM

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MikeTD3

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Great work!

I've restored mini bikes, dirt bikes, snowmobiles and completely understand how consuming/fun it is.

Keep the updates coming!

Mar 21, 2013 | 06:34 PM

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today showed there's light at the end of the tunnel. got a couple hours in and it's looking like a bike again!

got the battery box and electricals back in. mounted the tank and coil. will be buffing all the tins next and working on final assembly. cables should be in friday.