Looks good. But I would take the opportunity to get rid of that fugly front and rear fender trim.

Shakey

 

Great thread, I enjoyed reading the entire thread. Youre doing a great job.

 

Good work. I'm digging this project. I would love to find something like this for a long haul comfort cruiser on the cheap. Lookin good.

 

Thanks guys. I've been out training a unit (army). Should get some down time tomorrow and will get another progress update done. Goal is to have it back on the road next week. Ill charge up my Nikon camera and get some real pics as well

Thanks
Mike

 

got a little bit done today. spent the morning inside with the wife since i'm going back out for another 24 hours.

but got the wires ran through the bars, ran and mounted all the new cables. and even managed to break something! but it wouldn't be a day of me working on a project if i didn't break a part.

was finishing up and went to put the clutch lever back into the housing. that new plastic pin that holds the cable into the lever was a little long to slide into the housing. so i pryed a little bit on the housing to spread it. gave some pressure and SNAP!!! the lower portion just busted off. got pretty pissed at myself but it happens. found a replacement on ebay for 20 bucks and it's on the way

little tutorial on how i did the wiring

first take a pic of your connector before pulling the pins. then use a tiny screw driver or something small to release the pin connectors and pull the wires free from the housing



cut your wires with a spacing in between. this stops from having a large bunch of your connections.



do yourself a favor and get one of these quick wire strippers. cost like 10 bucks and worth their weight in gold. one quick squeeze and you're done. also cut your extension wires and prep them. color doesn't matter, just match your wires back up one at a time



solder connection should look something like this. i like to heat the wires up a little with the soldering iron and then apply the solder. this lets it melt into the wires rather than coating the outside



little heat shrink and you're done. give it a good tug to make sure it's strong



double check your work and run it through the bars



you could easily wrap these exposed wires with loom, or tape. but i have a cover that goes over the handle bar clamp so it won't be seen. i'll just leave it alone



finished product



hand controls and new grips installed





also got my replacement foot controls in from a 2012 RK thanks to a forum member. this will help give the bike a modern look. mine look like crap anyways

 

damn, my garage is a mess. need to clean up those boxes, haha

mike

 

oh the joys of a project bike. well went to bleed the front brakes and had to loosen the bleeder screw. it was full of oxidation so i hit it with some PB blast and let it soak. then loosened it a little, snugged it back up, loosen, repeat. no luck, the threads are screwed. finally got the bleeder out and saw the damage. luckily a guy is parting out a 2000 road king on ebay and it's the same guy i got the clutch lever bracket from. so picked up some front calipers for a good price

also got the trans fluid filled and am ready to finish up the other maintenance items.




was pretty frustrated but got over it. tossed the back wheel in there and found the next problem. it's funny how you only find the threads that you want, not the ones you need.... sure a mu85 will fit fine in an older chassis. that's what i found while searching to confirm the 06 electra glide wheel would fit my 2000. other than some axle spacers it went right in. except that the drive belt rubs ever so slightly. some more searching shows that a guy makes the correct spacer which is hub centric to give it some more clearance. so 80 bucks for the calipers, another 70 for this damn spacer. at least it came with a new tire which is the only thing that justifies buying the spacer. and it's already balanced

when you sit on the bike and roll back and forth, you can feel the belt and confirm it touches. damn



but at least it's on the ground for now. will have to pull the wheel and space the drive pulley, but it's some form of progress i suppose

 

Looking good man. Pretty cool watching the progress I wish I did this with my mods.

 

finally the rotation is over and had most of the day off. had a buddy come over and set up the panel gaps and final fitment on his new bags for the street glide. just worked out the small adjustments needed and stripped the paint off the inner fairing he picked up. that was fun!

while he finished sanding the inner fairing i fixed the hack job wiring that was done in the front and put the nacelle and lights back on. also pulled the foot controls to finish coating the lower frame. will have a small write up for adapting the newer style brake pedal onto the older bikes. not too much work.

anyways, here's a sneak pic of his bike and the little bit of work i got done too

 

Lookin good man