Sunday, July 21, 2024

Vacation!

My wife and I got some alone time to ourselves for a couple weeks, so all projects got put on hold while we went out and enjoyed ourselves.


God, she's so gorgeous 😳🥰

Coming back to it, We got a few things accomplished:

  • Front brake lever, from a 1982 XL500, is mounted and functioning
  • Headlight (just some cheap $45 no-name LED unit from Amazon) and Tusk blinkers temporarily mounted:


  • Rear tail/brake/turn combo light, meant for a Yamaha R1, is also finally wired up and functioning (testing the wiring using my Metropolitan for battery power 😅)



  • And finally, a rear brake switch is mounted and functional:
We're at the point where all it needs to be street-legal and ready for inspection is a speedometer (going for a Trail Tech Vapor, same unit I have on my Metropolitan) and a battery pack, which should be sufficient to get it titled and plated. Once that happens, the real fun starts!

Stay tuned....

It exploded...

Turns out pulling the engine gave me quite a bit of motivation. Things I've ordered since the last post: Not-cracked 23" front whee...