(see what I did there?? Hmm?)
Anyway, enough of my own pun-tastic self. Thing is, sometimes it does feel a little bit like musical chairs, this build. Back and forth and round and round, and when the music stops (i.e.: payday) something gets bought for the bike and the rest of the things continue their rounds until the next song stops. And on and on it goes. You should see the amazon and eBay watch lists... The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow's theme song comes mind... "Just because I'm presumin' that I could be kind-a-human,
If I only had buck…”
Oh wait, that's not exactly right.
Enough of that silliness. And geesh, for a Monday I seem a good mood to be in, unsure why of that, but take it I will, and move along. Move along.
Saturday was garage day this weekend. First order, and sticking with the theme of today's silliness, I went back and removed the exhaust that I so painstakingly hooked up the weekend prior. 'Cause yes, it couldn't stop myself and took the plunge and order the right exhaust... dang it all to heck. But I had to; it would have bugged the living crap out of me and that just ain't right. Can't have those kind of negative thoughts swimming in your head when you're riding a motorcycle. It's just not safe. Really. And so, in the sole interest of safety and security... I get a cool new exhaust system. Love how that works!
I do have a small side note of something to solve. In the interest in saving a few dollars.. or a hundred of them, I did go for the fully chromed version of said exhaust. So, although I've been fully integrated in the notion of a mostly if not all black motorcycle (except the engine. At least so far...), I may actually find if difficult to scratch up and paint a perfectly good and shiny new exhaust system black. Likely not... but will probably photoshop something quickly just to get an early indicator of how difficult this decision may become later this week. Ahh, the miracle of modern technology.
So, got the handlebars a little closer to completion, getting the clutch and front brake levers assembled and mounted, along with the switch controls on both sides. Nothing's connected yet, of course, 'cause that would just be way too much progress for a single weekend. Still, I was able to figure out a good length for the front brake's braided stainless steel hose and get that ordered. Crossing fingers a bit that it won't conflict or otherwise get in the way of the headlight once that's mounted. Still unsure which way to go with that decision, but will likely be able to lean on that Photoshop machine this week and make a decision. I love the idea of the one I bought a while ago; integrated turn signals in an LED housing, just simple black design. Except the quality turns out to be not that wonderful so I dunno how well it will hold up. Others are better, and correspondingly costlier, too, as things usually are.
Regardless, one step closer and not too far off from being able to tackle the wiring soon. The exhaust picture should be completed this week, assuming it arrives as planned. Once that's done, again, I can move toward the other things, those smaller things that are coming together, one at a time.
That's the idea. Get some mechanical things completed. Exhaust system; check. Front brake 'system'; check. Tank painted; check. Like that. Then it feels like getting things done. Feels like progress.
Otherwise, it's just round and round. And while it's a great song, I wanna move forward now.
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