Two, the fact - and I knew this would happen, 'cause it's happened before - once I got this bike looking like 90% of what the finished bike will look like, I lost a lot of momentum. The big changes from cruiser to semi-sport bike in the looks department were fairly dramatic. Now that that part's done, it's harder to get up for the little stuff that will make it run again, since I can spend all day working away on this or that and nothing looks any different. It's like putting a new roof on your house. In the end, you spent a ton of money and your house looks exactly the same.
Looks matter, I'm tellin' ya. And I probably mentioned that part about myself a while back.
Still. this bike needs a lot of work in the personality department, so I really gotta get my rear in gear. I've been distracted a little bit (or a lot bit) with some personal things and those things are still around and a little consuming from time to time... but I gotta press on. Otherwise these bike things will never get fully solved, and with personal things comes the occasional need for a distraction from said personal things whilst they work themselves out in one fashion or another. So, all those confusing sentences add up to this: just work on the bike some more and get things working again.
End of sermon. I've seen the light and run to it and now it's time to get back to the job at hand.
Strange how in this wonderful digital age and google-ness that I still cannot figure out what size the stock master cylinder piston is. I've checked repair manuals and service manuals and forum groups and facebook peeps and still no real concrete answer. Since the previous owner decided that he could just reinstall the master cylinder cover with drywall screws, I can't reattach it since it's - well, screwed up. A lot. So it's back to the eBay wish list and adding new front brake master cylinder. Then the clutch lever won't match, so I need a new one of those now, too.
Looks matter, right?
Anyway, I think I'm about to make an educated semi-guess and go for a set w/ 14mm pistons and cross my fingers the bike stop when that need arrises. After all, I'm sure I'll be testing such things prior to running it out into traffic. Probably.
Cool thing is, once the new levers get here, I can mount them and then know how long the reduced-length cables will need to be, so I can order those. Then I'll feel like progress is being made, and the look out the proverbial windshield will be closer and closer. It'll be cool to climb aboard and see grips and levers and things working.
Next, new speedo is needed since the old one is dumb. Yeah, that's the nicest comment I could come up with for that. Not sure where I'm gonna go with that unit, I've seen some cool solutions and need to sort that out. Saw someone mount it off the side which looked cool and is completely non-functional yet legal (maybe). Still, it's back to that same dilemma; part A needs to go here but part B and C need to go somewhere, and if I'm gonna not use part D then B and C can go here instead.
All fun stuff to figure out. but as I said last week, I'm more in the mood for instant gratification and get her running again. I can revisit these things as budget allows, or as things fall off.
Kidding. Probably.
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