This post brought to you by the letter FFFF!!!!

Ok it's not that extreme, but it really sucks pulling the engine from these damn Yamaha's. It's easier to get the engine out by laying the whole bike on its side and pull all the mounting bolts, but to get the engine up into the engine stand is no fun at all! You can see her standing in the background between the Ninja and Honda.

Got ahead of myself here a bit, so I'm gonna back it up a few days. After a long Easter weekend where I planned to get a whole ton finished on the bike... I only got the base seat pan done.

I'm pretty happy with it so far. Have to weld the seams on the side and build the tail section which will store the capacitors, fuse panel, and have the flush mount tail light. An additional pan will go on top of this one with a similar shape that will be padded and upholstered. 

So as of now, the bike is engine-free so that I can start working on trimming some fat from the frame and build the rear foot control mounts. The engine starter will also be 'deleted' and the hole plugged with a 1-53/64" freeze plug. Engine clean up will probably also happen before it gets back into the frame, but nothing too extensive as it is pretty clean for its age.