Back on the road

After I got the peg mounts welded back up, I went for a cruise with some guys at work. The new foot placement is so much more comfortable and the bike handles even better now too with my weight centered more.

Cut up again

Well, yesterday a co-worker setup an after work cruise with some people down to Pittsburgh. So I decided that because of the route we are taking the bike needed the foot pegs moved finally. I've been thinking about doing this for the last couple weeks because hard left turns my toe hits the ground if it is under the shift lever. This will also help take some of my weight off of my hands having my feet in front of me a little more.

With that decision made, I jumped right into it. Got the rear half of the bike disassembled, I estimated the amount I wanted to remove, and cut with a sawzall. Tonight I have to get the grinder down there to clean everything up and weld it all back up.

little update

I'm a little late on this as usual, but here's some pictures. We were on vacation back to CT last week, so just before we left I was able to get the bike on the road. I'm over 100 miles now. Still no blinkers, the license plate mount is done, heat wrap is on, and the handle bar and foot peg locations are a little uncomfortable. I moved the bars above the top tree and that's a little better, but I think I need to move the foot pegs up and forward to take some of my body weight off of my hands.

For now, here's some pics. I'll get more with a more detailed update this weekend. 

Almost there...

Spent Labor Day working on the bike and got a good amount done. The trailtech speedometer/tach is on, the ignition switch has a bracket mounted under the seat, and the front blinkers have brackets. Last night the new muffler came in. It's made from stainless steel by Cone Engineering. It is their 2" "quiet-er" muffler, and it is definitely quiet-er than I expected, but still very very nice.

Things that are left to finish:

license plate mount

rear brake rod (currently en route via USPS)

exhaust paint and heat wrap 

rear blinker tabs 

wire front/rear blinkers

I also need to modify the steering stops because I re-positioned the handle bars to be in a more comfortable riding location but now they hit the tank at full turn.