So, those of you still holding your breath, exhale! What's wrong with you?? I was just kidding! Don't you know how bad that is for you? Although, blue is a good look for you :)
I did get my painted pieces back! They are... good. The emblem on the gas tank es mue bueno! But, I am not going to show it to you! I have only been home when it is dark, and it will not look as good as it should till I get home and have time to take the pic before the sun goes down! I do have a sample of the color for you though :D

Painter, "my bike is SOO cool!"
Hubby, "fread not."

Painter, "see how cool I am.. you wanna ride it now don't you?"

Hubby, "umm, no."
Anyways, after we picked up the paint Friday nigh, we brought home KFC, put the picnic table in the drive way, and ate while we stared at the front of my bike thinking about the possible reasons that my triple trees were not moving smoothly. We ended up calling our buddy and he was just leaving the shop, he appologized for forgeting about us the night before, and headed over.
He informed me that our little picnic was Harley heaven.. a big Harley emblem on the back wall, fried chicken, a bike to ride (hubby's), and a bike to work on (mine). hahaha I assured him that in my version, both bikes were to ride!
So, it took him about 2 sec to see our problem (fresh eyes are always good). It doesn't hurt that he has installed a few of these in the past, he pointed out that there was some casting on the frame that had not been trimmed off back in 76, and it was not allowing the after market cup to sit flat in the neck. This tilt caused the rubbing and general no buenoness of my triple trees. I did not get a pic before my hubby ground it down, but here it is after,

and now it sits flat,

Here is a quick helper.
green points to the neck cups, pinkish points to the neck, and the yellow is the triple tree, actually in this pic it is the painted cover that goes over the triple tree, but you get the idea :DHere is a video for ya..
2 comments:
You are so good at taking pictures! I love the flower pictures you took! See you Tues!
I LOVE the artsie fartsie flower pics!!! That red is very, very nice and I am even more excited now about your bike. See you tomorrow night.
/hugs
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