For the last month or so, it has been an exercize in patience for the students (and myself). The needed work was getting done, but the forkless front end had the remainder of the bike sitting forlornly on the floor of the shop. With the help of Hugh's Handbuilt and his step-by-step instructions, we were able to rebuild the front forks. The final step in the process is adding the requisite fork oil...
The end result is a pretty trick front end to the bike: lowered 2" for a proper cafe stance, polished and shaved lower sliders, new bushings, new upper tubes, and retro fork boots. Basically, a brand new front end!
With a bit of gruntwork, the forks were reinstalled, and the seat and tank test-fitted. It actually resembles a motorcycle!
A phrase I always remembered from reading my Dad's airplane magazines, was when other flyers were building a homebuilt airplane, they commonly said, "50% done, 90% left to go." The devil is in the details, and the details is what is left. A real quandry is coming up with a DOT approved rear tailight that doesn't mess up the lines of the rear seat...
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