It's been raining since yesterday but today was when tropical storm Helen gave us a peek up her skirt as short bursts of showers quickly flooded the only street access we have going out. Anyway, I've always thought no matter how ugly the weather is that it's a good rain. Least it isn't snow or lava. Worked my shots for the better part of the day and went out a wee bit later than I planned to get the materials I needed to complete what I started a few days ago: transferring my hand controls elsewhere. That "elsewhere" part is somewhere unassuming, as it now houses my ignition switch, deftly hidden from rain should I run into a cloud. Acts as a safety device too. Sit on the bike, try to flick on the ignition switch? You won't find any. If I park somewhere uncertain, I can disengage the engine manually. No alarm here. Just plain wit and common sense.
All that's left now is to stabilize my Hi/Low switch on the left side under my seat, score a new housing for the throttle cable on the right bar and I'm done. The left side looks clean from my view, the empty kill switch console is still an eyesore. That, has got to go definitely. I've set up my wires to be detached easily should I need to dismantle a component to get to the carb by installing connectors instead of directly linking everything together. I thought of modding the cleaner shell to accommodate the light switch but having to reach over to my right side with my left hand is kinda effy. So the light switch will stay on the left side after all. Sickened home made mods. I'll just make a shell later on when I've nothing better to do. Right now I'm very happy with how it turned out to be.
This arrived in my email from good friend Jesse way up north. Man just look at this bike. It has attitude written all over it. You should park it beside Cicero's. Haha! Twins! Love those bars! Like I said ultra clean setup ( the guy sitting ain't that bad either ;p ) Buzz me up how I can send you those seat springs, tho I'm afraid you're going to have to exchange that fine seat for an ass pan instead. I was planning to do that with my tank also, have it sit on top of the frame but I don't have time to really sit down and draw things up. Great to see you did that with your ride. Least I get to see it was a good idea after all. Send me some pics after you're done with your mods!Jesse, thanks for the call man. I'll send you the blueprints for the riser stems along with some pics for extending your air box. Stay easy.
