Finishing the Tank

Getting all the metal work finished on the gas tank has proven to be a monumental task!  Curtis has spent countless hours cutting, welding, shaping, etc.  If I was paying for all the fabrication, the cost of the tank would be prohibitive.  But today we finally got the tank mounts completed and finished all of the work required to finalize the dash.  There's still a bit of work left on the tank such as mounting the tank badges and completing the modifications necessary to mount the speedometer but the worst (hopefully) is over.  A good friend, Andrew Peters, finished truing the spokes and mounting the tires to the wheels.  He also installed the wheel bearings.  I think the wheels with their new double whitewall tires look great.

The Fabricator has been busy

Back in Victoria for a month and time to resume work on the bike (aka "Dusty").  Curtis has been busy customizing the gas tank as well as building the tail light assembly.  The custom dash he's built for the tank is a work of art as is the tail light assembly.  Almost art deco!  Today we (mostly Curtis) drilled the holes and welded in the bungs necessary to mount the tank badges on the gas tank.  There's still a lot more work to do before I get to wave a paint sprayer at it but it's coming along fabulously.  Also picked up the hubs which have been powder coated and they look amazing!  Ready to lace the wheels with new chrome spokes.

Tank with custom dash

Powder coated hubs

 

 

Tail light Assembly