I've had my bike for not quite a week and have been trying to get out and practice riding every day. So far the only day that was ass-crappy for riding was last Sunday, so what to do on a cold, rainy Sunday? Customize of course.
I'm not a fan of shiny - unless it involves some kind of diamond - so I'm getting rid of some of the chrome. I'm learning about how motors work and now know how a carburetor works, mine looks like this without the air filter:
The air filter goes over the carburetor and Mike had a little round one he got at Canadian Tire a while back for $7.99. The stock air filter looks cover like this (big and too shiny):
The new one looks like this (still too shiny):
The new backing plate we made:
So we had to take the old backing plate and cut it to size, scuff the chrome, prime, paint, drill and install, now it looks like this:
I like it - a lot.
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