It's beginning to feel like I may have to.
Time's marching on and I want to have my bike ready for the road as soon as the weather allows. I've been noticing a good few bikers out and about, despite the continuing winter temperatures and I have been getting an itch to get out riding.
This will mean that some of the customisation I had hoped to do will need to wait until I have saved up a (fair) bit more cash. Then I can do more of the mods all in one go. As it is I'd need to leave the bike part dismantled until I can get all the bits I've still to buy. There will be NO riding if I leave it like that.
I'm pretty much sure what I want to do and how my bike will eventually look. I've decided on black high T-bars on top of extra wide, polished billet yokes and upside-down black forks with my nineteen inch, twin disc front wheel. These are the mods I keep coming back to despite being waylaid continually every time I see another custom bike in a mag like BSH.
Not that I'll finish there though. An EFI to carb conversion with black short exhausts is definately on the horizon though still a fair distance away. Me and this bike have a future you know!
So, what I will most probably do for now is put the stock bars, cables and controls back on and buy the extended ones when I can afford them and when I do get enough dosh together buy the complete front end.
This doesn't mean that the winter's tinkering has been a waste of time.
I have learned some more about how my bike is put together and do feel more confident about doing the odd bit of maintanence myself. A lot of the stock fasteners have been replaced by stainless. I've also got a solo seat, tidier rear indicators and a sissy bar for riding two up when I need it.
Making my bike just the way I want it is important but getting out on the road is vital!
Time's marching on and I want to have my bike ready for the road as soon as the weather allows. I've been noticing a good few bikers out and about, despite the continuing winter temperatures and I have been getting an itch to get out riding.
This will mean that some of the customisation I had hoped to do will need to wait until I have saved up a (fair) bit more cash. Then I can do more of the mods all in one go. As it is I'd need to leave the bike part dismantled until I can get all the bits I've still to buy. There will be NO riding if I leave it like that.
I'm pretty much sure what I want to do and how my bike will eventually look. I've decided on black high T-bars on top of extra wide, polished billet yokes and upside-down black forks with my nineteen inch, twin disc front wheel. These are the mods I keep coming back to despite being waylaid continually every time I see another custom bike in a mag like BSH.
Not that I'll finish there though. An EFI to carb conversion with black short exhausts is definately on the horizon though still a fair distance away. Me and this bike have a future you know!
So, what I will most probably do for now is put the stock bars, cables and controls back on and buy the extended ones when I can afford them and when I do get enough dosh together buy the complete front end.
This doesn't mean that the winter's tinkering has been a waste of time.
I have learned some more about how my bike is put together and do feel more confident about doing the odd bit of maintanence myself. A lot of the stock fasteners have been replaced by stainless. I've also got a solo seat, tidier rear indicators and a sissy bar for riding two up when I need it.
Making my bike just the way I want it is important but getting out on the road is vital!
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