Still waiting on my "friend" with the sandblasting. I guess he got sidetracked with his friends (or girlfriend?). Need to talk to him for one more time.
I used the spare time to get more parts. Except for the piston rings and some minor things and fluids, I pretty much have the needed parts together.
I also completely redid the electrical system. All the cables, connectors and the cable routing is new. It will be great to watch it working at the first start. Or it will be no fun at all if it does not work. Finding the mistake will not be a pleasure since all the new cables are black! :-)
The tank and the fenders got spray-painted in black. I chose to paint only part of the tank in black. The rest of it stayed as it was - dark purple metallic. I am not sure about this look. I might have to do some more painting. Also got some airbrush patterns. We will see - I have to think a little more about that.
Meanwhile my second bike (sports bike Yamaha FZR600R) had to go. You can see - I am still in a positive mood to get the sportster completed and runnig sometime in the near future. Otherwise there will be one more biker without a runnig bike in Germany!
It was fun driving the Yamaha for more than 15 years. Made it up to 245 km/h with that baby on the autobahn a couple of times, which is equivalent to a little more than 150 mph. But the last couple of years riding a sports bike would hurt my lower arms and hands.
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