Bike Mods / Mini Shoot

I snagged a few bits to test on the bike from Boneyard Garage last week, so while I had the bike in the garage I decided to do a few mods that I'd had in mind for a while.

First up was a fender chop.  I had a good idea on how to do this, but trust me - trial and error was definitely true in this case.  Think I had about 83 tries and errors before I even got it to fit!

Next up was a bit of paint.  I'd painted my side tins the week before in a distressed stars and stripes style, so carried this on with the rest of the bike.  The fenders got a simple stripe design with a star at the front and the tank got a similar treatment as the tins.  I didn't want the exact same look as the side tins though, so tried a little flame design with star cut outs.  And because I'm a massive fan of the Punisher, the top of the tank got a variation of the Punisher skull logo.

When it came to refit the painted bits, all the parts from the Boneyard were fitted.  I removed all the plastic undercarriage pieces and jiggled all the wires round to the top of the frame to do a wire tuck and used the Boneyard Tank Lift Kit to raise it up a bit.  The coil also got relocated using the Boneyard Relocation Bracket.  Although - I do need to sort a short HT lead.  The standard one is now a bit longer than required!

Last piece to fit was a Boneyard Side Mount Plate.  This took longer than expected as I didn't have a spanner big enough to fit the nut!  After a quick trip to Machine Mart, a bigger adjustable was put to work and it was sorted.  A point to note - the side mount I fitted was a horizontal plate, and due to the strengthening gusset on the back of the plate and the bottom of the shock at the other side, it doesn't leave a lot of room for a big spanner to move when you're working with the bike on a side stand.  One point for bike lifts - wish I had one! 

So that was it done.  Took it for a quick test ride this morning to make sure nothing rattled loose and took some snaps near a cool piece of wall art I'd spotted the other day. 

Obviously, it rained as soon as I was out on the bike. 

And yes, a fender chop leaves you with a soggy arse in shitty weather!