Monday, July 15, 2013

Paint and brakes



Poor man's spray booth.  $100 from a local surplus store.











Tank and tail getting cleared, as well as the 18" rear wheel hiding in the back.












 With the repositioned pegs, I needed to tweak the shift lever, as well as the brake lever.  Stock, the brake lever was too long, putting the pedal too far away from the peg.  I mocked it up rough to get the correct angle and distance, and then set about trying to find a piece of curved tube that would work.

With no pipe bender, I was stuck trying to find something myself.  In the end, I cut a section out of the stock handlebars, and it actually lined up great.  I then broke out the torch and welded the curved tube in between.  Pretty cool scavenging parts I was just going to discard!

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