Winter Homework build

[groupus]

They say electronic ignitions are better for cold, but it was just above 30 this morning and it ran great. Could improve fuel economy though. Cost is about the only thing keeping me from switching from points. I only have about $1000 in the bike, including the purchase price. That and I like the mechanical things I can see and work on over black-box electronics.

groupus, tell us about the fenders, they look great and we need to know what you did to achieve that look.

Thanks! The front is just the stock gl1000 painted black. I think my front tire is one size over stock, which makes it fit snug. I did have to do a little body work as it was dented and creased when I got it. Part of the reason I didn't keep it chrome.

My work on the rear fender is documented here: http://ngwclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=39798
But this is the jist of what I did:

I cut the fender off an inch and a half to 2 inches from the stock rear mounting hole, losing about 5 in total. I drilled a couple of holes, measuring and test fitting many times. I had to repaint it because it got all scratched up, but my first paint job had crackled and it needed it anyway. I reused 2 of the rubber bushings from the taillight mounting holes with some other rubber bushings I had to make up the gap between the fender and the frame rails... All said and done, it only cost me $0.62 for lock nuts. Not too shabby.

You can see my new front (in relation to the bike) mount hole is about 2 inches ahead of the stock rear hole.

New rear hole was made once the front could be mocked up. Reused bolts with aforementioned lock nuts and rubber bushings.