Despite a few distraction, Larry and I got a lot more work done today! This morning Larry had a lead on an old leather jacket so we took a trip to take a look. It ended up being a really good deal except not for him, it was too small for the tall guy but just right for the short guy! We also made a pit stop on the way back to get some all holy circus peanuts...if you haven't had these before, you need to try them!
The jacket is a hein gericke that the guy said he got in the 80's, except for the smell of smoke it is really nice!
Once we got back I got to work sanding the primer on the tanks, fender, battery box, and coil.
I got everything ready to paint and now we are just waiting on the paint to get here that will be used on the tanks and fender.
We did get the battery box and coil painted with single stage black since they are just one solid color.
After we got that done, we started on the primary cover. It was pretty rough but nothing Larry and I can't handle!
First I started by burning off all the oil that has impregnated the metal over the years.
Here is how it looked all cleaned up...
Once it was clean, we ground out the spot welds to the insert that acts as a noise dampener so that we could straighten out the cover behind it. It took a little prying to get it out so I took it to the planishing hammer to flatten it back out.
The jacket is a hein gericke that the guy said he got in the 80's, except for the smell of smoke it is really nice!
Once we got back I got to work sanding the primer on the tanks, fender, battery box, and coil.
I got everything ready to paint and now we are just waiting on the paint to get here that will be used on the tanks and fender.
We did get the battery box and coil painted with single stage black since they are just one solid color.
After we got that done, we started on the primary cover. It was pretty rough but nothing Larry and I can't handle!
First I started by burning off all the oil that has impregnated the metal over the years.
Here is how it looked all cleaned up...
Once it was clean, we ground out the spot welds to the insert that acts as a noise dampener so that we could straighten out the cover behind it. It took a little prying to get it out so I took it to the planishing hammer to flatten it back out.
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