Photos pics and more photos

Alright, I'm gonna attempt to post these pics in an organized manner. These first ones are the day I got it. The first thing I knew I was going to change was the back fender, I didn't like how it hid much of the back tire, and the white with pearl white scallops had to go. Notice that their are two mirrors in these pics, more on that later. See all the oil on the motor in the pic of the primary side, I knew the bike was gonna need a top end job soon but didn't think it would be one week after I got the bike.

Next is the tear down pics, this is where I learned how much of a pain that molded on gas tank was, have to pull the whole motor to do the top end. I think what happened is this bike sat for a long time leaning on the side stand(no center stand) without ever being turned over and condensation built up in the left cylinder pitting it badly. I would've had to bore it to the max of .80 over and still wouldn't be sure if it would've gotten all the pits. I could still start the bike before I tore it down but it poured out black smoke from the left pipe.

Next, a little sanding and a little primer(I almost left it in primer) and a 10 dollar paint job. Another cat that's not mine hangin around my bike, It's my neighbors cat and evidently he doesn't care for the back tire. I didn't care for the twisted railroad spike cruise pegs either. Still have em though, might make something else out of em. Oh yeah, you can see my huge pole barn out in my back 40 too!

Now the "It's Alive" pics, almost done. Man, my shed looks pretty big on the inside doesn't it. At this point I figured all I needed was a tail light and maybe a back fender. After getting caught in a light drizzle on a vintage bike ride I went on I wanted a back fender for sure.

love it

Love what you have done so far
awesome bike

Found a fender that works, not exactly what I wanted but it works. My first tail light was mounted on the side above my license plate, if ya can't tell, I made it out of a cheapie tractor like light that I had to change from a one circuit to a two circuit and a piece of table leg trim and some old lamp parts, oh and a piece from an old oak door. The next one I made that is still on the bike now is made from a motorcycle running light that I converted to a running/ brake light and one of my mirrors that got cracked from a stone in the road, nobody has noticed this yet unless I tell them, and when I do they usually tell me they just thought I bought it. Now my plate is mounted on the back of my chain guard the proper way, don't think I have a pic of that.