Forward Progress and Finances

I was trying to get the battery case and the oil tank to come off, but found out the hard way that there are several (yet to be identified) parts directly connected to these two.

So now the battery case, the voltage regulator, and what I think is a fuse box, are off the bike. The oil tank is still attached due to a stripped nut. In the process of getting to the oil tank and its various hoses, I took off the old tail pipes.

This is the one f@#$ nut thats holding the whole business back.


Below you see where the battery case used to be. Its now laying in a bucket of de-rusting acid.



Spending to date on the bike to date:
Bike - 1700
Towing - 100
New pipes (EBay) - 50
New oil lines - 20
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Total 1870

The projected total cost is around 4K, but that includes painting and powder coating. I'm not even going to tell you how much I've spent on new tools.

Stay tuned to see if I can stay under budget.