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Posted by CDNRatMan
- May 05, 2018, 12:44:40 PM So Tom in Western Washington, this morning was foggy and damp, but as 1000 approached the fog burned off and the sun came out, so I took the snow blower from the upper shed to the lower shed and moved all the snow equipment from the upper shed and cleaned out upper shed in readiness for the bikes to come out. Not wanting to over do it and hurt my knees and ankles I stopped for lunch and decided to do this quick email to tease a few folks. So pictures will follow shortly.........to transform Pearl my 1999 Peal Burnish Beige Drifter 800 to something I wanted to try, I had thought of a WWII dispatch rider bike but it has been done, so thinking outside the box, and my team of 4 forum members who sometimes I wonder if they did help or hinder me......so here is what I did.....this winter
Bike was wrapped; deal I pay for material they did the labour as they have never done a complete bike.
Now the wrap is on midnight black and they printed the theme of rusting old metal on the film. Then the Raven, pocket watch and chain, along with the inside workings of a watch and the gauges were printed and cut out and applied very time consuming.
made 90 some black acorn nut bolts to replace the stock ones; thats to Tom York (UK) for the idea.
front fender license plate; myself,
spoke covers, Malcolm Wilson in the UK,
progressive front springs from a 1500 and a 1/4" longer spacer for a firmer ride,
front hub cover, myself and Malcolm,
rims trued, and new wheel bearing installed,
rear wheel saming thing, also,
new rear shock a progressive 465, and the needle bearings in the swing arm were cleaned and repacked
Steering neck all new bearings,
Rimswere Powder coated at North Bay powder coating shop,
LED spot and drive lights on the light bar (they are 2" ones),
mudflaps thanks to 49 Reo and myself,
Highway Hawk speedo cowling; (getting powder coated as I type this),
Handlebars from a 2017 Kawasaki Vulcan Classic (powder coated black),
Aluminum mirrors from Tom York in the UK;
Dash customizing was myself;
custom made seat and frame were designed by myself, I bought the seat and frame off ebay that someone tried to customize and I just had a welder (R&K Fabrications) do the welding and then Gowing seats made the seat on the original 2 up pan.
Saddleman travel trunk with Trolls idea of cutting boards.
Vintage H-D tool box mounted thanks to 49 Reo for the brackets;
800 watts of stereo on board,
sprocket swap was also done at this time,
valves were checked and new plugs installed
Now for shits and giggles, I did a little numbers game, if I worked on the bike for say 3 hours per day, and say 18 days a month, and for some 5 months.....and if I were to charge me shop rates around here which is $90.00 per hour I need to get something like $24,300.00 out of the bike, and not including parts and purchase price of the bike......lol....never going to happen......
Hope I did not miss anything.........oh the picture well that is going on the bike tonight.......