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Thanks guys!  Yeah, the 'matte' clear coat was a little to 'semi-gloss' for my taste, but nothing a few thousand miles won't fix!  Most important thing is that the tank ain't in danger of rusting out anymore... because that'd suck.

The mirrors are terrible and not my idea... I actually have some fresh ones in the mail as we speak.  Main issue is that the 'glass' is plastic and about as clear as a window smeared with jelly.  I can see behind me just fine, it's just blurry as hell!

I work with computers so I need to be able to haul them around safely and I ride all summer long rain or shine... so the ammo cans were the perfect solution.  Scored 'em for $20 each at a local junk shop.  Love the gas can bags, that's pretty sweet.  Mine can fit a 30 pack of beer in 'em though heh.  Gotta love the 120mm shell size.  I've been toying with the idea of integrating signals into mine, but the signal switch quit working last year and I'm so used to hand signals now that I'm not sure I'd remember to use the lights.  I really oughta fix that switch... but then I'd need to get another turn signal and then I'd want to change the type and once that ball was rolling it'd be hard to stop.

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Posted by Old Drifter

- April 18, 2016, 08:16:31 AM

Those gas can saddlebags are a cool military/utilitarian look! Like the lights in the fill cap hole.

Posted by CDNRatMan

- April 17, 2016, 18:49:04 PM

Ironraven and Old Drifter, I too like the off idea of the saddle bags, there is a young lad running about town on a 197? Honda CB 750 four and here is a picture of his saddle bags.......

Posted by Old Drifter

- April 17, 2016, 16:51:48 PM

Sarge really make a statement! You had an idea for the look and ran with it...Great job! Love the saddlebags.

Posted by mittico68

- April 17, 2016, 02:29:06 AM

Cool bike!
That's not my kind of look, but I really like it.
BTW, do those mirrors let you see well the back of your road? Their stems are attached in a not so common place...

Posted by CDNRatMan

- April 16, 2016, 20:34:54 PM

I think the important part is "are you happy with the results" if you are happy then just tell those that do not like it to shove it, if people do not like it then no reason to comment on it.
I like it it is different, not my cup of tea but I like that it is different.

Posted by JagLite

- April 16, 2016, 18:35:27 PM

Sarge is special and looking mighty good.

A bit too shiny perhaps, but I'm sure a few good rides should transform him from new recruit to seasoned veteran.

Posted by pcarrell

- April 16, 2016, 15:48:02 PM

Very cool!

Posted by Ironraven

- April 15, 2016, 13:03:54 PM

Here he is... stayed up until 12:30 last night and got up at 5AM just so I could finish the bugger and ride him to work today...

I know he ain't everyone's cuppa java but I love the hell otta this bike

Posted by Ironraven

- April 12, 2016, 16:42:10 PM

Work kicking my ass so far this week, but hopefully soon I'll be out wrenching again. Gotta reinforce that headlight bucket with fiberglass hopefully tonight. I have a plan to reinforce the inside with fiberglass and then just put a big honkin band-aid over the hole lol. We'll see how it goes, Sarge has always been a rough 'n ready scoot; I don't want perfection and chrome to polish

Posted by pcarrell

- April 12, 2016, 08:49:05 AM

Can't wait to see finished product pics! Lookin' good!

Posted by greenbarn

- April 11, 2016, 21:54:52 PM

Quote from: Ironraven on April 11, 2016, 13:27:03 PM
..... SNOWING this morning so I guess I've got a couple days lol.

Seems that's going around these days.....

Posted by CDNRatMan

- April 11, 2016, 14:32:24 PM

snow ....what is snow?

Summer will be here soon and Sarge will be out in all his new colours and ready to go.......

Posted by Ironraven

- April 11, 2016, 13:27:03 PM

So this winter, I got a little worried about the state of my poor Drifter's tank, so I pulled it

And I was wondering why his headlight was rattling... figured that out quick enough.

So I got out the tools and started going to work. Good thing too, this poor fella was THRASHED!

I mean I figured as long as I was doing the tank I might as well....

Layers and layers!

Finally down to the metal... the poor bugger!

Then I sent him over to a good buddy of mine to get some band-aids on his owies.

And then he got some new color

And a little bit of attitude

And some more attitude

And damn it I'm not finished yet, but it was FUCKING SNOWING this morning so I guess I've got a couple days lol.

And some new artwork

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