Giving her rear end some attention.

I got a chance to pop into the garage today and stayed there for the duration of the Ramones' Greatest Hits and the Cure's Disintegration. In those combined 33 tracks worth of time I decided to test out the simple green and scotch brite pads on the swing arm and rear wheel; I am happy with the results because it is clean but not too clean, I mean this is a rat bike after all.

Here is the swing arm lookin all sexy and whatnot:


The wheel and brake assembly (I just carb cleaned the crap outta the drum and cover so it is fresh and clean), and a closer view of the clean drum:


Also I am pretty happy about the arrival of my clubman bars and bar end mirrors. I put the clubmans on just to see how they fit and they feel really good. I can't wait to get them mounted for real so I can check some more off the ol' checklist.

Bars and Mirror(s):


In my last post I mentioned that I took of the sprocket cover so I just figured I would post a pic of that so you can see whats up under there. On the inside of the cover is the clutch actuator mechanism (not the official name, just what I am calling it.)

This one gives me a warm fuzzy feeling, probably because I am a bad photographer.

Here is a thing.


Next up: Finish this g-d tank! I just hate sanding so this is why its only this far. Also I need to still put in some ear plugs and shake the devil (bob ross tribute) out of the tank because I have 25 1/4" nuts in there to loosen up the large rust chunks before I give it the HCl acid treatment, but it is loud as hell and I just can't take it for more than a few seconds. Its progress is pictured here along with my new set of tools I got for Christmas!


I say farewell for now and happy wrenching!!!