Susie and I went to the ol' motorcycle swap meet this morning. Alot of the same old stuff and a bunch of stuff that I'm not sure why they even brought it (like a taillight that had a bent housing, broken lenses, and no bulb or wiring and it looks like about 5 or other ones in the same box). But I found a decent headlight and a gnarly rear tire. I wouldn't say I got a great deal on them but it was alright.
I had a few (72) holes to drill in 1/2" stainless steel today. I burnt through 3 drill bits and only had 2 holes to show for it. I figured there must be a better bit than what I had. So after a trip to Lowe's I found the right bit to use. The Bosch titanium. Dude. Like a glowing red hot knife through butter. At least it was for the first 60 or so holes. Which, in 1/2" stainless, I would say is pretty good. So there is my quality tool of the day. We salute you Bosch titanium drill bit.
This is the outside of my air cleaner. It came polished but then I brushed the raised circle part.
Finished cleaning the outside of my Carb. I know what you're thinking, "ok but what did it look like before?" Well, imagine this but dirtier. With that baked on grease dirt combo. So this is a big improvement.
This is what the inside of my new air cleaner for the sporty looks like behind the cover. There was some time spent machining this. Very, very nice.
Finally got the left side footrest/peg done. And by done I mean not completely done. Still need to smooth things out a little (the welding video I got for Christmas helped a lot) and finesse it some more. And I'm going to add some holes. Because it looks pretty beefy now.
