2008 April 04: :
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The fairing body returned from the painter today, unfortunately he didn't paint the inside like I asked him to or have time to pinstripe it. Bought an aerosol can of Dupli-Color truck bedliner, masked the outside and sprayed three light coats on the inside. Dried quickly, looks very nice in my opinion - certainly better than primer and over spray!
Photo courtesy of Charlie Mullendore of Antietam Classic Cycle.
Went riding Saturday instead of installing it like I'd planned, but the weathermen were totally wrong as usual and I needed to ride anyway. Sunday turned out to be a rather gloomy day, so I puttered around the house in the morning and after a late lunch went out to the shop and set to work. Installed the weather seal around the headlight opening (same seal I used on the saddlebags).
Photo courtesy of Charlie Mullendore of Antietam Classic Cycle.
Sprayed the seal good with silicone and then slid the fairing over the headlight. Fits quite snug, stays in place without any fasteners, but I held it in place with two bolts on either side of the headlight until I had the brackets installed anyway.
Photo courtesy of Charlie Mullendore of Antietam Classic Cycle.
Then comes the fun part - installing the new windscreen with rubber seal and aluminum trim strip. Two of the holes in the windscreen don't line up with the trim too well, so I redrill them. Then when the bolts are installed, the windscreen bows out between the same two holes, so I elongate the holes in the fairing body. Finally with the help of my brother, it goes on more or less correctly. Still needs a bit of fiddling before I'll be satisfied. By this time, it's getting rather late and I'm hungry, so I quickly install the truck cab marker lights I'm using for signals and then call it a night.
Photo courtesy of Charlie Mullendore of Antietam Classic Cycle.
Once I get the necessary pinstriping tape, that will be next on the agenda. That should break up the large expanse of creamy whiteness some. I might put a Moto Guzzi
with birdy decal above the headlight too if there's room and it'll look right. Then I'll move on to wiring the signals up and finishing a few jobs from my to do
list that I forgot.