Finally found some red 3-way function rear lights for run/brake/turn. Came in today's mail, they're only 1/5" in diameter but quite bright. I have some 3/32" SS flat stock, 3/4" wide, so cut two 5" pieces from it. Drilled one end to match the dia. of the mounting bolt for the light, the other end to match the dia. of the shock mount bolt. They mount a bit different than the Valk shocks. After drilling I put two bends in those pieces for the purpose of moving the light a bit closer to the frame. After much drilling, banging, bending, buffing with the air tool, I have them mounted. I'll work on the wiring over the next few days after which I'll pull the new mounts and paint them to match the frame....hammered black. The lights are also black, bullet style, if I can find some round 1.5" amber LED boards I'll buy another set of these lights for the front and change out the LED board. Guess I could take a couple pics, maybe tomorrow, I'm tired now.
Forgot to mention....I picked up two cans of 1300-2000 degree black paint at NAPA last week. Tuesday afternoon I put three coats on the headers then let them dry overnight. They really looked good, reinstalled them and slipped the mufflers on then rolled the bike out onto the driveway. Figured I needed to idle the bike at least two times with a cooling period in between, the method of curing the paint job. So for the next couple hours, the old hoss sat there first for 10 minutes, followed by a 20 minute cool down. Then 20 minutes with a 20 minute cool down, after which it said to run it under normal operation for 30 minutes. I don't have a current tag on it yet(coming next week), so stayed on the sidewalk. Finally decided one time to go up two houses and out her driveway, then goose it down to the place next to ours, in the drive and up the sidewalk to our drive. Kinda fun, the old girl is light and quick, can't wait to get it on the street, probably next month. It won't be painted and the seat won't be done, but should be able to ride it a little.
