Gave up trying to get a decent paint job on the rear fender. It looks "OK" but not real good, but after repainting it four times I said screw it and put it back on the bike. Maybe some modest pin striping in the area in question will make it more presentable. As for the speedo, recall it was registering about 124mph while going down the street at 25-30 max. Ordered a Speedohealer and just finished installing it this afternoon. Had to make a jumper to go between the front wheel pickup(off and I/S) and the speedo. By doing so I was able to use the existing 3 pin connectors, cut some matching color wires from a spare main harness I bought for that purpose, and using some of the hundreds of male/female pins I have I made the jumper about 2" long. Also had to furnish a new 3 pin using both the male/female halves. First tried to use the power supplied by the new speedo but it only registered about 6vdc, so cut that wire and added a brown/black from a 12vdc source that only comes on with the key. I guessed at the correction needed, used 124mph indicated with a 27mph actual(guesstimated speed), came up with a -78.2% correction which I entered in the Healer. After moving Rita back into the house(doesn't like the smell), I fired it up and took off down the street. Moving at a decent clip it registered as high as 32mph down to 15mph as I coasted into the driveway. In the next day or two I'll strap my GPS on the bars and get an actual speed so I can dial it in accurately, plan to make it 2-3 mph high. Sucker is quick on the throttle, the only thing holding the seat on right now is pucker power.
Still have to do the side covers and do something with the seat. Not sure I like the handlebars, off a Std. Valk, but since I plan to sell it I'm not going to make a change now. Let the next guy mess with it if he doesn't like them.
