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Well my paint guy called and wanted me to stop by and look at the Harley parts to see if they had enough metallic on them. He said he tried taking pictures, but the pictures just look like crap (he's not wrong, it is hard to get pictures of these). It's really wild. In the sunlight the parts almost ...

Well one of the few things I still haven't been able to find has been a new decal for the ignition switch. Hopefully found someone that can make one. Had to make a template to send them though (as I don't want to send in my original, that is unobtainium):

https://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics2 ...

you can also check the bolts in a drill and spin them against a rag full of polish.


That might be safer. As my bench grinder is a grinder, and not a polisher. It's large, and not really meant to polish things. It has a habit of heating and throwing things if you're not real careful. Once of ...

Starting the swap over to stainless bolts. On my supermoto I did this but, I left them as is. However on the Harley going to polish them so they don't stand out as much.

https://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics2/bike/harleyteardown7.jpg

It only takes a few seconds on the bench grinder with some ...

Man, looks like a great time.

Aaron Coomer (3.504) wrote: Sat Sep 06, 2025 10:29 am why are harleys so complicated for being such low tech?

I don't know. I've also noticed they are kind of a pain to work on for being pretty open too.

Oh well, everything you work on has its own quirks.

Well finally all torn down. Done, at least with the disassembly.



Now time to start some cleanup and and all sorts of other maintenance things that need done.

Couple more quick pictures. Calling it done for the weekend. Just left with the rear fender:

https://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics2/bike/harleyteardown4.jpg

Don't think I ever posted pictures of the fender... This is what happens when you upgrade the brakes before the suspension:

https://www ...

Started the tear down for paint yesterday.

https://www.cdmfabrication.com/bbpics2/bike/harleyteardown1.jpg

I usually take stuff to my painter mostly ready, but on this he specifically said bring him pieces. I think I now know why. This is quite a bit of work to strip this stuff down.

https ...

we're going to start riding with our newest pup. shes still only about 3 months old.

we do ride with ollie, our schnauzer. he does good. we have a motorcycle specific dog carrier we strap on the luggage rack. we haven't done any long distance trips or anything.


Nice. I know some people that ...