man all theese forums on tearing the bike down and rebuilding make me want to try it but im too scared to pull apart my bike, im looking at trading my 86 ATC250r for an old basket case to play with that way it wont hurt so bad if i completely tank the build love what your doing to yours.

 

Thanks mhenry. I know how you feel. But I'm telling ya, it's a lot of fun once you overcome the initial fear and just plunge in. Go for it.

 

Got a couple of hours in the shop today to play around with the tank placement. Mrreed was right, as usual. I do like the look of the tank sitting lower. The larger Nightster 3.3 gal tank looks more aggressive, beefier down low and more in keeping with the fat front end. I didn't really like it up in the air.






I also talked to Joe at Vulcan today about the front axel. He's sending me the right one...

 

Ergo, are you running all of your handlebar cables and wires internally? That would look really sweet.

 

Yeah man. That looks great!

 

Dude this thing is coming out so ****ing awesome!!!

 

The wiring definitely. The clutch, throttle and brake cable...I don't know about that. I haven't looked into it but I suspect it's a huge pita to do it. Perhaps more trouble than it's worth. I don't know. Something (else) to think about. Thanks Voony.

 

Thanks FlatIron.

 

great progress dude! love it so far. that frame turned out awesome!

 

It actually looks better in person. The pics just don't do it justice. And the *** end is higher than it will be when it's done due to the rear tank bracket. I'm gonna cut that off and redo it so both the front and rear are sitting right on the frame. And those front tank mounts will go away as well and clean up the area around the steering head.

Thanks for the suggestion Mike.