Cdogger

I bled the clutch and both brake resevoirs

I contacted a company called Brighton Blasting that is located near by here and talked to them about stripping the engine paint. They said they would glass blast it for 100 bucks. What do you guys think?

$800-$1000 is about what I was expecting considering the damage and the expensive paint job. I was afraid it would be more!

Im tall with long legs so I'll be ordering some KD lowered pegs amd a corbin seat this summer.

I either want to repaint the engine and trans or blast em and leave em raw.

Update. I brought the front fairing, the rear fairing and the front fender (aka all the candy apple redish pieces) to a body shop and got a quote of $800. I think Im also going to clearcoat the tank and the side panels.

I didn't know that! Ill PM you my email.

It does have the same livery but it has the faux titanium cans and a stock seat with holes in it from rodent damage ha. Just out of curuosity when did you sell it?

Hey there gents. I am done with my first year of college and I'm ready to get cracking on the bike. I'm going to upload some pictures later of the fairing and scratched can.

Yeah I agree with Steve. Pull the starter and clean the solenoid so there is no grease on it, Put a couple drops of 3 in 1 oil on the 2 surfaces and reassemble. I had a similar issue with my bike and that fixed it.

Aha! I found it! There a snapped wire coming to the right contact. Looks like more rodent damage. I'm just going to use those pinch type connectors and then electrical tape around it.

Yes it is. I actually just had to replace that bulb too. Kind of a pain to get in there.

UPDATE OK so I just replaced the front brake switch and figured out that the switch actuator (little black plastic cylinder) had gotten smooshed (probably from an impact on that lever from my aunt running into the garage before I got the bike) and wasn't hitting the switch. Both switches work now. Here's the important part. When I am not touching the brakes the tail light is dark. When I push the brakes one or both of the filaments turn on depending upon the orientation of the bulb. I measured the voltage of the two prongs that make contact with the bottom of the bulb with my multi-meter and found out that the right side prong never has any voltage. The left side one which I think is working correctly has no voltage when the brakes are off and about 12 volts when the brakes are on. So whatever wire comes to that prong is broken somewhere I think?