jbooker82 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Posted December 5, 2010 Yea and the really old head lights will be glass not plastic. Quote
bigblockbanshee Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Posted December 5, 2010 The original headlights from my '97 were glass. These plastic ones are much nicer IMO but useless at the moment. Quote
jbooker82 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Posted December 5, 2010 do you have your original 97 head lights? Quote
bigblockbanshee Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Posted December 5, 2010 Actually just sold them last week for $10 shipped. One glass was cracked, one was missing an adjustment screw, and both grilles were tattered. I guess I should say that I assume that they were the originals. I'm by far not the original owner of the bike so they could've been changed before I bought it but those were the ones that were on it. Quote
jbooker82 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Posted December 5, 2010 I think you might have been able to use the bulb electrical socket off of them. At lease you could have spliced on the wiring plugs so you didnt have to chop your new harness. Quote
bigblockbanshee Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Posted December 5, 2010 Eh well hindsight is 20/20 you know. I just found this problem last night. During this whole build I've had so much trouble with buying parts one day and then on down the road when I get ready to use them they're wrong and I'm SOL. It's been 4-1/2 years since I brought it home and tore it down. I get out of the mood to work on it really easily when things start going wrong on account of how much money I've got in it and have never even ridden it. I'm just wanting it done lol... Quote
Jereme6655 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Posted December 5, 2010 how close to finishing it are you? Quote
bigblockbanshee Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Posted December 6, 2010 Well pending the problems with the plastics and headlight connectors, which aren't bad but are still obstacles, I'm almost done. I have to tighten all of the suspension, lube everything, run the chain, run the wiring, run front and rear brakes, attach foot pegs/rests, and get the seat recovered. Getting the seat done is probably my biggest obstacle right now because I'm not good with that stuff. The mechanical I can handle, it's the patience of putting on a new seat cover that is intimidating me at the moment. But that can wait til last. You don't have to have a seat to start the thing and see if everything functions correctly. Quote
Jereme6655 Posted December 6, 2010 Report Posted December 6, 2010 you have a seat and are just needing a new seat cover put on it? or you have the seat shell and are wanting it refoamed? or no seat at all? Quote
bigblockbanshee Posted December 7, 2010 Author Report Posted December 7, 2010 you have a seat and are just needing a new seat cover put on it? That's it... I bought a seat cover about 4 years ago when I was all gung ho about this build the first time and the old seat cover was barely hanging on anyway so I ripped it off with intentions of putting the new one on. Well it's taken me this long and it's still not on yet. Quote
Jereme6655 Posted December 7, 2010 Report Posted December 7, 2010 (edited) lol....shit its not really that difficult....hell i did my buddies while i was watchin tv.......hair-dryer and a staple gun and just use common sense.... Edited December 7, 2010 by Jereme6655 Quote
bigblockbanshee Posted December 7, 2010 Author Report Posted December 7, 2010 Lol I didn't think it was that hard but just the fact that I've never attempted anything like this has got me a little rattled. So what kind of staples or staple gun do you use? The instructions I got with the cover said to reuse the staples that you pull out but mine were so rusty they crumbled. And how do you get the staples to go through that hard plastic? Quote
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