Tuesday, December 22, 2009

It is complete!

Well ahead of schedule, (I thought it was going to be February before I was able to ride down the street), the P200 and sidecar are together and installed, and I had the pleasure of riding around the block a few times to the smell of a Sito Plus exhaust burning its factory coat of paint.




The sound is WAAAY throatier than the stock exhaust, and with the 24/24 carb and altered airbox I can definitely feel the difference from the factory setup.

This thing really hums along now - and I am looking forward to the new year and warmer weather that it brings to get out and ride!


Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

The Sidercar is here!

Well, the painter called and said the hack was complete and dry - so I went to pick it up.

He did an awesome job.  I took the fender and put foam tape in between it and the body of the sidecar.  I then bolted it in. I installed the brake light as well.  I used pop rivets to fasten the buttons for the cover onto the sidecar, and then installed the windshield with acorn nuts on the inside, to keep knees from getting scraped as one enters/exits the sidecar.  It is complete and awaits mounting onto the sidecar frame, which I rattle canned flat black, and it turned out most excellent, if I might say so myself.



Monday, December 7, 2009

Floowboards and Glove Box

I had to fit and remove the glovebox 4 times in order to get the hint that you can't have the rubber seal its sides AND the chrome edge trim installed at once.  I did some surgery on the glovebox rubber seal and removed the side portions, and installed the box for the final time.

I also added the floorboards and rubber insert.  For the plastic endcaps I decided not to use blind rivets, and drilled holes in them.  I needed to do some countersinking, but the sivler on black look just really looks neat.


I also used acorn nuts for the forward looking screws.  It really looks WAY better than a squashed rivet end loking you in the face.


Finally, here is everything so far (I also put together but did not mount the front fork, which is not so exciting to look at...).



Back From Paint!

I brought back all of the painted parts (except the sidecar, which had a run on it because of the fact that the metallic paint "moves" once it is sprayed).  My paint guy said he will sand and repaint the part and have the sidecar ready by Wednesday.

The paint is AWESOME.  The color really glistens in the sun, and with a little bit of chrome to add some shiny contrast, the bike is looking fine:



Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Airbox Modification

Hello!

Its been a while...  Picking up the first load of parts (all of the pepper white ones) today. At least I can put together the left cowl and the front fork assembly...

The green ones are being painted today and will be picked up Thursday.

I modified the airbox (again, with the assistance of a friend) and now it is ready to accept the 24/24 carburetor.