Front fender, harness, and the rear brake pedal
Biggest photo session yet. Engine exposed with everything off, harness routing along the backbone, front fender off, horn off, and the rear brake pedal out.
Newest first
Build log
Every session in the garage, with photos. Some entries are a paragraph, some are a single picture and a sigh.
Turn signals off
Front turn signals and the horn ground come off, and the signal stalks get taken apart on the cutting mat.
A cable and a knurled nut
Two photos from a quick check under the seat: a cable adjuster hanging free, and the bullet connectors it lives next to.
Odometer, front brake, and a bent bracket
A reading from the odometer, a look at the front disc, and an afternoon straightening the headlight bracket.
Behind the headlight
The warning light pod, the big white connector block with a mystery arrow, and the fork top labeled with painter's tape.
Airbox apart
Quick evening session. The airbox out of the frame and split into its pieces on the cutting mat.
Carb teardown, by the book
Morning session with the shop manual open to page 4-9. Both carbs fully apart, laid out on the tray, and the first cleaning pass.
Tank off, first look at the harness
Afternoon. Seat and tank off, airbox and battery box exposed, and the wiring routing photographed before anything moves.
Carbs off by dinner
Same evening. The dual carburetor assembly came off the bike and onto the bench, and then it came apart.
Day one: it's in the garage
Eight hundred dollars, a truck ride home, and a walk around the bike before touching anything.