Thursday, July 19, 2007

Headlight and Turn Signal Visors


Well I learned a lesson about getting what you pay for regarding chrome. Seems that cool visor for the headlight I had from JC Whitney finally just rusted to pieces. It was cool but cheap, too cheap to survive some realistic use. I was feeling bummed about this and had been wanting a whole set when I ran into a deal on eBay and picked up and ENTIRE SET for the VStar 1100 Custom from Yamaha for only 15$ including shipping! I think they will add a really nice touch and I've found the factory chrome is really much better than alot of the stuff being passed off as "good" or "show quality" chrome.

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Seat Rail

I know eveyone will think I lost it - but this seat rail is awsome. I'll have to take some pics once it is mounted and it fits just fine around the Cobra sissybar, luggage rack, and passenger backrest. This isn't a Yamaha part, but it's made of chomed stainless and it just fits beautifully into the tubularness of the luggage rack and such. I have not decided whether or not to wrap the handholds in leather or not yet. That will be a decision for a later time - as I'm still thinking of all the cool things to do with that distressed cowskin. I'm also considering manufacturing some leather inserts from the stock handgrips which currently have "pleather" inserts. I have been wondering what kind of damage I could do with the leather tooling book and kit I bought at Hobby Lobby which would make the grips sick beyond all reason.

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