RD brake light and licence light

So it's time to get this bike on the road since I've been blowing it off for something like twelve years or so. I already did the headlight assembly last fall and now it's time for the back half.
I picked up two license bolts that have LED's built in and a license plate frame that has a running light and brake light in the top and bottom of it.

I picked up a Hitachi style connector so I can have a quality plug that will last..

Looks a lot like a OEM set up on a modern bike. you do need a special crimp tool and I've had one of these for a while. Here's the web site that offers connectors and tools, electricalconnection.com
Me not knowing that I'm have a picture taken of me from my nine year old. Yeah, I always kind of look pissed off.

The garage troll always has to get in the pictures!! :)

The new plate assembly, the top plate bolts are the LED's for the plate lights.


Nice wiring mess with tons of heat shrink. I used small zip-ties to hold all the wiring down to the back of the plate bracket. Nothing worse than a sloppy wiring job==NOT on my bikes!!


I have ten wires that need to be reduced down to three and it has to be a clean lasting job.

Down to three and only needing one large tube of heat shrink to tidy it up.

other half on and ready to go.

done!!



RD400 warm-up on the choke.



Running as clean as a two stroke can! :)

Got 2 tickets and went to take care of them!

Got 2 tickets on my RD 400 and went to take care of them . So I went over to the DMV to register the bike and get the title clear in my name. Simple enough, right! All went well till I hopped in my truck to look at the plate and vehicle sticker!!pretty sweet that the plates are good till 2064, 54 years of free and clear!!
Not really I went back in and had them fix it and they were baffled as what to do but they got it done.
These thing always seem to happen to me and thats fine..

KLR650 tech day here april 3rd

I'll be hosting a Chicago tech day. We did one last fall at my
place and it was great. Figure we will start wrenching at 8AM
and go to about 5pm depending on how much needs to get done.

I have tools for the Doo and all the standard stuff for KLR
work.
You can also do tires here and oil changes. I'll take care of
disposing the oil but if your leaving old tires it will be
$2.50 a tire to dump it.


last tech day ---
http://www.fattkaw.com/2009/10/tech-...ome-folks.html


please no surprise work, just let me know if your coming to get
work done or you want to help wrench.. Also anyone is welcomed
to just hangout and meet each other. If you need my address please E-mail me!

seat trimmed and not itching, plus a little powder coating

So I'm on vacation and had some time to drop the kickstand off at the powder coater along with the rear brake strut on the RD. It's hard to get to the coater since they work the same hours as me. Anyhow it's done and so is the crappy paint that was dropped on it from the on-line store I picked it up from. It was replaced a year ago to add more lean so it didn't blow over when on the stand. Also it got pretty chipped up from beta testing the HT center stand. Link for CPC shop.

before


after, nice and clean.






The seat section you can see above is over lapping onto the side cover and on the oil tank. I really don't like trimming or working with fiberglass. Something always itches when I'm done. The klr muffler repack got me good with a itching forehead. Must of rubbed my head with long sleeves on. :)
Little bit of breather room now and very clear of both sides.

Yeah, I wish there was more to talk about (like riding) but winter is still going strong. Three more weeks and it will get better. International motorcycle show is soon! :) I'm interested just to see how it will be with the big four bike maker feeling the pinch.
I am heading up to Canada this June and need to get my passport rolling. Also I went down to Mammoth cave with my dad (in the car) and that is something I would suggest as a great bike destination. That is marked down in my book for a KLR ride in late August.