Cafe shield, yay or nay

YEA BABY!!!

Someone in austrilia is selling me the needle and a new circlip for postage only!!!! Can't wait to see this thing run as it should. I'm so frigen excited

I also think i'm going to do what that guy did and detail some small part of the bike with its colors. I might leave the front fender alone now. Its still heavily pitted but not noticeable unless your a foot or two away. Here's what he did with his:



i plan on doing it much nicer since his paint looks faded and is chipping but i think some black on the case and maybe highlight the headlight. I dont' know if i'm crazy about the carb detail either. Again i'll tinker with photo tongiht. I'm bored and awake.


Just noticed he hose clamped the fuel lines....................seems a little unneeded since they really have no pressure in them lol. Mine dont' really leak either, the bottom of the petcock bowl does but whatever. Probably due to my "kohler" universal faucet o-rings. The petcock bowl one was a little big but i figure i would see if it leaked or not. Which it does so i'll proably order a new one. Either that or a new petcock.

couldn't find it on a bike but here's the one i think i want to hunt down

The first one you posted looks ok, but they're a little big for my tastes, and being a cafe fairing, it needs some clubman's or clip-ons so the bars come out in the opening at the side. Makes it flow a little (a lot) better with the bike. Here's the same year and model of my bike with clubman bars and that style fairing. My bike will look something like this minus the fairing and front fender. I'm also relocating the battery and making some sheet metal covers to replace the stock side covers.