Thanks, Cricket (@bikequeen). I appreciate your kind words. I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Great work to get that wheel in place, George @gblair
Looks very nice with the wheel attached and weathered.

Started working on the right-hand side of the bike today. Everything involves cleaning up parting lines, painting, test fitting, then the glue. I really liked how the muffler came out, a nice dark steel color with some patchy rust added. I glued the cover on before I thought to take a photo. Sorry. Picture the muffler piping, but bigger and not so round. The parts all have survived the cleaning and painting process. So far, so good. I am trying to be really careful on the parts for the next couple of steps, which include lots of really thin plastic. Sadly, they all have molding lines that need to be addressed. More tomorrow.

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Looking fantastic as it comes together, my friend @gblair! Great job on the small stuff!

That exhaust and the piping does look great, George @gblair
Not sure either if that could be the kickstarter. Usually the kickstarter is on the leftside of the bike, At first I thought it could be the rear brake paddle but the way it is connected makes is not that plausible.

Looking fantastic George... I love the weathering!

Things are really starting to get crowded now. Spent the morning adding pipes (including 2 I forgot from 11 steps ago), adding levers and gears, and then painting some of the sub-assemblies. Superglue is definitely a plus for all of this, since some of the parts don't quite fit where they are supposed to go. A little patience and superglue usually fixes the problem. I still have an awful lot of wiring hanging off the bike everywhere, I just need to have faith that the ends will all meet up with something intentional at some point. I had several pictures to show, but I am having problems getting the photos to upload again. Only 2 or the 8 photos would upload. I tried resizing to 1600, but then only had 1 that would load. Frustration is returning. I will post them later if I can figure out what is suddenly not working. Cheers.

I had a few minutes after dinner, so I started prepping the next few pieces. The headlight assembly is completely empty. I painted the interior silver, then added the glass. There is a headlight cover that reduces the size of the headlight beam that is glued over the headlight assembly. There was no need to worry about the blank interior on the light since the headlight cover hides almost everything. The headlight will have the speedometer on top (very cool), along with several black wires going in various direction. The next few steps will see the front wheel assembly added to the frame.

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