The Custom Is Done!!!!!

That's right the day has finally come. Friday the 16th I showed up to work and found the last piece to my puzzle sitting on my lift. My exhaust pipes that I had been waiting for had finally arrived. I opened the box feeling like it was Christmas morning examining each piece and admiring the handy work that had been done only to realize that I was missing a piece. I've waited two weeks for these pipes and they forgot to send one back. Of course my mood had totally changed. An hour had past before I had found out that the guys in the shop decided to have some fun with me. They thought it would be funny to hide a piece of my exhaust from me. What a great group of guys I work with! I was just happy to have my exhaust there all in one piece. So with great care I assembled the final pieces and man does the bike look good. I think it exceeded everyone's expectations, even my own.

Not done yet. I still had to break the motor in and take it for a test ride. Once I was done with the bike in the Dyno room it was time to take it out on the road. I couldn't wait to get it outside. I was not disappointed. The bike ran extremely well. It was very responsive and you could feel the torque come on quickly. That big twenty one inch tire up front handled very well. The other great thing about the bike is that it was turning some heads. I got a lot of looks. One guy almost rear ended the person in front of him while starring at the bike. I knew then that I had accomplished my goal.

Now it is time to share this creation that I pictured in my head 6 weeks ago. This Friday the 23rd of Nov. Adventure will be unveiling the motorcycle at noon. I am excited to see the response it will receive and hope to see a lot of people there. I would like to thank Mike Davis, and Jeff McInturff for giving me the freedom and budget to do this project. Also Monte for handling all the parts ordering, and Glenn for getting the exhaust in two days which was going to take three weeks. John Erwin for the super cool paint job. Thanks to all the other techs in the service dept. for their ideas and for hiding my exhaust! I haven't forgotten.