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[BorgerBigDog]

Thanks Dimentia my wife saw yours on her xs650 and had to have one.Not an xs but a xj700 Maxim we bought last week.This will be a fun build and the wife is going to help.It will get painted by Ed.I havent bought the whitewall tires and the spoke wheels yet but i am finding lots of parts on e-bay.I have some 12 inch apes ordered and i will be taking parts down for powdercoat. I tried to teach her to ride on my bobber but she was a little nervous.This bike weighs 100 pounds less than the bobber and 200 pounds less than the bigdog.Anyway here is a few pics.of what we have to work with...

 

[Biker Babe]

Cool, Borger! :2thumbs: What kind of paint is she thinking about?

 

[BorgerBigDog]

She wants blue metal flake but it will probably get something crazy added to it you know Ed...:roll: :roll: :roll:

 

[BorgerBigDog]

The wife chopping the rear part of the frame..

Me cutting that BIG fender down...

My wife Mandy cutting the center stand bracket off...

A couple hours of work done today.I hope tomorrow we can get the rear fender trimmed down and installed... This is Mandy's bike and i'm proud to see her hands on it... Wish us luck

 

[Biker Babe]

Good Luck, You Two! Looks like a fun project to do together!

 

[Byrddogg]

looks good so far :2thumbs: Keep us posted

 

[airbrush-ed]

That's awesome! Makes me remember the days my wife would hold bike parts while I buffed them, slinging buffing compound all over her! She's still with me. What a keeper!!!

 

[avdhunter]

Kewl deal Borg! Been thinkin of doin the same for my wife!!!!

 

[waykool]

Yep....... I remember those days.

 

[BorgerBigDog]

Seat pan for the bike. The wife is doing the fiberglass work...

The bike with mini apes. Tomorrow were taking it to the car wash for some high pressure degreasing and then start pulling pieces off the engine to paint.I was going to use a powdercoater and i might go back to that after i see how bad i fuck up on the prep for paint. Wish us luck or HER luck hell i'm just going to clean and prep for the paint she is going to paint her own damn motor but if it comes out like shit i'm sure the blame will be on me and my prep work.:lol:

When we get it done i will have the wife take pics. of me riding wheelies down the street.

 

[Marco Polo]

Nice Borger, thanks for sharing the progress pics. That's too cool that your wife is so willing to tear into it and do her own work. I can barely get mine to check her own tire preasure.

 

[Baby Ray]

Something about a woman in flannel and a grinder:roll:

Great pics thanks for sharing

 

[lee]

I like the look of that - something I fancy doing myself

 

[BorgerBigDog]

Looks like i'm going backwards with this but i decided to pull the motor and do this thing right.Tonight the chasis wont be rolling no more.

The lift is a great work table!!!

This is the first time for me to tear down a bike to the frame.I can see me getting very confused in the near future, probably tonight when i start junking some of the wires we don't need.This has been fun so far i hope it continues.Looks like it's going to cost 750.00 to 1000.00 to have this bike complete. :up:

 

[08bigdogk9]

I had a wife .... most help she gave was sitting in a lawn chair watching me wash her car ... and bitch about how hot a day it was ... but she was a hottie !!

Glad to see yours enjoys the same hobbies as you. Be sure to listen to her, she'll tell ya what she needs from you. Listen for it.

 

[08bigdogk9]

The more beer ya drink, the more philisophical ya get.

 

[Dimentia]

That is looking awesome!!! if you need parts for your XS650 checkout MikesXS .com he has all the parts you will need and he is the cheapest I could find. I ordered many items from him and never had an issue.

Well My wife already wanted an upgrade so now I just bought her an 2009 883 sportster. she will use that on the long rides and keep the XS for bar hopping

 

[BBChopper]

Damn thats great that she gets involved, my wife helps with cleaning and polishing. She gets into the hard to get to spots for me!!