The Road to Recovery
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Matheny 514
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Glad you've made a full recovery Shain. Glad to hear you'll be up and riding again soon. 
. That's most important. Bikes on the mend 
Safe trails Shain and BDB members.. 
Nཛ͢ཀཇཧ༏ཧי
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She is getting really close to being rideable again.Can't tell you how excited I am.
THANKS again to Mr. Wright for all he's done to get me rolling again.
There were some figment issues withe new (to me) air cleaner than Mr. Wright had to overcome.
She had 2.5" extended controls now thanks to Derek & Donna & Mr. Wright they are 3.5" closer to me.
License plate bracket machined to mount sideways by Mr. Wright 
Exhaust pipes from Tim & air cleaner from
Big ugly dent going away. More of Mr. Wrights handy work. Custom paint will have to wait for a while, but this repair alone saved me from buying a $700 tank
bigkelk9
Well-Known Member
They ruined my caps when I had my forks done.. them things are a bitch.. but got new ones of ebay.. lolThese caps. I've rebuilt several fork, and never had a problen getting them off before. The orings are like glued in there.
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We are running into that issue also. Fortunately the Kaptin has replacements.
Dragonslave
Active Member
put antisieze on those babies when you go to put them back on.
Lookin great Shain!
Can't tell you how excited I am.
THANKS again to Mr. Wright for all he's done to get me rolling again.
There were some figment issues withe new (to me) air cleaner than Mr. Wright had to overcome.
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She had 2.5" extended controls now thanks to Derek & Donna & Mr. Wright they are 3.5" closer to me. View attachment 35477License plate bracket machined to mount sideways by Mr. Wright View attachment 35478
Exhaust pipes from Tim & air cleaner from View attachment 35479
Big ugly dent going away. More of Mr. Wrights handy work. Custom paint will have to wait for a while, but this repair alone saved me from buying a $700 tank View attachment 35480 View attachment 35481
Almost done. Waiting on the last few things from the Kaptin. All the electrical is working. Wolf head light looks bad ass on this.
And it looks like the photos didn't make it to photobucket, so I'll post some later.
The fork brace was pitted something horrible. Wish I had taken before pictures. Stripped the bad chrome off and polished it out.
And it looks like the photos didn't make it to photobucket, so I'll post some later.
The fork brace was pitted something horrible. Wish I had taken before pictures. Stripped the bad chrome off and polished it out.
Matheny 514
Active Member
Looking awesome Shain, almost done now.
Excellent job Shannon, top notch.
Excellent job Shannon, top notch.
Looking awesome Shain, almost done now.
Excellent job Shannon, top notch.
Update time. The forks came out good. Had to use a chain wrench on the dust covers, and the axle through the end. It took two of us to get it apart. Looks like they used red lock tight on them.
Finish up the tank today, and put a temporary paint job on it. He plans on repainting the whole bike later, because the frame is all scratched up from the wreck.. Rattle can black, and rattle can clear. Little sanding and buffing, good 10 foot paint job.
Put it on the bike.
And the speedometer bracket won't clear the tank.
I installed Pitbull handle bars on it, and they sweep back more. Can't lower the tank, so I'll get some chrome spacers to put under the handle bars.
Finish up the tank today, and put a temporary paint job on it. He plans on repainting the whole bike later, because the frame is all scratched up from the wreck.. Rattle can black, and rattle can clear. Little sanding and buffing, good 10 foot paint job.
Put it on the bike.
And the speedometer bracket won't clear the tank.
I installed Pitbull handle bars on it, and they sweep back more. Can't lower the tank, so I'll get some chrome spacers to put under the handle bars.
Added a 3/4'' spacer under the handle bars, I think we're good to go.
Matheny 514
Active Member
Looks like it's getting close for sure.
Let me guess...a bit excited?
Still waiting on throttle cables. That's the only thing holding me up.
If it's not one thing it's another. Went to put the mirrors on today, nice looking mirrors at that, but they mount to close to the grips to be safe. So I made a 1'' stem to raise them up.
