Been Waiting Two Years For This Picture

[04customking]

How many smiley's am I allowed?

[Little Al]

until your face breaks!

[Deye76]

I can see by the reflection in the tank of the RK, that grandson is showing RESPECT to Grandfather. As he should.

[04customking]

It should be respect but I think it's just it's own colors.

[Windweaver]

yep, grin till your teeth are full of bugs,clear back to your a$$hole. WELL DONE. WW

[Evo1]

Outstanding!

[moose]

great looking,both of them but especially the pan. what color blue is that?

[CraigArizona85248]

That's a hell of an accomplishment Jim!  Congratulations!

-Craig

[Little Al]

btw Jim, glad to see that bottle on your bench is open!

seriously though, you did an excellent job and I hope you have many years of smiles and miles on her

[crash1292]

looks great.....whats up with the disc brakes?

[04customking]

Thanks guys. Moose, I believe the color is a very slight variation of the Rio blue. The guy I got the formula from in Vermont just added some black tint to darken it slightly. Personally I told my painter to mix it like that, test it, and let me look at it. I would have darkened it more but lo and behold he painted the whole thing before telling me anything. I like it now more and more but still wish it was darker.
Craig, thanks, that means a lot from you. I have a lot of respect for what you do and how you do it.
Crash1292, not sure how to take your disc brake comment. First, it's my bike and I always planned to do it with discs as it had no fronts anyways. The bike didn't have enough original stuff to think about bringing it back stock and personally I am not a "stock" type bike guy anyway. If you looked the bike over, you'd see lots of subtle modern changes to keep it on the road and not being worked on. We'll see how that works out. I hope you were just asking the question and not telling me what a stupid thing it was to do. I'm happy with it and in the end I guess I'm the only one that has to be. Thanks again guys. I'll get the plates this week hopefully. Jim

[crash1292]

was just asking not trying to be a smartazz....restored a few BSA myself....nice job

[04customking]

Thanks for explaining. Hard to tell the "tone" sometimes on these boards. I've been known to jump the wrong way at times too 

[stroker800]

  I hate to be the bearer of bad news ,,BUT your garage looks a little crowded for saftey reasons.....you are in luck!!!! I can keep that beautiful panhead up at my place,,,NO STORAGE fees at all,,,,I know ,,,,its a good offer,,HA HA HA ..Very nice job!!! ride with pride!!
Dave

[Deye76]

It should be respect but I think it's just it's own colors.

I knew it was the RK's "own colors" LOL
OK I'll change it to rocker covers
Both bikes are very nice.

[FSG]

......  OK I'll change it to rocker covers

perhaps Air Cleaner Cover ?   

[4DWUDS]

Absaphuckinlootly Beautiful.

[04customking]

Thanks guys. Oh, and Dave, there's plenty of room in the garage but thanks for the offer.

[PanHeadRed]

04, it looks like a REAL nice rider. Excellent. 

[04customking]

I sure hope so. Won't find out this week. Rain all day today and that white $hit tomorrow and that means more freakin salt and then the whole week looks bad.

[Reddog74usa]

Man that is SWEET nice work Jim and definitly worth the wait 

[Speeding Big Twin]

Jim, you've done an excellent job. And it's good to see you've built a bike that not only looks great but can also be ridden anywhere.     Eric

[04customking]

Thanks Reddog and Eric. I sure hope I can ride it anywhere. Just came from DMV and she all legal. To bad there's snow on the ground and the damn salt truck just went by AGAIN. 

[BART]

What is the front disc brake from?  I've been thinking about installing a front disc on my '50 FL.

BART

[twincamzz]

  Project turned out GREAT !! Can't say I blame you at all for upgrading the brakes...I'm thinking of doing the same thing on a '61 Panhead FLH that I hope to make mine one day next week ! Is the front caliper a 2000 & up HD unit like the back ?