You're right, Jeff, the solo Mustang looks a lot better. I'm leaning toward making my own seat, though, or getting a sprung seat. I found some time to get out to the garage and work on the bike. I got the windshield and crash bars off. I was a little hesitant to remove them, but now that they're off, I'm glad I did it. I also removed the chrome accent pieces that were mounted by the foot pegs. Once I took the shield and crash bars off, it became pretty obvious that the light bar is gonna need to come off too (I haven't decided if I'm keeping it or not, Jeff). There's some chrome covers on the forks I want to take off, but I'm not ready to attempt removing the fork tubes yet.
As of right now, here are my plans for the project: 1) Put on a new rear fender attached to the swing arm. My plan right now is to stay with the red/white color scheme. I'd like to work the two-tone paint job onto the fender. 2) Build or buy a simple solo seat. There are plenty of great examples on other projects that have been written up in this forum. 3) Install new turn signals, along with a side mount brake light/ plate holder (thanks, IMB4U).
I also got a set of stock bars from IMB4U that I will use for a while. I hate the hand position on the bars that came on the bike. I figured I'd put the stock ones on until I could get a feel for what I want after the seat is done. I really like the look of red rims and white sidewall tires, but think that would be too much red if I stay with the red paint on the tank, side covers and fender. I'll probably still do white sidewalls, but not red rims. I'm toying with the idea of blacking out the forks. What do you think about blacked out forks and black rims? Hmmm. . .
Anyways, I'm having a blast working on the bike. I'll try to post some pictures once I get the light bar off and it's basically stripped down.
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