BUILDING THE LONG CAGE FOR THE STREACHED TANKS BECAME A LONG AND DRAWN OUT AFFAIR. TRYING TO KEEP BOTH SIDES EVEN TOOK TIME. BUT THE FULL EFFECT WAS WELL WORTH IT. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WHERE THEY MEET THE SEAT, IT GIVES IT A REAL LONG SWEEPING EFFECT. TRYING TO PUT THE SUPPORTING BARS IN WAS CRITICAL TO KEEP THEM RELATIVELY IN THE SAME POSITIONS ON BOTH SIDES. WE MANAGED TO FIGURE THIS
OUT BY TAPEING ACROSS BOTH TANKS WITH DUCT TAPE. THIS GAVE US THE RELATIVE POSITION OF THE SUPPORTS ON BOTH SIDES. IT IS REALLY STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE NOW AND I CAN SEE MY VISION APPEARING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AS I GO. THE SIDE PANELS ARE PRETTY WELL COMPLETE HERE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING MORE TO ADD, HA HA HA!!. THEY TOO ENHANCE THE FLOW OF THE CAGE AND THE TOTAL LOOK OF THE BIKE.
THERE IS A LOT OF TIME TO BE SPENT YET SMOOTHING OUT THINGS BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IT IS THE LITTLE DETAILS THAT GIVE IT A SUPER FINISHED LOOK! BY BUILDING UP THE JOINT AREAS WITH EXTRA WELD AND THEN TAKING OUR TIME TO SMOOTH THEM OUT INTO THE DESIRED SHAPE WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE IT A VERY CONTURED SHAPE FOR THEM TO MEET AT RATHER THAN JUST A LARGE GLOB AT THE JOINING POINTS. WE WILL TRY TO CARRY THIS OUT ON THE MANY AREAS WE HAVE TO DO YET. 
IT TENDS TO BE THE LITTLE THINGS THAT ADD TO THE WHOLE PICTURE. OUR HOPE IS THAT WHEN SOMEONE BEGINS TO LOOK AT THIS BIKE THEY WILL JUST SEE MORE AND MORE SMALL THINGS THAT REFLECT THE TIME AND THE CARE WITH WHICH THIS PROJECT WAS BUILT. I GUESS THAT IS WHY WE WILL BE AT IT FOR QUITE A WHILE YET. THERE IS ALWAYS ONE MORE THING TO DO, ONE MORE LITTLE SPECIAL TOUCH TO ADD. BUT IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT IN THE END.
ANOTHER LITTLE PLACE IS ON THE VERY ENDS OF THE THE LONG CAGE PANELS WHERE THEY COME BACK TO THE TAIL LIGHT. HERE WE SORT OF HAVE A "WINGED TIP" EFFECT! ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE A NEVER ENDING BATTLE TO GET EVERYTHING DONE THIS TRULY IS A LABOUR OF LOVE. TO CREATE SOMTHING THAT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT, TOTALLY UNIQUE, AND AN EXTENSION OF ONE'S PERSONAL TASTES IS WORTH THE REWARDS WHEN IT IS DONE. YOU SEE I GUESS I HAVE ONE BIG PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING CUSTOM BIKES........I CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING NORMAL!! SOMEONE ONCE ASKED ME WHY I BUILD THINGS THAT ARE SO DIFFERENT AND "OFF THE WALL" SO TO SPEAK?? I CALMLY REPLIED TO THEM......
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Page 5 (The Frame Gets Preped)
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Page 7 (She's Bad in Black!)
Page 8 (The Front End Gets Worked)
Page 9 (The Paint)
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Page 11 (The "Cage" Itself)
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Page 13 (The Spoiler Cage)
Page 14 (The Belt Gaurd Cage)
Page 15 (The Shift Lever and Chain Gaurd)
