This is how I know my wife loves me.

How many wives will allow their husbands to get away with this?

Yes you are seeing correctly. I am washing old greasy motorcycle parts in the family bathtub. This was a few weeks ago when it was still to cold for washing outside, and I really needed to get these parts cleaned up so I could keep working on the bike.

I have also washed several items in the kitchen sink. In my defense, I clean it afterwards.

Well if that isn't reason enough then this will for sure put Rachel in the Who's Who of loving wives 2012.

Those are indeed the very Jardine Rumblers that I've looked at for a very long time but haven't bought because they are fairly expensive. Not only are the expensive, but as their name insinuates, they are very loud. Two strikes against them in Rachel's book. So for her to buy them for my birthday was a true demonstration of love.

So enough of the sappy crap. Here are a few more pics of the progress so far. Reassembly is far more time consuming then disassembly.

I had to cut the OEM rear fender to make the Harley V Rod tail light fit. After we cut the hole in the fender we had to use some of the iron worker genes that run deep inside our veins to pound a good portion of the curve out of the tail. The Harley fender is very flat and so is it's light, but with some not so gentle persuasion we made the fender to fit.

The fender looks like a dirt bike because the shocks are not sealed. They are fully extended in this picture. It looks a lot better off the center stand.

With Dad's help we got all the black painted. It's a gloss black automotive paint and 2 layers of automotive high gloss clear coat. It's shiny enough to see the dust on the bike like in this picture.

I took it upon myself to do a little dressing up of the Honda emblems on the valve covers. One bottle of Gold Testers enamel and a very fine brush left me with this. I also shot it with clear coat.

Here is my second and third bits of Gold accent thanks to Testors. The oil filler cap(naturally) and the tops of the carbs. A bit hard to see in this picture, but subtle is the idea with accents.

I got the controls mostly on. I need a few parts for fix the horn button on the clutch side. New brake master cylinder reservoir, mirrors, paint, grips and chrome bolts to match. Turned out okay.

Okay so is that enough of a tease? Fine then. below is an up to the minute look at the Naked Wing Project.

I like this picture especially in contrast to the one above because it really shows how dynamic this powder coat color is.