I planned on getting up before sunrise today to get a couple coats of paint on the frame. Luckily, on the way home from work last night a cool front came thru and I was able to get three good coats of silver on and even finish off the frame with three more coats of clear. The picture doesn't do the paint job justice but it is very shiny and it sparkles too! Wahoo! I might actually finish this year. Of course, now that i'm not going with a bare frame, I've already cleared the bare fenders. I'm not going to have time to repaint them before the deadline so they are staying bare until I have more time to paint them to match the frame. Oh well, at least I got one disaster averted.
Didn't think it was going to happen. A few set backs though. I never test fitted the fenders after I got the new tires on. Well, the new tires are too fat for the the fenders. The fenders that came on this bike are for the narrower lowrider style of tires. I didn't even think about that. Oh well, it still looks good without the fenders. Plus, since I ended out painting the frame, the fenders were just clear coat over bare metal so they didn't match that well anyway. I could have taken it for a test ride last night but a freakin' thunder storm blew thru, it even knocked out power for awhile. I ordered some cool grip from Ian and they should be in today or tomorrow, other than that the bike is done, except for the surfboard. I still have work to do on that. 
