Austin Cafe Racer » rejet http://www.austincaferacer.com Blood, Sweat, Tears and Grease Sat, 14 May 2011 03:51:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Battery box blues http://www.austincaferacer.com/2008/08/battery-box-blues/ http://www.austincaferacer.com/2008/08/battery-box-blues/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:43:41 +0000 admin http://www.austincaferacer.com/2008/08/battery-box-blues/ My seat didn’t arrive this weekend. That’s okay. I had wanted to install the seat and start figuring out what I was going to do with the battery. Since it didn’t arrive, I reinstalled the battery box in its original location. I wanted to make sure my fooling about with the new jets, filters, and wiring harness didn’t effect the bikes ability to to run. So, I decided to temporarily put it back on.

Here is the link to the post of the removal.
http://www.austincaferacer.com/2008/07/removing-the-battery-and-battery-box/#comment-17

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The old thing was pretty distressed, but after some sanding with 320 grit sandpaper and a few coats of some rattle can enamel it was looking fairly decent.

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Here is a shot of my clever use of the abundance of bamboo in the yard.

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Before shot.

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After shot.

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The battery back in place. Lets test it out!



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Sounds good. Idles fine. I won’t know for sure if its fully functional until I get it on the road. Can’t wait for my seat.

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