XS250

Walking home from the shops today I noticed something shimmering in the corner of my eyeball. And like a bowerbird to a Fosters bottle cap (for those of you that are not familiar with Fosters, it's an Australian beer exported …I'm not exactly sure what it is but I found a neat spot for it on the bike.

While sitting at a cafe doing some work I noticed a pair of boots that would match the Switch colour so perfectly I couldn't have even envisioned it any better. It was an uncanny match that I made me instantly …All we need now is a matching helmet and jacket.

So managed to decide on some artwork for the tank, I called her Skull-Eisha. Sounds like more of a Jerry Springer Guest than a sketch on the tank.

Yep that's right it's what the label says but without the chickens, although I just ate a whole roasted chicken for dinner and am now contemplating laying an egg.Since we decided to move the electrics under the seat we …We used google sketchup for the first time to draft up the box and once we were happy we printed out the drawing and traced it onto a sheet of Ally and proceded to cut and fold.

So we got around to spraying some coats of paint onto the Frame/swingarm/forks and a number of other items. We put about 4-5 coats of paint on, starting with a light tack coat then onto the final wet coats.

So we managed to strip the frame and swingarm off the original paint removing any rust.We used paint stripper and after that a wire brush attachment on the grinder, and a smaller brush on the drill to get into …Now ready for paint!.

So we've spent a lot of time on the seat getting it smooth and true. Started out with some sanding, then some filler, then some more sanding, then some more filler, repeat x 20.

First snapshot of the hand stitched leather seat. Picked up the leather from a shop in Lutwyche.