Good info to have, Twosy. Thanks for posting.
I have used Lowbrow before, and they are definitely better than some in their descriptions.
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Got the bike running pretty good. Slight burbles on decel but no pops. The Slash-Cut exhaust is surprisingly just a "quiet" as the Goldie on my ElectraX, and a good thing, too, as most of the folks in my neighborhood are retired like me.
As I expected, bumping the Needle Jet up a size made the all the difference, but I still need to go for a truly decent run before I'll release it to my bud. I think it's still slightly lean, but a good run should let me know better.
While helping Sunday, a sudden stop let fuel get past the shitty seal on the gas cap, and even though the VHT paint is supposed to be the tits for chemical resistance the gloss forward of the cap got messed up.
Tank has been cleaned up and re-coated as needed. While removing the headlight to replace the RH switch gear terminals the "protective rag" used to cover the front mudguard had
something in it that messed up the gloss coating.
Get to remove, clean up, and re-paint that today.
This project has been a
constant "one step forward, two steps back" since last year, but it's turning out pretty good, we think.
Next Sunday it gets rolled out, cleaned up, wiped down, given a serious waxing, and photos all around which will be posted to Imgur and this forum.
All things considered, I could just be a bit optimistic.