Craftsmanship at it's greatest! Vent Covers by Gene Kap

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Re: Craftsmanship at it's greatest! Vent Covers by Gene Kap

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....So saturday finally got here, got pulled in many directions in the morning, so I did'nt get started on the mirror visor job from Gene.I removed the mirrors from the bike ,and off to the workbench we go !

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A mirror is kinda , a pesky odd shaped thing to work on , so I draped a shop towel over the jaws of the bench vise to hold it steady.I looked the job over and decided that the visor should follow the natural contour of the mirror's outer, and top edge.
When I had em where I wanted em, I took my scribe and pushed the point thru
Gene's holes :laughing: , then took a sharpie marker and made a line as a guide for silicone placement.

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I got a set of those "micro screwdrivers" from harbor freight 10 years ago, and they worked perfect for this job.

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After the screws are tightened down, a fair amount of the black silicone will ooze out around the visor's edge, a clean cloth, wet or dry(It really don't matter, I tried both ways) will give that nice finished look,

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Of course, the first one took awhile to figure out the "game plan" and took awhile to complete......the second one took much less time and the mirrors were back on the XII . Here is a look at the install......cheers !.......tony :-D

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TOTAL TIME FOR EVERYTHING<INCLUDING PICTURES, ABOUT A HOUR FIFTEEN.
90% OF ANY JOB ...IS GETTING STARTED !
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ekap1200 wrote:Thanks guy's. many other goodies I would like to get going again. These bikes are going the distance. Many thanks go out to all who keep us all in parts. Gene
Hey Gene,
Like I said before, Would like to see some of this kind of stuff for the 1700's, I love chrome, any chrome, thick, thin, it's all good for me. I'll be your first 1700 customer!

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Tony

Good job on the installation.

Gene

Good job on the manufacturing.
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