82 V.S. 83 vision

[pullshocks]

I have to agree with the others, that paint job is cool, and the bike is going to end up looking great. 

I'm with you on the big clean up & one thing after another initial mechanical work.  Not sure if I'll have it ready to ride again this weekend or not.  My to do list is pretty long.

[h2olawyer]

Even after you get your bike running & looking great, the "To Do List" never seems to get any shorter.  There are always a few things that still need to be done, will need doing soon, or you just want to do to it & try it out.   8)

H₂O

[kwells]

haha...Im with H2 on that...doesnt matter how nice you get it or it already is, you can ALWAYS find more to do.  OR...you can just not ever write those things down so you can conveniently forget to do them and go riding regardless.

[Brian Moffet]

The progressive fork springs may have made it into some 83s, but Lucky, Brian Moffett & I have all rebuilt 83 forks that did not have the progressive springs.

No vision came from the factory with Progressives.  Some dealers may have added them later, probably to try and get them off the floor when they weren't selling.  One of the reasons I replaced mine was that my original forks had 40,000 miles on them, the front forks were completely apart anyway, and I could use the upgrade.

Brian

[Tanno]

Even after you get your bike running & looking great, the "To Do List" never seems to get any shorter.  There are always a few things that still need to be done, will need doing soon, or you just want to do to it & try it out.   8)

H₂O

You mean stuff like this? 
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[kwells]

badass