Well, my camera needed to go into the shop, so I don't have pictures. I'll borrow one and put some in here.
However, I carefully masked off the rear swing arm, scrubbed it down as best as I could (okay, who ordered the rain for California!) and then painted the swing-arm. I masked off the actual drive shaft, I'll take care of that another day. I had so much blue tape and newspaper on it to try and keep from painting parts I didn't want. I was able to get it painted, except for the cross-member where the swing arm connects to the frame. I may not get to that, it's pretty difficult.
I also put the handlebars back on the bike, along with the instrument cluster. While doing this, I noticed I had the ignition cluster 180 degrees out. Easy fix.
I've got progressive forks on order now from denniskirk, along with brake pads for the front. Any order over 100.00 is free shipping (and 103.00 is over 100 :-) )
Once I put the progressives in, I'll seal up the front end with 15 wt oil, and that part will be done. I think the next thing to happen will be the drive shaft and clean up the rear wheel so it can go back on. I need to pick up a bunch of cotter pins to replace the ones I removed. I also am still considering a new rear shock, but we'll see how that one works out.
Brian
Here's a picture that shows the difference between painted and non-painted areas. The drive-train and mid frame have not been painted, the rest has. Mostly it's a matter of careful masking to make sure over-spray doesn't get to someplace. If possible, I would have had the frame powder-coated, but this seems to work fairly well.
