So that's what happened. Thankfully with no drama. In this process, I also took the time to eyeball where I would like to cut the rear fender. It will be nice and short, but I won't have to do any drilling to hook up a tail light or to mount it. The stock mounting points and hardware will work fine. Here is an action shot courtesy of my lovely wife.
The rear fender cut way easier than anything on the frame, and after a bit of extra grinding, I think it's pretty even.
At this point, the frame just needs to be sanded and prepped for paint. I say "just needs to be sanded", but there is a good amount of rust to get off of there, so it's going to take a serious sanding session. Here are some pics of the frame post-grind.
The forks are also being worked on currently. They're all torn down, and I've started painting the upper forks where all the corrosion is. It will look like shit otherwise, so they're getting painted. I did the second coat of Krylon (it's not worth putting good paint there), and after a wet sand, they should be good. The fork lowers are also prepped and have the first coat of primer on them. I will be using auto paint on all the other parts, but I figure it's worth getting everything ready that I can. I also need to order the dust seals and buy fork oil to finish them up.
Oh yeah, here the first coat of primer on the rear fender. It's going to look pretty good. That's all for now.
