Dave shipped his forks down to Cole Foster at Salinas Boys and had the crew down there shorten up the tubes and the lowers a couple of inches so the bike would sit right and the fork lowers wouldn't look stuffed into the lower triple trees. Cole also spun the front fender mounts off the fork lowers while he had everything apart.
After all of the fabrication work was finished and the bike was roughed together, there was enough time to look everything over one more time before the frame, fuel tank, oil tank, and rear fender were shipped off to Marcos Garcia over at Lucky 7 to have him spray the Burgundy and White PPG paint over everything. A big batch of parts were boxed up and shipped over to Sherms Plating to be coated in bright nickel, and the seatpan was shipped off to Duane Ballard to have tooled leather stretched over it. While a large portion of the bike was out being painted and plated, Dave took the opportunity to spray the engine cases semi-gloss graphite and paint the cylinders and heads gloss black.
As soon as everything was back in Dave's possession, he hauled it all back over to Westbury's to have Greg's talented hands in the mix while putting together the finished product. And when Dave and Greg got to the point where they needed to start running wire, they handed that job off to the detail-minded Mike Baker. As soon as Mike was finished up, the pair of them completed the final touches in time to load up and head for the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, CA, where Dave's bike won just about everything except the America's Most Beautiful Motorcycle award.
Dave would like to thank Cole Foster, Marcos Garcia, Brian Jennings, Duane Ballard, Mike Baker, Shawn from Frisco Choppers, and especially his good friend Greg Westbury for all their help and support while building this bad ass chop. Oh, and don't be surprised if you spot Dave combing the swap meets once again looking for deep deals on bike parts, because the rumor is he wants to start on another bike...