Sportster cafe seat part 8

The bike is painted and back together. I used Rust-Oleum "steel" wheel paint. My old paint was Dupli-Color "graphite" wheel paint. On that, I just sprayed it and lightly sanded it, giving a brushed bare metal look. I almost did the same this time, but decided instead to do a clear coat. For a $30 rattle can job, it looks decent.



I ordered a new gas cap seal from TAS Classic Motorsports here in Indiana. The old one was hard as a rock and badly cracked. This is something you definitely want to take a look at when using an older gas tank.

This shows how the funky dropped rear frame section of an Evo XL frame can be somewhat of a challenge to get a classic cafe' look. The key is to use a gas tank that sits as low as possible.

I'd looked at using a Viper fairing that I have lying around, but kept the current flyscreen. I really like it, and it has been on the bike since '06. It is HD part number 68129-97, one of they few decent parts they sell. I trimmed the bottom off and tilted it back when I went to a side mount headlight a few years ago.







I believe the CB750 gas tank is a '75 model. I've got a back burner CB project and most of the parts I have are '73-'75. It has the petcock in the left rear of the tank. It's farther back than the stock XL petcock, but clears fine. I just had to fit a slightly longer fuel line. Honda changed the petcock location over the years on the CB750, so if you are thinking of doing this swap on your Sportster, keep that in mind.

It's done, at least for now!