Sportster - minor makeover and other shit

Not having the skills that some of you guys obviously possess the plans for my Sportster are relatively conservative. I often use the bike for work, riding around London, doing surveys, and braving the traffic and potholes. I also seem to ride in quite a, I don’t know, sporting style? It’s the only bike I have, so although I want it to be individual it still needs to be practical as everyday transport. A suspension upgrade is far more likely than solid struts or a rigid rear end. Basically I am just going to keep it black, paint the tank in an old school hot-rod style and change the bars to “sit up and beg” buckhorns. I might consider forwards but I doubt it. I’ve never ridden with them and I don’t think they will provide sufficient control or feedback for the way I ride, but they’d look good.

Lucky me, I’ve been on holiday to the Far East. The week before I went I took the tank to a local bike painter and we went through what I wanted. I was away for a fortnight and I’ve been back a week, so I was excited/apprehensive when I skived of work yesterday to go in and view the progress. Imagine my disappointment to see the tank still in olive green primer! Let’s see what happens next week.

Now this is ridiculous. A bloke at work rebuilt a Kawasaki 600 Ninja sports bike he’d picked up for £500. He made a great job of it; the guy who’s doing my tank welded up the plastics and did the paint, looks as good as new. Well anyway this fellow has booked a track day at Brands Hatch with some mates and one of them has dropped out. So guess who’s going round a racetrack on what could be the most unsuitable bike there, tomorrow!