So it starts: Mod Season - Nightster Edition

[Gas Man]

This really should have been posted last week, but was busy with my buds wedding and doing best man stuff for that. But...

Got some stuff back from powder.

Detail cleaned that stuff, and light wax job on it.



Only thing I was able to bolt up on the nightster was the engine bar



and it looks so much better black

[Gas Man]

So to continue the disappearing act of the chrome...

The highway peg brackets gone powder



Then I was looking at the Mustang seat and how it doesn't fit.

So I called on my buddy Seatmaker Scott from www.badassbikeseats.com

The front nose of the seat also needed to be trimmed due to the tank rise. So I figured I'd get a headstart on it.



Have to remove the front & rear brackets, held on by these weird rivits



Then I drilled out all the rivits holding the leather down.


You get this


Nice fiberglass seat pan... sturdy too.


Need this much trimmed off


I sent him the seat and he sent me some swatches... we picked the colors and he did his thing.



Damn it looks good! The colors match perfectly and the silver/black/silver and black/silver/black depending on which way you look at it... works well. Plus it seems cushier (think the leather gives better) and it is definately softer/gripier material.





It's really coming together and I can't wait to get the exhaust on. Just waiting on the ceramic. Bike is really going to look different when we roll it out.

[Amber Lamps]

Okay, I really, really like the custom seat! Of course, I'm a custom seat person. I had a Corbin color co-ordinated seat on my '88 V-Max.... Beautiful and personal statement imho.

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

Okay, I really, really like the custom seat! Of course, I'm a custom seat person. I had a Corbin color co-ordinated seat on my '88 V-Max.... Beautiful and personal statement imho.

Thanks Gents... and zoom!

It's ostrich & "hammered metal" (silver). The color matches perfectly. Even the ostrich is flat in color besides the bumps that are shiny which helps tie in the shiny frame and other shiny black bits. Just looks so much better than the old seat cover.

[Gas Man]

So I finally got the ceramiced exhaust pipes back. They looked oh so nice.



And color matched to the tins perfectly


Put on the flanges and re-install the O2 sensors


Get the pipes & mufflers mounted


Another shot that shows you the color match


Then the satin high temp powder heat shields installed.




They will flatten out a bit after some miles... but it all looks good. I think the satin is a nice blend between the gloss back frame and other pieces and the matte finish paint



Each of the mufflers interfered with the last hole as you might be able to see. But there's nothing I can do about it now. I'm still happy with the look and the completion of the bike.

[jalaan1]

does look good.

[Avatard]

The whole thing does tie together really nice.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Avatard

The whole thing does tie together really nice.

Like a nice rug.

[azoomm]

Looking really great Gas!

[caveman]

This calls for a quote from one of my favorite movies;

"Tits, Huah!!!!," Al Pacino
-Scent of A Woman

Looks great