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A Bit Of Housekeeping Today...

Bob Denman

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I had a fuel door mounted in my OEM seat by Mike (BLUEKNIGHT911) at SpyderFest. I knew that I wanted to change the mounting bolts, and we had some "issues", when orienting the door on the seat...
(My fault completely! :opps:)
Anyway; we started out with this:

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After about an hour of "Tinkering"; here's what I've got now:


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And with Rudolph in place:

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And the BESTEST part: The Missus has given it her Seal of Approval! :yes::yes::yes:
 

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:shocked: Oh! In the second picture of the door (The "After" shot...); it looks pretty wonky... :yikes:
That's just some really weird reflections: everything is clean and mean! :thumbup:
 
Bob would it be possible for you to post a picture from inside the seat? I have the same Fuel Door and planning to install it soon.
Thanks
Jim
 
:thumbup: Glad you took care of the missing bolt from first pic:clap::roflblack::roflblack::popcorn:
 
:D I knew that I needed some hardware for this little effort, so I hit the local Home Depot. To my amazement: they actually had Gold-Colored 2" 10-24 bolts! :yes: Naturally; I snapped them up! :thumbup:
Since I was rotating the door by one screw hole, I knew that I'd need to drill one hole for this job. :shocked:
Two of the bolts hold the hinge in place. By moving things around; I'd need a hole in a spot where the hinge had been... Mike had toid me to use a Red-Hot nail, and poke it through the seat! After I was done throwing up; I figured that he was right.
So with visions oi this:

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This:

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And even this:

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I heated-up a proper sized screw to the right color, and dove in... :yikes: The smell of melting vinyl and foam was rather disturbing, but the bike, house, and Planet remained as they should be.
Mike used a Dremel tool when he removed the foam and vinyl from the inside of the seat. It was kind of like watching a New Year's Eve Party unfold: confetti was flying everywhere! :D
 

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Here's a couple of more pictures from "the other side"... as well as what you see when the door is open. :D

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Nicely done...

Congrats to you both..:2thumbs: looks great with the matching black and gold but gets lost under the animal hide....:roflblack:
 
:D When I bought it; I thought that I might ride home without pants... :ohyea:

The rest of the East Coast Posse, shot that plan down quickly! :banghead:
 
:clap: GREAT job!! :firstplace: :2thumbs:

Mike has reminded me that I still haven't put any glue over the exposed foam yet... :opps:
Once I complete that task; I promise to give it a coat of Black Paint, and make it look even better! :thumbup:
 
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