I spent a few evenings working on the 76' cafe project over the weekend. Things went smoothly for the most part... that's until i took at look the the wiring issues! The previous owner had an interesting way of dealing with the wiring malfunctions on this beast. I removed a couple useless dangling wires, switches and a wiring harness. The electrical schematic i printed off for this bike was rendered pretty much useless since the original colored wires werent there anymore. I installed and wired new signals and a tail light, which are working perfectly. This cleaned up the tail section of the bike very nicely. The seat cover arrived in the mail and i was anxious to get it on the bike. the aftermarket cover was glued to the seat pan since the original seat cover had a plastic band around the bottom which held it in place. i didn't want to glue this new cover on so i went with an alternative i discovered on the SOHC4 forums. i bought a long strip of bendable spikes that i riveted into the seat pan along the bottom inside edge. i removed the 2 inch deep cotton padding that the P.O. installed and pulled the new cover over the seat. i used a heat gun to warm the vinyl so i would stretch for a good fit. I secured it to the seat pan with the spike strips and used car door trim from Auto Zone in place of the old chrome strip. it turned out rather nice in the end. Also installed a cafe mirror, mounted the rest of the handlebar hardware, adjusted the cables, and gave the bike a nice wash.
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