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I have the Michlien commander II on the rear and commander III on the front of my 07 RSTD. Toronto is brand new.

Hi Everyone I have been out in the garage every nite this week as my Wife is Baby sitting for Friends at their house for the week. I now have all the Major frame components sprayed with a fresh coat of Gloss Black Caliper paint, I have been using VHT brand paints for most of my projects as it has very good coverage and is High Heat and Chemical resistant. I have 2 good coats over all the parts; tomorrow after work I will flip over the frame and just need to apply a top coat on the 2 top pipes Friday Morning My buddy is coming over to help me put the engine in the frame then I will continue to re-assemble. I had my new tires installed today and many parts orders arrived including my new Plug wires and Iridium plugs from Fortnine. So the question posed by MarCarl on what to do about the swingarm bushings. I measured the Swing arm sockets and the internal Diameter of the bolts or Sleeves depending on what Pivot point. The worst Bushings were the 2 that are on either side of bottom shock mount of the smaller Steel swing arm link these measure 22 mm on the swingarm socket and the internal Diameter is 18 MM, I have found a source in Canada for metric Bushings but have yet to get a response as to availability of the sizes needed. However My solution at this point is to take some SAE Bronze bushings that are readily available 7/8 OD x 5/8 ID, I will need to turn down the 7/8 (metric value is 22.225 mm) to the 22 mm to fit the swing arm socket then drill the ID from 5/8(16mm ) to the 18mm finish diameter (drill bit should be here tomorrow) drill a hole in the side of the Bushing slightly larger than the Grease nipple to allow grease to be pumped in, press this into the Socket and we should be good for a long time. The Flanged bushings of the larger Aluminum swingarm link that attaches to the bottom side of the swing arm is 23-24 mm sleeve with internal diameter of 18 MM these bushings have very little play in them so I am not going to change them at this time just because of my time constraints to complete the build, however i will be adding grease nipples to these points as well. All remaining Bushings appear to be in decent shape with little to no play, the Swing arm Pivot bearings just require a good cleaning and repack of good bearing grease and should be good for a long time yet. as always see pictures of the progress all thoughts and comments are welcomed. Have a good nite Herman

I'd typically get 10k on my 230 Tourmaster rear, but I ride with a bunch of muscle cruisers so I'm not light on the throttle

Hi Everyone Finished up the floorboards today and finished all the welding, the Forward control Bracket is complete, this one bolt on Bracket accommodates the Forward controls , Floorboard Mounts and Lower Engine guard Mount, It bolts up using the Original Engine Guard Mounting points on the Frame. Sitting on the Bike My feet are now comfortably forward with my Knee slightly opened up from 90 Deg once the Highway pegs are added I will be able to completely stretch out my legs. Let me know what you all think Disassembly of the front and Rear tomorrow Have a good Night Herman

Hi Again Everyone Work has been too busy and I haven't had much time to work on the project, I did manage to get the forward controls Mounted by Making a removable Bracket that bolts up to the Existing Engine Guard mounting points. Still need to complete the Floor board mounts which will also be attached to this Bracket assembly. Some of you may recall I built an engine stand adapter for the V4 engines it should be in the archives this bracket is strong enough that I was able to test fire the engine and found my timing was out, I found a good Vmax1200 Video from Morley Muscle showing the correct Timing sequence, pulled the valve covers and corrected the timing and it now runs strong, I have attached a quick video of it running with the Single Pict 34 Carb. More Updates to Come Herman IMG_3141.MOV