Got the old girl cleaned up from the ride to the VYR. While cleaning it I keep noticing the imperfections in the chrome. Hmmm. I've got other rims so I got the best ones and cleaned them up, also started to clean up a front spool, rear drum and brake plate. Rims are better than my originals, but not perfect. I stopped by Quality Plating and talked to the owner Gary. I've known him for 40+ years. Never have had anything re-chromed before. Damn chrome's not cheap.
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My headlite bucket also bothers me. The top is very sun faded. The headlite bucket on my parts bike had been painted black. I knew the original paint was under there. I got the black off. Not perfect but better than my original.
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Where am I going with this?
I was heading down a rabbit hole I don't want to go down right now. I realized mission creep was setting in. When I retired my goals were to get the BMr running again. Got that done. Second was to get the XS2 running. NOT a restoration but a resurrection. I wanted to keep as many of the original parts on it as I could. I'm not completely done with that yet. I still need to put the original motor back in and get it running correctly. Third was to resurrect the Hurricane.
I don't plan on putting the original engine back in the XS2 until late winter or early spring. I may load the old girl up in my truck and head for warmer weather for a week or so this winter. Nothing definite yet. Don't want to take an unproven engine if I do go somewhere.
So for now the XS2 is in a holding pattern. What to do, what to do. What else start on the Triumph. My trip to the chrome shop wasn't a waste of time. A lot of the chrome on the Triumph will need redone.
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Down the road I'm sure I'll get the chrome redone on the XS2 and make other parts of her prettier.