Power

My shop now has power! I crawled under the house through the cobwebs and bugs and dust and fiberglass with a Maglight and a power cord in search of the mythical hidden outlet. After some searching, I found it. I ran the cord halfway across the yard, (in the rain and dodging dog poop that Wade is incapable of picking up), plugged another one into it and ran it into my shed. I then stole a lamp and a plug strip from the living room, (it was buried behind crap anyway), and I let there be light.

Then I fired up Aaron's compressor. After some head scratching, I figured out that there was an open valve on the bottom of the tank and I closed it. Then I had AIR POWER!

I put my fittings on my air tools, found that they leak, and put teflon tape on them. I had the foresight to pick some up on the way home today. Now nothing leaks. I need a water separator before I try to run anything other than my air nozzle or sand blaster, though.

I brought in a shopvac from work, plugged it in, (hoo-rah!), and with that, my flashlight and air nozzle I cleaned off all the cobwebs, pine needles, bugs and crap that I could. It's still hella dirty, but I'm afraid to hose it down with all the open lines and holes. Obviously, I should have done that before putting it in the shed.

The sand blaster box is a piece of shit. I broke the worthless cover off of it off and threw it away. I plugged the resulting holes, and it's ready to fill up. I just need some blast medium, now.

I have to get some hi-temp metal primer and engine enamel to paint the fan shroud after I blast it. Shucks has the enamel, but not the primer!

Speedo cable, more rust removal, wire routing, air cleaner, AC chamber install, tires, final drive oil, battery, and probably some unexpected stuff still to go before riding. After that, forks, seat, handgrips, maybe new handlebars, and other stuff.