Finally finished - Midnghight Venture rebuilt - Pictures !

[StarFan]

Managed to sneak home from Norway last weekend to finish putting back together my friends bike that I have been rebuilding this winter. Been a long process but finally done. Well, Kristjan the owner is at least happy so I guess I did something right. Following was done and I am sure there are a lot of things I have forgotten.

1.Went through all the electrical wiring and upgraded as needed like Ignition bypass, horn harness and back brake light harness, soldered shady connections and so forth.

2. Changed bearings and seals in swing arm

3. Upgraded clutch with a stronger spring and full disk.

4. Shimmed the carb needles and synchronized the carbs.

5. Changed fluids - Forks, radiator, engine oil, rear drive - Brakes and clutch were good.

6. dded all kinds of Chrome Kristjan had bought in the US last year

7. Custom mods - Front fender rail w/lights, Moved driving lights forward, Custom Carb/cylinder gap covers w/lights, Connection box behind license plate, Rear brake,turn and park lights back.

8. Corbin seats w/carbon fiber look.

9. New Paint w/scratch resistant clear coat and stripes.

and the list goes on and on,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

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Edited May 1, 2015 by StarFan
Added pictures and corrected spelling

[cecdoo]

Jonas that bike looks awesome! You are definetly the "Detail Guy" every little detail is perfect! The stripes and the seat look great. Enjoy your new ride Krisjan!!

 

Craig

[Freebird]

Amazing work. Very nice.

[Marcarl]

Looks real nice,,,,, so when are you coming over here??

[StarFan]

Looks real nice,,,,, so when are you coming over here??

Hi there Carl.

 

Coming to Freebirds in May. And also to Big Toms in August.

Will you be there ? Still thinking if I will allow the hug,,,,,,

[XV1100SE]

Bike looks great !

[Marcarl]

Hi there Carl.

 

Coming to Freebirds in May. And also to Big Toms in August.

Will you be there ? Still thinking if I will allow the hug,,,,,,

 

I'm hoping for both events.

And by the way,,, just in case, because it seems that you're not tooo informed,,,, when she sees me, you'd better step aside,,, a lot of men didn't and a lot of men,,,, well I'm just saying and warning you.... be prepared.

[eagleeye]

When I saw the post I knew it would be gorgeous if you did it.

Wow, your friend is very lucky to have you do that for him. A lot on nice touches, the XVZ and striping and of course THAT SEAT!

[StarFan]

When I saw the post I knew it would be gorgeous if you did it.

Wow, your friend is very lucky to have you do that for him. A lot on nice touches, the XVZ and striping and of course THAT SEAT!

 

Thank you all for your nice comments - that is inspiring to say the least.

 

Kristjan is a good man and a dear friend. I would do this for him again if needed.

Actually the hardest part was putting these dang stripes on. Had to do each one by hand and it was a tedious work since there are three of them in a row and all had to be placed separately. I was halfway into the second day before I was satisfied. Found a trick though how to have them the same on both sides of the bike / parts,,,,,,,but that is a secret,,,,,,,,,,,

[wizard]

Wow!

[Eck]

That is the best looking bike I have seen in a long time!!! Very nice work!

[KrBen]

Jonas that bike looks awesome! You are definetly the "Detail Guy" every little detail is perfect! The stripes and the seat look great. Enjoy your new ride Krisjan!!

 

Craig

Thank you Craig.

[pbjman]

wow, you=artist!

[djh3]

WOW I personaly not a white wall guy. But the contrast of the black bike with white contrastest really show nicely. Very nice job.

[cowpuc]

wow zzzzz whoppin wow wow wow is that GORGEOUS Jonas!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::clap2::clap2::dancefool::dancefool::dancefool:

 

wish I was rich,, I would buy out Yamaha Motorcycles and hire you to come and build AWESOME touring bikes!!!:clap2:

 

hey,, mother Yamaha,, you jokers seeing this?

[lanster]

That's a beautiful Midnight. You might want to check my Midnight trike out--see my gallery. I just bought it last September. I plan on adding more chrome. Just took a 1200 mile trip, I love it.

[YamahaLarry]

Very nice!

[5 Buck Kanuck]

Nice job wish mine looked that good

[bill4you502]

Awesome job......congrats!!!!!!..........