Jan. 21 - Spent the afternoon working on the bike.  I have an extra false tank and spent a few hours yesterday sanding it to get ready for some paint. Today I fabricated a paint area in the garage and went to work on it. I selected a satin red color for the new paint.  I know that using spray cans is not going to give a great result but with a little care it can be better than the 25 year old faded through paint that is on there now.  The tank came out ok. I did about 4 coats total with light wet sanding in between and then 2 coats of clear on top. Started one side panel as well. I could get better results if I really took a lot of time but I will let that wait until I can afford to have it professionally done. this is just to satisfy my vanity of having it look a little better and not like a total piece of junk.

In addition to the paint the switches for the radio came in today so I took the plunge and open up the radio and tried my hand with soldiering iron and removed the 8 old switches and put in the new ones. after the first one it was pretty easy and when I got it all buttoned back up, viola she changes channels now albeit only from the radio unit and not from the handlebar control but one step at a time. Now I realize that the antenna may have an issue as I can only tune 2 channels in and could not get the channel I was listening to on the portable radio in garage, but at least it is a start and I am very happy with how things have been going. So anyone that has a Clarion Type II on an early 80's wing and your radio won't tune go to www.digikey.com and look for part #EG4566CT-ND and these should fit perfect. I paid .26 each plus shipping and I bought 10. I plan to replace the buttons on CB as well.