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Frame Fabrication and Mock Up

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I've partially recovered from surgery and things are back to normal again! sike. COVID-19 is here.  I sense plenty of time to work on the bike coming up, so I will use it; much like this previous weekend.  All of the events my wife and I had to do were canceled so we took the frame to my dad's house and did the seat and cowl frame fabrication. I decided on this build since its a first that I didn't want to throw major body work fabrication into the mix so I can focus mainly on the essentials and bike building basics (the bbbs if you will).  I also didn't want to sacrifice my vision either, so I needed to find exactly what I had pictured in my head.  Luckily Hookie Co. directly sells the seat and cowl they use for their builds.  The seat was low profile and followed the frame's shape and the cowl beautifully extended the contours of the tank and purposely integrated the tail light without needing to recess it into the frame hoop like many other builds.  They are