Day #9

         Today was a good day I'm feeling very confident in the build, as well as finishing on schedule. In the morning I headed over to the shop to finish up the few things I need to do with the drivetrain. Define a few things I need to do our create a mounting plate for the speed controller as well as welding the last two seams for the drivetrain. These are all things that I will accomplish tomorrow and should be pretty simple and straightforward. After all this time building this bike my worlds have become increasingly better as the days pursue. This only gives me more confidence in riding the bike and it not breaking or decomposing overtime. In the afternoon I had a very busy schedule with a few appointments that I had to go to but I believe I have most of the materials that I need for the Cosmetic end of the bike. This includes plastics, new tires, and a seat cover which is just some random fabric I found at my house. For the Plastics I headed over to Lowe's in Tilton and got 8th inch plexiglass which should do fine for the side panels as well as the mud guard on the back. I got a 8th inch plexiglass because I knew I would be able to heat it up and form the shapes that I needed for the bike. I'm going to run some harder plastic that will be more durable overtime and will reduce the chances of any major damage from rocks or something like that.

Hours: 3:45 Total: 41:30

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