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NO COMPLAINTS about the quality of the seat. Just not what we had discussed... the seat pad area wasn't supposed to be tuck and roll... just two "butt cheeks". The stripe down the back of the seat was to be only 1" wide. Currently the back of the seat sits up too high (was supposed to flow directly into the tailpiece), but not going to worry or stress about it. Maybe next winter after a year of driving the "HELYX" I'll change it up, but getting ready for next week, prepping the garage for next weeks painting session... soooo close! Thx for following along, been a long time in dog years

justbuggin2 - I'm trying a local guy in Mission BC that advertises a lot on CL locally. He's got a full shop setup in his basement and does a lot of work on boat upholstery and knocks off motorcycle seats over the winter, so he needs to get mine out before the spring rush hits. Very pleased with the water jet work on the grill, got two cut at the same time - design setup/cutting and material cost = $750 ($375 each) pricey but relative to the work. No complaints.

I think I can.... I think I can... I think I can....
Posting up some pics of the finished lenses. I gave up on trying to vacuum seal them and went for a solid cast. I then molded a backing for them with good 'ol plasticine and cast them using a fairly hard casting material (Task-13). I've used it on the airbox and it's a tough rubber compound that can withstand abuse and flexing. You can see how I am planning to mount them to the front body panel. They still need a final polish, and plan to do that over the next couple of days. Gave up on the homemade gauges as well. Keeping the speedometer but ordered the vintage fuel and temp gauges. I've also ordered a set of 90" throttle cables as the old ones aren't quite long enough. Seat is still at the upholsterer - should have it by end of february (better!) and the grill art is at the machinist for waterjetting - should be done by next week.
Double checked the brake lines, double checked the coolant hoses - it stops and doesn't leak so time to button it up.
Can't do final paint until I get the seat back so I can color match.
Lots of little brass pieces cut ready for installation.
Hope to have some final pics for you in a couple of weeks...

Happy New Year all! It's been a slow couple of months, with a lot of little things getting done. Together they don't add up to much visually, but I thought I'd throw a couple new pics at you along with a video clip showing the new pipe and muffler. The muffler is carbon fiber wrapped in brass. You can see the finished tailpiece with the signal lenses in place. The brass pieces have been polished now and they r awesome! The seat is at the upholsterer, waiting to hear back from him with his layout. The front grill is at the CNC guy. I am getting three different grills cut out of the piece of brass I picked up, that way I can swap it around as I like. Rear fender mounts are complete. The airbox is finished and just need to match up with a filter. The video below illustrates the sound of the pipe with the plug in and out. I didn't see the same amount of smoke coming out of the pipe as you do in the video, but I am confident (99.7%) that it is just moisture coming off the cool engine. I'm taking a week off next month to finish it and do final paint. Will be doing final test assembly of all body panels this weekend (maybe even a trip around the block.. heh heh!) The lenses I am casting solid and molding the LED lights right into them (the sleeves) that way I can swap out the lights if they burn out. Will post pics of that process. Sorry it takes so long in between posts, but I think I'm on schedule for a show in March. Happy scooting in 2014!

sorry, the first image is actually the video - can't seem to get it to load properly through photobucket. Will work on its1123.photobucket.com/user/dryshave/media/NewProject3_zps60ddfe7f.mp4.html

that's what I thought... have blocked off the tube at the source.
Had the old girl running over the weekend... sounds pretty good just on the original muffler... waiting for the exhaust man to get back to me with the new tailpipe.
Have the tailpiece back from the machinist... WOOF! Taking the other pieces in to be polished... won't post new pics until they are all back... the tailpiece is PERFECT! Will update the post next week with new pics and end of year wrap up as I need to get on the christmas gift list... ALLEYOOP I have you down for a ride... thx.

sorry CN250 Helix 1985 - the manual says it's for warming up the carb in cold weather. I don't really need it as this ride won't be seeing anything except sunny warm days.

It's the steampunk scooter engine - sorry haven't updated photos lately - but mostly waiting for parts to come back from the machinist.
Third time's the charm on the wiring harness - finally got spark to ignition - turned out to be a "cross design" problem (I made) with the Helix wiring diagram and the CH250 diagram), so I ended up redoing a new helix wiring harness.
Looking to do a full fire test today.... so I've just plugged off the coolant outflow for now.
Will shoot a quick video of this momentous event as it may prove handy in case something goes wrong... or just another entry to funniest videos. Thx