I forgot to mention but you can probably see in the pic, I shortened the pods up quite a bit! They're about 3/4" now instead of the 3" or whatever they use to be. I am hoping that will help with vacuum, I have a jet kit just in case... I also need to finish mounting the seat, I just have the front pivot point mounted right now as this is a springer style seat. I will be making solid mounts for the rear though since it is a softail and I won't be needing the springs on the seats. I also switched out the grips, ditched the cheap rubber ones for some nice billet spikes. I got my levers as well which were made for 7/8" bars but after a few minutes with a round file and sand paper, they fit nicely.
the levers I got:
I also raised the bike a good few inches after I took this picture. It was just too damn low, as you can probably see. I already had the spring preloaded as much as possible so I was forced to move the upper shock mount back a couple inches. the upper mount is right about center of where it was in this pic and the seat bolt. Worked out well as that is where the tubes go from the main neck out to those side bars, so there is plenty of bracing there now instead of just being on the main beam itself like it was. The upper mount is simple, consists of a piece of the left over tube I used for the main neck (1-1/2", .125 wall DOM) with a UHMW bushing I had machined to fit snuggly inside it, turned sideways on the neck, welded and gusseted.
I am waiting for my clutch/brake cables to get here, I need to get the front tire off, paint the rim to match the rear and get the new front tire put on. Then I have to wire the headlight and tail lights and finish the seat mount as I mentioned earlier. There is a "bike night" here in 10 days, I am HOPING to have it there. It's only about 1/2 mile from my house so, even if it isn't running great due to the pods, I should be able to limp it down there. If nothing else, it's down hill from me. ;-)