Lots of Filler today

Today began with a Hawaii Bicycling League ride, the John Kelly Couples Ride. Beautiful day, good people. Since it was only twenty miles there was still time to work on the E9, even with a stop in Hawaii-kai for lunch.





Most HBL rides have a lot in common with old car gatherings. The hardware in beautiful but expensive, and most of the participants are, how to put it tactfully, old.

Today's work on the E9 began with grinding down the welds from two weeks ago. In the process a couple fell out, so I had to get out the welder and do some touch-ups.



The next task was to apply filler in the holes and around the edges. To preparew for that I removed the Weld-Thru primer around the edges and did the usual POR-15 prep. After that came lots of POR-15 Epoxy Filler.



While working on this area I noticed I had never gotten around to finishing the patch welded on under the LH tail light. It needed the same treatement as what I had already done once today, so I did it all again.



Last week my friend Tom helped me replace all of my junky tires. Today the front right tire was flat. Maybe next Sunday we will try that one again.