I finally had the chance to tear the bass open. It was pretty easy to access the electronics, just had to loosen the strings and remove a few screws. I replaced the input jack completely, since I had spare. The only problem I found was that the input jack wasn't grounded to the pots. Once I added the extra wire, it worked like a charm. Sounds half decent for a $40 bass, plays very nice. I just have to spend a little time to intonate, adjust the truss rod and action and I'll be in business. I hope to test it on the half stack in the basement soon.
As for the motorcycle, I've got the final coat of clear on the frame. That puts the frame at two coats of primer, four coats of paint and two coats of clear. I also have the cylinder and head all painted up. I went with the high heat black paint and sanded edges scheme. I also picked up some cork gasket material from Parts Source for $9.99. It's worth it since I already need a new carb gasket and cylinder gasket which would run me well over $10. I'll try and get some pictures up sometime this week.
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