Thanks all. It feels good to finally get some of the cosmetic stuff done. the long cables were driving me nuts, I was just a bit hesitant to cut the throttle cable up for fear of the home made cable end coming off randomly but I think what I made is stronger than the original so fingers crossed. I actually had all tge green, white, and clear paint sitting there from day one, I just held off knowing I would have the jug and covers on and off a bunch getting the porting and overall set up finished so why take chances on scratching it all up was my thought. Well all the new parts are supposed to be here tomorrow and I'm off Thursday so if things go right it will be back together and on the way to how I plan on this one being done.