One day I'll make it there. Thunder Beach is the weekend of October 23, 24, and 25 so I'll be there that weekend. Since the weather is changing here I've really put all motorcycle stuff on hold. I've been building a CJ7 with a 5.3 LS engine so that's been taking up most of my time lately.
I thought about doing a two tone mostly black bike. By two tone, I mean a matte or satin black against the gloss black. I never got around to it and probably won't ever realistically. Really getting rid of the giant pointless dash on the tank with it's useless keyed fuel door was my main concern. If I was going to keep the Valkyrie for a long time, I'd pull my tank and have it smoothed out on top. Get rid of the dash completely and just go with a smooth chrome screw on fuel cap. I hate having to take my key out and use it to open the fuel door.