Good to go! I've done restoration on a few '60s era motorcycles over the years and found the "Flitz", "Semichrome" and "Mothers" all work well to...
Sounds like a plan. But, you might want to use a chromate or etching primer before painting. This is a special primer for bonding to bare metals....
Mine had 3/4" stock originally, I don't know about the length of the boards you'll need, but if you measure the center to center dimension between...
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