Dads CB

in today's sad excuse for an update

couple of M14 stainless dome nuts and a pair of stainless spacers for under them

yes....... I should have done more .... but i have a bike to get together for my boy

latest lunch time updates

got a start made on the headlight bracket, as ever it still needs plenty finishing, but chipping away at the stone

headlight is on

I stuck the standard foot controls on and the foot peg position is spot on , so I thinks ... can I just chop the hangers.... tried it.... looks a bit like I just chopped the hangers... hmmmm ..... scribbled on them with a pen and kinda like it, I will properly draw it up and do it at work, I want it to match both sides and look proper



i'm going to use them as exhaust hangers too , stick with twin cans , mimic the stock headers, but in stainless, I had considered using stock headers, but by the time I have them ceramic coated or plated it'll be cheaper to use tube, a couple of bends and pie cuts

The battery now sits nice, the way it's bolting in I won't have to weld the tray in place . i need to look for a replacement starter solenoid, and igniter boxes , but the reg/rec looks good. Once I have the parts i'll get more work done on the tray

knew I had a metal muddie in the shed, for some reason I had it in my head that it was a skinny front one.... turns out its a wide rear one

the Rad isn't perfect and it's too long, but I can work with it

lets get this moving, spent the last while helping other people

i've cut the material for the battery clamp posts, hopefully start machining them tomorrow

the m-lock is on, but I don't like the angle, so it might be off again and adjusted

m-unit is in place

reg/rec is awaiting its mount

igniter units are in hiding...... i need to build this bike before i lose anything else

found the igniter units..... same place I found the missing m lock while sorting out the GSXR funnily enough

that's the battery clamped in, m:unit in, m:lock re-positioned, igniter units on a bracket , just need to buy a new starter solenoid now .... and join them all up of course

i better make a start to the switchgear

step one - take a lump of loominum

step two - make initial profile cut

step three - clean the machine up sharpish

fucked about a bit more with the shape of the muddie, radius still don't match the wheel exactly, but it'll do . used welding wire to mock up mounts ( been swithering over this for ages... how to attach the front mount, went with loop over the top to match the rear ) , then found some stainless tube. might replace it with solid mild steel bar, less inclined towards cracking ?



i'm not using the P clips, I will be welding up proper fittings

today's nugget of wisdom.... check your program before running it ..... yes it has a certain aesthetic to it... but its a fuck up

so machine was halted mid flow and a do over initiated



still rough , but it always is at this stage

all the roughing done , test fit on the bar, with the buttons

left hand side side underway

couple of unforced errors due to rushing too much, but it's on