I made some headlight mountings that worked off the stanchions… but despite putting a lot of effort into making them, they just didn’t look right. I have ended up mounting the headlight on the headstock. it needs to be lowered a bit to line up with the frame top, but I can do that later. here is is out in the daylight!
Not many updates to report... Garage time is limited as my brother is seriously ill and that's taking a lot of my time... Just the odd few hours at the moment, so progress will be slower than usual. On to what is probably my favourite part of a build… the wiring! For the first time I am using a Motogadget unit, as there is not a lot of room for the wiring, and I fancy a change! I will be using the tried and trusted Speedo/tacho unit which are now £15 off the internet! This along with some cheap, but very good quality switchgear which were actually very cheap! As always, Bike reliability is often linked to the quality of the wiring, its important to have good connections/connectors with properly crimped joints. I machined The speedo plinth out of some aircraft quality alloy. I get a lot of this type of material from a local scrap metal dealer who collects scrap from aerospace companies in the area… If I am lucky its marked with the material specification… In this case I had no idea, but it machined so easy, I wish I knew what it was! I didn’t do a drawing for this… I used as my mate calls it “eyeball engineering” and did it without any dimensions written down!
Sincere best wishes to your brother. Praying there’s better news ahead. Impressive to see that the standard of your invention and workmanship (as is also the case with @CAT3) never dips or disappoints. My best wishes for the Christmas season and New Year to you both and your closest
