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got the battery box designed and tacked together. Going to be using the M-unit I was saving for the Guzzi, but might look at a NUUT unit for that build. Seems a shame not to use it on the little 250. A bit overkill for a basic layout, but they make everything so easy to to install as Ive used them before and makes life so simple
Ive been using my B&D belt file for a few years and its great but is limited when it comes to radius or round objects. So I spotted a job lot of dynabrade fingers on the bay for 99p
Set about modifying a cheapo belt file tool to tackle the de-tabbing jobs and exhaust seam welds when the time comes...works a treat !
Back to the battery box.................had to dig out my teeny weeny Eclipse toolmakers clamp for the tabs on the battery strap and weld those in place.
Currently working on the rear brake pedal. it was looking a little tired, so after I clean out all the crud and got to the bottom of it, along with the worn out pivot shaft, I also discovered the bottom engine mount had taken early retirement many years ago :whistle: ................some reverse engineering required!
Few extra bits of frame for the scrap bin as well.....
No worries, glad its provided some ideas! Thats what custom bike building is all about eh? Should be back on with some progress over the coming autumn winter. Watch this space
Righto...............last day of the year. No updates since February .....Ive been busy, honest..................life work etc. just gets in the way as we all know. I'll try and get up to date before February 2022................but Ive got 100's of pics to get through!
I did some work on the bike up until March/April................pics to follow, then recommenced full on build action a bit later this year back in October. Anyway where was I...................working on the brake pedal If I recall?
So I made a new spindle/bushes etc.
Mounted the rectifier under the motor.
Mounted a micro switch for the rear brake light in place of the OEM switch
Made some linkage plates and rebushed the pedal pivot.
Just a "simple" task of joining one end to the other........which was harder then it looks. For a simple single cylinder system, trying to get it under the pedal was a headache!. Ive done simpler 4 into 1 systems !
Again, jumping around a bit. The rear mudguard arrived in sorry state having been crushed by the courier, anyway I set about cutting and straightening it, and fitting it, the refitting it, then refitting it again !!........... and made up a number plate holder.
The mudguard turned into another epic job of fettling, fiddling and caressing
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Onto that random twin leading shoe brake drum hub I got. I needed to make a torque arm for it and attach it to the fork. I started out making one from stainless, but that went south as I forgot to tighten the vice up on the mill, so ended up making an alloy one instead. After the sweat of cutting the 10mm stainless by hand too!!
I had to make up a way of securing it to the hub, so machined a boss which I'll weld in when the time comes.
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