And some more parts taking shape... A trimmed battery tray - I designed the tray so that it could be used with both an 8 cell and 4 cell lithium battery but I had never actually tried it with the 4 cell - always wanting the extra juice for the starter. But now with kickstart only I could try it and it works great. I could also remove the tab for the starter relay - not needing that any more either. I also decided to use some XT60 connectors for the battery - so I can easily disconnect it in case of any parasitic drains that are difficult to find (lithium batteries, as you know, die if drained below a certain voltage - ask anyone how they know hehe). And also to be able to easily connect a charger while the battery is still in place - wiring up an adaptor with a plug to the charger. Together with this I made a small power harness that connects back into the main wire harness. This one has two grounds to be sure - one running to an engine cover bolt, the other running up to the main frame ground by the ignition coil.
And finally, I will be using an old bellmouth prototype on this bikes intake - the one that I had made to fit different length tubes to be able to dyno test the length of our performance intake kit. However, with the hopes of having power at peak rpm instead of a nice torque spread in the middle, this intake will be shorter - so I calculated where the 3rd harmonic would be at peak power/rpm and will trim it to that - at 90mm. It seemed a shame not to have this cool piece of machining in use, so now it will get a deserving installment.
I am chipping away at the wire harness and will give a decent update with some full shot photos soon!
