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The first headlight bracket just didn't look right. The position was good but the styling of the bracket not so much. Here's take 2.

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Thanks! To be clear it's my first attempt at this particular seat cover, I've made maybe a dozen or so others. The front panel where the seat meets the tank is a new shape for me as well as the welting around the back. and the welted area extends beyond the seat pan to cover the fasteners. It...

First shot at the seat cover. I think with a little heat and massage I may be able to get the welting to conform to the fender a little better. I kind of want to try Alcantara but didn't have the nerve to spend that much on the first attempt.

I was going to do the mirrors next but I need to get it off the stand to check fit against the tank. So on to the seat. The two symmetric seat panels will be something different. Either a quilted top stitch or a different material. I ultimately want to do alcantara but will do vinyl on this...

Thanks. Now it just needs a better looking bracket.

Thanks, I agree it's better than the projection lamps I started with.

I had two small projection lamps for head lights. Cheap ones from ebay. They were plenty bright and functioned well but looked a little too spartan. Here's the next attempt. The bracket I made is not final quality but positions it about where I want it. Also one shot of the ignition relo...

Thanks!

Yep, that's the plan ;)

Here's the plate holder in place. It can be stowed out of sight by pushing it flat and the rotate 180 degrees under the fender. You have to pull the spring loaded pin to release it from either the display or stow position, there will be a short chord tied to lever to pull the pin. If you step...

Wow, thanks for the comments! Here's a bit more on the license plate holder. It will stow, hopefully without tools. The rim is 1/4 inch stainless rod, it came into a rectangle without too much trouble but everything else has been a trial.

Looks great!

Here's what I ended up doing to mount this bodywork. The holes in the plates align with threaded lugs welded into the frame. The ribs along the bottom are 3/4 OD 6061 with 1/8 inch walls. They are skip welded along the bottom edge and will be caulked on the top with a urethane panel adhesive.

I assembled the rear fender with the exhaust in place for the first time. It just fits over the wheel and around the exhaust bracket. Plan B was to cut it into 2 pieces just at the lower corner of the exhaust cut out. I may still trim a bit under the seat to more easily clear the tire but it...

Thanks for the comments! Here's an update on the tail light. Laminating the red and clear layers was giving me trouble until I got the right glue. I ended up using a syrup like one that's meant to have some gap filling capability. SciFix 16. The other trick is to lay down a single heavy...

Lamps installed.

Red lens shaped and cut to fit body. Now on to the lamp mounting plate that goes in the light box. These all get bonded together eventually.

The tail light will be set in the rear of the fender. The first picture is casting the area the tail light will go to provide a form for thermoforming acrylic sheet using a plate of aluminum and a gob of bondo. The rest of the them are locating and cutting the hole. The white acrylic will be...

There will be a rib to reinforce the bottom edge that gets epoxied into place. This is the exhaust side, the other side will get the same.