Yep, have not been good at posting on this. Ran into a few issues and now waiting for parts to arrive before we can continue. The rear swing arm is a early Featherbed, The only major difference I can find is it uses a torque arm on the brake plate instead of the nub that slides into the swingarm. I found a new brake plate on eBay but I am waiting for it to arrive from Israel. Once this arrives we can start to align the rear wheel.
Was not super happy with the exhaust I ordered. I was looking for up swept style and purchased a '82 replacement Bonneville push over style without a crossover so we could have a little more flexibility in fitting. The aftermarket is not the same as the original. It does not up sweep as much. Ordered a extension with sweep and waiting to see how this works. Most likely will interfere with the rearsets. I have peashooter pipes waiting.
I am really happy with the way the head-steady turned out. Designed with lots of room to place electrical stuff like coils, boyer etc....see photo.
The wiring is about done except for a few loose ends like the amp meter.
The central oil tank has been a mess. This was a eBay purchase a few years ago. The oil cap did not align with the seat opening. Cut the top off and re-positioned the cap and had someone re-weld the top. I purchased the wrong oil line out fitting. For some reason I purchased a Triumph when a Norton fitting was required. Once I had the Norton fitting I discovered the threads were distorted when it was welded in place. This will get re-tapped this week.
The need to buy list is pretty short right now and hope to have the frame to power coat in the next couple of weeks.
