anglia4 Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 would kick ass on one of the rumbler bikes but wouldn't suit my CB at all EDIT: Fuck yeah - page 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 Todays progress although it was only minor, feels like a fucking roaring success. Got a present in the mail today in the form of a bare bones push pull throttle assembly Bought it off ebay, wasn't quite sure what mods it would need to fit but turns out its a direct replacement for old honda's! Hopefully grant has the same luck when he goes to put his on the NV750. What this allows me to do is say "Fuck off" to this massive piece of shit and all its wiring: Letting me move the master cylinder further out so I can tilt the bars down to where i want them. Stoked. Current state of the bike: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 Also, drew these up last week and am going to see about getting them laser or water cut. The two bits on the left are two aluminium parts to replace the one plastic one as the fuse box/handlebar clamp cover. The 4 holes nearer the inside are for some of these guys as idiot lights The bit on the right is aluminium and is to mount just the original speedo without the tacho low, close to the clamp and in the center front of the bike. Should look sawheeeeet EDIT: the bit on the right is actually steel. Dunno what I was thinking when I wrote that ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Awesome dude! Loving the progress!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 keep it up jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 Cheers guys! With the tank off now I'm seriously tempted to start pulling off many more parts to paint... I can see it being a bare frame in the coming months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 So my bike used to have this big ugly thing: But today this arrived in the mail: But then I did this to it: The mark-up must have been high because I paid something like $6 for it from china and I don't quite think it was $6 worth of chinese quality. Nevertheless, now I have this: Which is some pretty reasonable looking switches and a decent layout to work from. I'll cad something up at some stage to give the water jet man some more work Then I will have a sweet sweet aluminium one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 great start to the project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Blackwood Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Maaaaaaann... It's awesome to see you making so much progress bro, but you're making me anxious about my own project. That new throttle assembly is realy slick and all that work you're putting into the dash should pay off big time. When do you plan to start painting...? Keep it up man. Is it bad manners to post 'inspiration' on someone elses build thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGal Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Great progress mate! Have you tried flipping the headlight mount up the other way could look sweet too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted August 9, 2012 Author Share Posted August 9, 2012 Yeah man, the idea of flipping the mount has crossed my mind. At this stage I'm going to leave as is. Since all this other wiring is fucking off, its making the head light bezel look worse and worse, so a new headlight is moving further and further up the list of things to do. Once I have a new one I don't think it will look so silly with the mount up the way it is, will see anyway, the way I have designed it, its not a fork off job to flip so thats pretty choice. I was speaking to a painter man tonight at bike night, will probably start painting it after the uni holidays once I have finished the metal work on the tail and side covers. Steve I don't mind if you post some inspiration on my thread! I don't think most people mind the occasional good idea pic, just don't spam up their threads too much! But as far as my thread goes, go for gold But, in saying that, this thread is a choice place for inspirational pics (I keep up to date with it) viewtopic.php?f=52&t=22724 EDIT: We missed you tonight gal! Thought you might bring your lady along to bike night its such a romantic place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 If you are building a cafe racer this should be your only inspiration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGal Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Im out of the dog box now so il be there next week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 I won't! I'll be in palmy gearing up for our first test day in the mustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Fixed it! At least on my computer so far anyway. Will be 3 pieces cut from 10mm alloy and 2 pieces cut from 1.5 on the water jet machine. I will have to drill one hole and drill and tap another. Job done. (plus re-soldering the wires) I'll use nice stainless cap screws and dome headed nuts to keep it looking sweet. EDIT: Epoxy glue will also help keep the corners down and the indicator switch in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Blackwood Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 That graphic is really impressive, you've got skills man. It looks like a lot of work though just to mount some switches? You might have been better off just splashing out on a full set of more modern controls. I hope all that front end work is leading to a new master cylinder as well, the one on it is like an olympic pool. This was the inspiration I had in mind, it's not quite what you're doing but I thought you might like the tank? The exhaust is awesome too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Share Posted August 10, 2012 Nah man its hardly any work. The water jet machine will buzz out all those shapes in about 2 minutes. Then all I have to do is drill the two holes in the part that clamps to the bars (cos they are in the wrong plane for the water jet machine to get at) and bolt it together. It is quite intricate parts to cut though, with a few piercings so I'm worried that it might be quite expensive to get cut. Will see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 Bit more progress tonight. I started by cutting a big long strip and then folding 10mm over along one edge. Then wrapped it around the rear of the seat. Then had a much around with the tin snips and it pretty much fell into place. I'm thinking I will just overlay the edges like this to make it easier to weld with my poor set-up. Still alot of shaping to go to get it to where I'm happy but thats what hammers and filler are for Pretty happy with how its going so far though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 its boss mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Blackwood Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 That's very cool jeff, well done. Do your mufflers match? In one of your pics it looks like the tips are different diameters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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