I will be making a new indicator loom from scratch as I will be using LED's and the new ignition switch will be fun as the OEM has all red wires where the instructions show black, red and white ! Below is what's left and will it all fit in the box !
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
The Electrics
Spent a few hours messing about with the OEM wiring loom! and trying to figure what to keep and what to throw. It would have helped if the OEM wiring diagram in the Clymer Manual had the right colours listed! nothing like what I have at all!
I will be making a new indicator loom from scratch as I will be using LED's and the new ignition switch will be fun as the OEM has all red wires where the instructions show black, red and white ! Below is what's left and will it all fit in the box !
I will be making a new indicator loom from scratch as I will be using LED's and the new ignition switch will be fun as the OEM has all red wires where the instructions show black, red and white ! Below is what's left and will it all fit in the box !
Friday, 15 October 2010
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
New battery
New battery tiny compared to original! Gel type can position it any old way which opens up some new ideas
size:
Length 150mm, Height 110mm, Width 87mm in old money about 6 x 5
according to quadcam guys this is good enough to fire up a '94 sporty backed up by quiet a few using it was surprised to find it over here cost was £42 delivered, ebay were asking £60 odd plus postage so a bargain
These batteries were not listed when I started my research for a smaller battery turns out it is standard for the Honda ST1300!
Saturday, 25 September 2010
Sunday, 19 September 2010
soon be back...
in the garage! The DIY is all but done a nice shiny sheet of ally turned up this week for a couple of brackets and a electric box for under the seat so once I finished the grouting and the sealing...........
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Censorship
Well to the few that might have a look at this site in passing I feel the need to comment on something that started a good few months ago, this is my opinion and no offence is aimed at the good people that looked after the forum except that I think someone somewhere lost the plot!
When I decided to finally get on with what I had thought about and dreamed of for years and that was to build myself a custom Harley. So I scoured the internet and found Chopperbuilder, I joined, read and learned from many people on there and it gave me the confidence to make the start, a lot of friendly non judgemental advice and ideas along with a laugh or two.
Then for no reason one night I went on the forum and it had been changed it was now The Boardtracker and the design had changed. There then ensued great debate! some liked some didn't but mostly people were pissed off because none of us were told about it beforehand, not even a poll. It became a bit nasty and people were getting fed up, the annual meet was cancelled which caused even more annoyance. People voted with there feet and the forum became quiet and almost to a halt, a few of us I suppose partly through loyalty kept posting answering the odd post etc.
Then a few months ago one kindly soul (cheers for trying Tricky!) found a pub with a field and suggested a get together, many said yes including me as I missed last years through all sorts of reasons and one or two on the forum I owed a pint or three for the help they offered over and above the bike building requests, a shite time in my life which they rallied around and offered friendship. Which will not be forgotten.
Well the pub was sorted, weekend was booked off, it would be a 500 mile round trip for me but I could visit me mum and sister on the way so it was worth it!
But, in life shit happens many started to pull out, fuck, it ended up with just 3 people, me included, had said we would go! Well, it was cancelled a pain but not the end of the world.
So I posted a reply, saying "no worries shit happens" when it was posted the shit was shown "s**t" so built in censorship? tried to post again by editing the post and adding another shit! again bleeped out.
well for fuck sake, since when was having a shit a problem there are far worse words. I was tempted to add as many "naughty" words and see what was or wasn't "bleeped" but in an attempt to be grown up I changed my mind and tonight removed "the Boardtracker" from my favourites.
I know that most if not all people have either always been on Britchopper or like myself migrated over and a great bunch of nutters would be hard to find!
But it is a shame that it went that way and perhaps we will never know the whys etc. and I fully understand the need to for censorship but for goodness sake shit?
When I decided to finally get on with what I had thought about and dreamed of for years and that was to build myself a custom Harley. So I scoured the internet and found Chopperbuilder, I joined, read and learned from many people on there and it gave me the confidence to make the start, a lot of friendly non judgemental advice and ideas along with a laugh or two.
Then for no reason one night I went on the forum and it had been changed it was now The Boardtracker and the design had changed. There then ensued great debate! some liked some didn't but mostly people were pissed off because none of us were told about it beforehand, not even a poll. It became a bit nasty and people were getting fed up, the annual meet was cancelled which caused even more annoyance. People voted with there feet and the forum became quiet and almost to a halt, a few of us I suppose partly through loyalty kept posting answering the odd post etc.
Then a few months ago one kindly soul (cheers for trying Tricky!) found a pub with a field and suggested a get together, many said yes including me as I missed last years through all sorts of reasons and one or two on the forum I owed a pint or three for the help they offered over and above the bike building requests, a shite time in my life which they rallied around and offered friendship. Which will not be forgotten.
Well the pub was sorted, weekend was booked off, it would be a 500 mile round trip for me but I could visit me mum and sister on the way so it was worth it!
But, in life shit happens many started to pull out, fuck, it ended up with just 3 people, me included, had said we would go! Well, it was cancelled a pain but not the end of the world.
So I posted a reply, saying "no worries shit happens" when it was posted the shit was shown "s**t" so built in censorship? tried to post again by editing the post and adding another shit! again bleeped out.
well for fuck sake, since when was having a shit a problem there are far worse words. I was tempted to add as many "naughty" words and see what was or wasn't "bleeped" but in an attempt to be grown up I changed my mind and tonight removed "the Boardtracker" from my favourites.
I know that most if not all people have either always been on Britchopper or like myself migrated over and a great bunch of nutters would be hard to find!
But it is a shame that it went that way and perhaps we will never know the whys etc. and I fully understand the need to for censorship but for goodness sake shit?
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
secret building!
Just to prove all is not lost!
I managed to sneak into the garage to (shush!) make some clandestine pipework for the oil lines, first time for everything never used a pipe bender before not to bad just a cheapy from ebay but done the job the tool could do with a couple of mods to make the bends cleaner but it's the bike I am modifying so that can wait! even got to sit on it and go brum brum :O) I even fitted another clutch lever having decided to go with alloy look over black!
Dont tell the missus!
I managed to sneak into the garage to (shush!) make some clandestine pipework for the oil lines, first time for everything never used a pipe bender before not to bad just a cheapy from ebay but done the job the tool could do with a couple of mods to make the bends cleaner but it's the bike I am modifying so that can wait! even got to sit on it and go brum brum :O) I even fitted another clutch lever having decided to go with alloy look over black!
Dont tell the missus!
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