Did you ever get to a point in your project where you just really ran out of steam for awhile?
Well I have that....big time. But given a warm day, I went back at it today some. What I did was grind down the bullet end of a couple of bungs so they were a bit thinner, and shoved them into the nubs of open pipe left on the downtube of my frame. I guess most people with choppers just close these off. Anyway, I'd left the "nubs" there, thinking they might come in handy as mounts for, for, for.....hell I dunno.
So at this point I'm hoping to use one as a grounding point for battery. And the chain side one as an attachment point for a minimal kind of chain guard I want to make.
Then I welded a coped bung coming off the right side of the downtube, below where the air filters will be, to attach starter solenoid to. For now I'm using a rubber washer, regular washer and a kind of spacer made of 3/8 think nylon. (like cutting board material)
I'd really obsessed for a long time about where to put solenoid, so today at least I finally committed to this, and same for those 2 holes.
Only thing - it was really hard getting nice penetrating welds - not sure why. I had what should have been really good grounding places for neg cable. I guess it's just the awkward positions I was forced to try and work, I think. I REALLY look forward to going over all my welds and re-doing some, when I take this thing back apart prior to painting.
It will be great to be able to turn it over, and put it in diff positions while welding and grinding, etc. These pieces are basically firmly attached now, but they will need to have the welding gone over, for sure. There are gaps and generally it's crappy.
But, this is a mock up, so for that I guess it's OK.
Question: on stock key switch, how many positions are there supposed to be that you can turn the key to? Mine only has on and off, and I can pull the key out while in the on pos. Is that correct?
Trying to decide whether to use old stock ignition switch or get an aftermarket one. I guess if it works, I might as well use the old one.
Anyway here's a pic of the things I welded on. I know, I know there are huge gaps....
Another thing I thought I might use one of those bungs for is to attach a fuse container.
Well I have that....big time. But given a warm day, I went back at it today some. What I did was grind down the bullet end of a couple of bungs so they were a bit thinner, and shoved them into the nubs of open pipe left on the downtube of my frame. I guess most people with choppers just close these off. Anyway, I'd left the "nubs" there, thinking they might come in handy as mounts for, for, for.....hell I dunno.
So at this point I'm hoping to use one as a grounding point for battery. And the chain side one as an attachment point for a minimal kind of chain guard I want to make.
Then I welded a coped bung coming off the right side of the downtube, below where the air filters will be, to attach starter solenoid to. For now I'm using a rubber washer, regular washer and a kind of spacer made of 3/8 think nylon. (like cutting board material)
I'd really obsessed for a long time about where to put solenoid, so today at least I finally committed to this, and same for those 2 holes.
Only thing - it was really hard getting nice penetrating welds - not sure why. I had what should have been really good grounding places for neg cable. I guess it's just the awkward positions I was forced to try and work, I think. I REALLY look forward to going over all my welds and re-doing some, when I take this thing back apart prior to painting.
It will be great to be able to turn it over, and put it in diff positions while welding and grinding, etc. These pieces are basically firmly attached now, but they will need to have the welding gone over, for sure. There are gaps and generally it's crappy.
But, this is a mock up, so for that I guess it's OK.
Question: on stock key switch, how many positions are there supposed to be that you can turn the key to? Mine only has on and off, and I can pull the key out while in the on pos. Is that correct?
Trying to decide whether to use old stock ignition switch or get an aftermarket one. I guess if it works, I might as well use the old one.
Anyway here's a pic of the things I welded on. I know, I know there are huge gaps....
Another thing I thought I might use one of those bungs for is to attach a fuse container.