More progress, spent some time fabricating (and I use that term loosely) a headlight mount for the bobber. Here's a shot of it
It holds the headlight on like this. In this shot you can also see that I've removed the two front holes on the top triple tree to clean it up a bit.
Closer shot of that triple tree
However, it doesn't hold it on very well because for whatever reason (please let me know if I'm missing the utility in this design) the headlight is made to attach to a wobbly screw which doesn't hold it firmly in place. I've got a plan to counteract this by utilizing a rubber spacer which will sit between the headlight and the bottom of the mount so that when the nut below is tightened, it "pulls down" the base of the light into the rubber spacer and keeps it from moving. Think of it like a rubber collar. Here's the shot of the piece in question, and a drawing of what I mean.
Next holdup was with the footpegs. I got a set of controls from Jumpstreet Customs which appear to be decent. However, when mounted on the bike they don't look even. Is it possible that the right side exhaust mounting bracket was welded on uneven from the factory? Unless the peg is welded wrong, that appears to be what's wrong. I could counteract this by adding a few washers between the front hole of the exhaust mount and the footpeg mount.
Another shot of that
Also, if anyone has used either jumpstreet or monstercraftsman footpegs, did you notice any flex when you put weight on them? Mine definitely move a bit when I stand on them, but maybe that's normal
Hopefully it clears the side cover when I put it on
Need to bend the brake linkage a bit to clear the frame rail
Same shot in reverse, you can see where the brake linkage bends around the frame
Next up is the wiring. I'm deathly afraid of this part. In the diagrams I see, it just shows a line connecting all the parts, but in reality there's a lot of wires involved in each of those connections. It's the T joints which puzzle me currently, what's the best way to connect branch off a wire from another wire? Here's a diagram for reference, in red I've circled the confusing element
I mocked up where I'd like to lay things out, I wanted everything to be easily reachable. This seems pretty good to me. Where are you guys mounting your e advancers and capacitors? In this mockup the e advancer would just be hanging out between the carb manifold (it's hanging a little low in the picture but imagine the wire coming from the points cover draped atop the manifold with the advancer right after it.) Capacitor would go between the manifold and the mounting bolt to ground it out and hold it in place.
I also got this fuseblock in my wiring kit, but the diagrams I've seen so far don't use this type of fuse setup.
One diagram (pictured below) uses this type which appears to be very convenient, maybe this is how people are making those "T" joints with their wiring?
