New Winkers, A Seat Pan and A GOAT!

The seat pan has now been cut from 3mm stainless steel sheet, holes drilled and powder-coated from the flimsy cardboard template I provided.  And what a good job my helpful friend has done…thanks Lee!  When I first saw the seat pan it reminded me of smoked glass coffee tables from the 1980’s!!

For some reason the special bolt welding machine couldn’t get on with this bit of steel.  I will either use the marine grade M8 bolts that I have and to secure them I will either use a half nut directly under the pan (as the bolt will not be accessible once the seat is upholstered) or get the head of the bolt welded.  It won’t be seen as it will be covered in foam and a lovely tan coloured Tuck n’ Rolled seat.

In the previous blog I mentioned how the number plate was going to partially obscure the indicators so got a 3 line number plate made up to get around that problem.  However, the thread of the indicators was unnecessarily long when compared to the stem so I bit the bullet and got some new indicators with a longer stem/shorter thread.  Now the thread does not intrude into an area where the tyre could enter and I am happy enough with the distance between them with regards to safety…the have LED’s in them.

  

I also have got the rear light bracket/number plate mount back which is powder-coated but think my measuring skills with regards the positioning of holes were on holiday as can be seen by the jaunty angle!  This was mostly rectified by reaming out one of the holes and making it slightly elongated…this helped!  It looks worse than it is due to the fact that it was not tightened up.

Double sided tape helped me mock the plate up.  Due to the extra width of the winkers I have decided that a standard sized 2 line number plate will be used as it will also help clear the rear tyre.  I shall keep the 3 liner for posterity!

A slight change in angle will help with clearance.  Being only 3mm sheet I should be able to bend it up a little to follow the angle of the tyre…but as a dry run it looks alright.

…and with an 8 year old boy aboard!

Oh…and here’s the GOAT!  An award for the “Best Renovation 2014” on the GB Bikers Forum.  Really nice to get some recognition for this steep learning curve I have been on for the past eighteen months.