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I tacked a couple of pieces of ally plate to the front and back of the bent piece, with the back being bigger so as to hopefully cover the battery from any crap thrown up by the back wheel and going through the new hole in the undertray thingy... I'll add another piece at some point to hold the battery in place, although as it's going to be close to the underside of the seat, it'll not being going anywhere. I hope.
And then I welded up the joins. It's not very pretty, but better than my last attempts with the TIG. I'm using a foot pedal now, and I think that's helping.
And then I welded up the joins. It's not very pretty, but better than my last attempts with the TIG. I'm using a foot pedal now, and I think that's helping.
So, battery box welded up with brackets added to hold the Mosfet all-singing regulator/rectifier, and the Dyna 200 unit (which will be held on with rubber straps / o-rings against a vibe-absorbing rubber pad), and ready to be slid into the frame once more...
Buggeration. I'd measured up for the brakcet for the reg/rec, locating it neatly behind the right hand side panel. Completely forgetting that if I made the battery box any wider it'd not fit between the frame rails.
What a prize prick! Hey-ho, back to the grinder again to chop off the offending bracket. The reg/rec will have to be located somewhere else, probably hanging below the battery box yet still on the right hand side.
Buggeration. I'd measured up for the brakcet for the reg/rec, locating it neatly behind the right hand side panel. Completely forgetting that if I made the battery box any wider it'd not fit between the frame rails.
What a prize prick! Hey-ho, back to the grinder again to chop off the offending bracket. The reg/rec will have to be located somewhere else, probably hanging below the battery box yet still on the right hand side.
Yeah, measure twice, weld once, grind once, measure another two times, and weld again!...
I added a piece to the base, so the reg/rec is still at the right-hand side, at the bottom of the sidepanel, so should get some airflow too.
And the battery box now slides into place, and it sits in position like this...
... with the reg/rec in place.
And from the other side, with the Dyna 2000 held in place temporarily with some tie wraps. It'll be either o-rings of rubber bands cut from inner tubes that hold it when finished.
I added a piece to the base, so the reg/rec is still at the right-hand side, at the bottom of the sidepanel, so should get some airflow too.
And the battery box now slides into place, and it sits in position like this...
... with the reg/rec in place.
And from the other side, with the Dyna 2000 held in place temporarily with some tie wraps. It'll be either o-rings of rubber bands cut from inner tubes that hold it when finished.
With an aftermarket oil cooler set to replace the standard one, I had a root through my cooler stash in the cupboard, and set to making up some brackets.
I'm going to mount the oil cooler off the two reflector mounts on the front frame down tubes, using rubber mounts like these bobbins, which were a nightmare to find, and chuffin' expensive too. Anyone know where they can be found cheap?
As you can see from the above pic, I'd got some stainless steel tube to make the spacers, it just needed cutting down...
And I made up a couple of 'ears' to hold the rubber mounts, that would need to be welded onto the cooler bracket.
Like this -
I'm going to mount the oil cooler off the two reflector mounts on the front frame down tubes, using rubber mounts like these bobbins, which were a nightmare to find, and chuffin' expensive too. Anyone know where they can be found cheap?
As you can see from the above pic, I'd got some stainless steel tube to make the spacers, it just needed cutting down...
And I made up a couple of 'ears' to hold the rubber mounts, that would need to be welded onto the cooler bracket.
Like this -
And then the bracket could have a bit taken out of the middle to make it look nicer...
And tried in place to see if it fitted okay...
Seems okay, wonder what it looks like with the cooler added?
Hmmm, might take a bit more off the upper mount to be able to run the oil lines a bit neater, but I think it's getting there?
And tried in place to see if it fitted okay...
Seems okay, wonder what it looks like with the cooler added?
Hmmm, might take a bit more off the upper mount to be able to run the oil lines a bit neater, but I think it's getting there?
Always welcome Will 
So, I'd made a stainless steel flange (fnarr) for the Rajay turbo outlet ages ago, so it was high time that I did something with it.
With a 90 degree stainless bend, with one leg shortened, it was squeezed into the flange like so.
And you can see some cut-down stainless bends on the bench as well, which got tacked together...
And then bolted back on to see if they looked something like...
I'm going to slash cut the exit, although I'm still not 100% sure about it. I'm going to make another, baffled, pipe that runs to the rear of the bike that I can use when the bike is MoT tested and also if I ever decide to take it on track (either at a noise-limited run-what-ya-brung, or a track day might be fun...)
So, I'd made a stainless steel flange (fnarr) for the Rajay turbo outlet ages ago, so it was high time that I did something with it.
With a 90 degree stainless bend, with one leg shortened, it was squeezed into the flange like so.
And you can see some cut-down stainless bends on the bench as well, which got tacked together...
And then bolted back on to see if they looked something like...
I'm going to slash cut the exit, although I'm still not 100% sure about it. I'm going to make another, baffled, pipe that runs to the rear of the bike that I can use when the bike is MoT tested and also if I ever decide to take it on track (either at a noise-limited run-what-ya-brung, or a track day might be fun...)
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