I'm going to make my own tank lift and bracket for a coil and ignition relocate. I know how I will make the tank lift already. I've read a few posts on them. Haven't had much luck finding much on a bracket for coil. I have an idea to use cardboard to do a mock up but would like to see how others have done it.

 

Two pieces of flat stock welded together at 90 degrees. Drill a few holes and paint. Probably have $10 invested with the stainless hardware.

 

made this one out of a steel flat bar from Home Depot, welded a plate to it and bent the ends to set flat on the heads. I used a horn cover to hide the coil and a twin cam point cover to hide the mounting holes that mount the coil to the bracket

 

I used an existing bracket from the bike when i did the tank lift and wire tuck. no need to make or buy anything.

 

I used a stock horn bracket from a 72 sporty and welded a tab on it to mount
the coil. I wanted the coil to hang a bit lower so that the wires have no
strain on them. Here's the best pic I have of the bracket.



hope this helps,

T.

 

No pictures to offer, but you can make brackets to put just about anything just about anywhere with flat steel by drilling holes and making right angle bends. Cardboard mockups, like you said, do really help. And it won't really matter if it's on the ugly side, the bracket will most likely be rather small and rather well hidden.

 

Awesome guys that helps a lot. Just can't bring myself to spend $100+ on some little pieces of metal I can do myself

 

'Not a coil bracket, but similar enough in purpose, is a bracket I fab'd out of .062" stainless steel sheetmetal, to mount a stainless steel breather assembly that I dreampt up for my '09 Iron. See the forum link below for the assembly in different stages of completion:

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...ather-mod.html

The design was born out of the pre defined factory bolt pattern dimensions of the pushrod tube bases, and the allowable clearances surrounding these holes. It was a simple matter of removing the two opposing fasteners from cover to cover to get a center to center dimension, then with the consideration of the size/dimensions of the small filter I wanted to use, use a piece of cardboard to simulate possible configurations, height, the space off the engine, etc. Within 10 minutes or so I had a template that I replicated in thin aluminum trim coil so it would hold its shape and would allow me the ability to make minute changes in angle and center to center for the bolt holes. When I was satisfied with the results I replicated the bracket in stainless, then focused on the lengths and angle of the bends for the .375" OD stainless tubing that was to run from the "U-Tube" exiting the breather ports of the cylinder heads down to the breather.

You should be able to use the dimensions provided between fasteners of the cylinder head bracket in a similar fashion to come up with a suitable bracket to support your repositioned coil.

=8^)

 

Nicely done :^)

=8^)

 

Picked up some material today fabbed the coil bracket will grind it down and drill the last 3 holes and paint it. Once I get them finished up I will post pics of the finished product. I'm pretty pumped all this cost me around $20 instead of $100.