Slowly Sloptail Comes Together
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Slowly Sloptail Comes Together
One of the curses of having a second bike to ride is that I ride it instead of spending the day in the shop working on the Sloptail. Bit the bullet and actually worked on it Thursday & Friday 'cause the pool installers were here. Did sneak in a little ride, though. Got the wiring finished, except for the brake switch which ain't installed yet.
The switch box is a Recognition Light Keying Switch from a WW2 Navy aircraft, though I don't know which one.
Semi-open primary, Primo belt drive w/Rivera clutch, jockey shift & suicide clutch, Dyna S ignition.
Using a Badlands module to control the rear bullet tail/brake/signal lights. Found that their diagram and actual wiring had a minor glitch. Color coding was backwards on the left/right signal leads. At first I figured it was my wiring, but when I checked it was their bad.
Today I should be able to make the bracket to mount the brake proportioning valve. Front & rear brakes will operate off the handlebar master cylinder. Almost finished with the stainless drag bars; just need a final pass on the buffer. Also need to carve a wee bit on the master cylinder to get it to clear the internal throttle set-up.
The switch box is a Recognition Light Keying Switch from a WW2 Navy aircraft, though I don't know which one.
Semi-open primary, Primo belt drive w/Rivera clutch, jockey shift & suicide clutch, Dyna S ignition.
Using a Badlands module to control the rear bullet tail/brake/signal lights. Found that their diagram and actual wiring had a minor glitch. Color coding was backwards on the left/right signal leads. At first I figured it was my wiring, but when I checked it was their bad.
Today I should be able to make the bracket to mount the brake proportioning valve. Front & rear brakes will operate off the handlebar master cylinder. Almost finished with the stainless drag bars; just need a final pass on the buffer. Also need to carve a wee bit on the master cylinder to get it to clear the internal throttle set-up.
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You'll just have to forgive yourself.
Function over form sometimes wins.
I hope the brake set-up works out well for you. Since you can't lose the master cylinder on your bars, maybe it won't bug you too much if the single master cylinder set-up doesn't work out and you have to put the rear one back on the bike.
Yeah, I know, kind of a crappy silver lining at best.
Function over form sometimes wins.
I hope the brake set-up works out well for you. Since you can't lose the master cylinder on your bars, maybe it won't bug you too much if the single master cylinder set-up doesn't work out and you have to put the rear one back on the bike.
Yeah, I know, kind of a crappy silver lining at best.
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