Made a Points Cover for my Forty-Eight
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Road Warrior
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Made a Points Cover for my Forty-Eight
Been looking for a points cover to replace the silly looking "5" that comes stock on the bike. Didn't find too many that I liked and the ones I did like were way overpriced. Sooooo.....I decided to make my own. I had an old medallion from a key/wallet chain hanging in the garage and I allways have some aircraft grade aluminum laying around so I used the stock cover as a template to make the new one. Here's some pics of how I did it.
First I used the stock medallion as a template on the .063, 6061 T-6 aluminum.
Then I used a circle cutter on the drill press to cut it out.
Next I used the stock one again to shape it to the exact size (used a belt sander) and to drill the mounting holes.
I then drilled and riveted the medallion to the new point cover.
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First I used the stock medallion as a template on the .063, 6061 T-6 aluminum.
Then I used a circle cutter on the drill press to cut it out.
Next I used the stock one again to shape it to the exact size (used a belt sander) and to drill the mounting holes.
I then drilled and riveted the medallion to the new point cover.
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From: 27°51' N, 082°17' W
Kinda interesting that HD continues to keep the points cover on bikes that haven't had points in some time. They allways use a cheap and ugly points cover and then sell everyone an overpriced replacement off the wall. Probably a brilliant marketing strategy if you are the company. I know we all just hemmorage money on our bikes but $59 for a points cover is ridiculous.