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oldskoolexup wrote:Perhaps I've missed the detail but are you going to have protection for the connectors that go into CDI so spray from rear doesn't penetrate connections?
The CDI and fuse box will be enclosed in the seat unit, so should be as well protected by the under tray

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But I will probably have to fill the gap between the under tray and battery box with something, or fit a rear hugger, but huggers never look right on Exups. :rolleyes:
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fang wrote:But I will probably have to fill the gap between the under tray and battery box with something, or fit a rear hugger, but huggers never look right on Exups. :rolleyes:
Dunno about that. Thought mine looked OK.
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Teego wrote:
fang wrote:But I will probably have to fill the gap between the under tray and battery box with something, or fit a rear hugger, but huggers never look right on Exups. :rolleyes:
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I take it back, I was thinking about the hugger I bought from M&P for my oid Genesis, might not have been a known make but it had I ribbed effect on it and seemed really bulbous, so it went back. :lol:
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Cheers Nuggitt, sometimes I think I may be waffling on too much and adding unnecessary detail, but Lisa reckons it keeps me quiet :D
Waffle on as much has you want mate, and I'm a big lover of fine detailing. :nod: :nod:

Speaking of fine detail how's Lisa doing while you're having a love affair in your garage?? :unibrow: :lol: :lol:
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Cheers Nuggitt, sometimes I think I may be waffling on too much and adding unnecessary detail, but Lisa reckons it keeps me quiet :D
Waffle on as much has you want mate, and I'm a big lover of fine detailing. :nod: :nod:

Speaking of fine detail how's Lisa doing while you're having a love affair in your garage?? :unibrow: :lol: :lol:
Lisa spends her time watching gossip girl, vampire diaries, Smallville and chick flicks!

She came in the garage bauling her eyes out yesterday, apparently "the time travellers wife" is a real weepy!

I thought someone had died :rolleyes:
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Women!! :crybaby: Don't you just love em! :lol: :lol:
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Right whilst waiting for electrical bits and bobs to arrive I thought I'd remake the "electrical connector shield" again.

The original plastic that I used was rather soft, so I sourced some tougher plastic and set about it again!!

Original plastic source

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Tougher source of plastic

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God bless Royal Mail :D

Anyhow, guard is now constructed, just need to get some rivets to finish it off.

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Isolates the electrics nicely

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That done I set about filling the gap mentioned by OldSkool, but needed another supply of plastic as The items I had were spent.

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So template made more cutting ensued.

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However once fitted (with protective film still intact) It is on thee piss, despite being flush with the battery box, because the support arms for the seat unit protrude different amounts.

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It'll be alright once the stickers off I thought.........wrong

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So trimmed it level, much happier now

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Then Lisa brought a beer out so thats it for today as we all know beer and prototype motorcycle engineering dont mix

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Hey Teego. I'm interested to know what make of rear sproket that is you have on the bike. Where did you get it from etc. :nod:
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hey fang

I like the last picof the beer :nod:




....your bench is now starting tolook as organized as mine :lol: :lol:
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Stig wrote:hey fang

I like the last picof the beer :nod:




....your bench is now starting tolook as organized as mine :lol: :lol:
Only Carling I'm afraid not Adnams :D

When it gets to the point where I waste more than 5 mins looking for something I have a tidy up, :D

and besides, we only have your word on that subject as you still haven't uploaded ANY pics of inside the new man cave :D

At least not in your "been busy" thread :lol: :D
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fang wrote: and besides, we only have your word on that subject as you still haven't uploaded ANY pics of inside the new man cave :D

At least not in your "been busy" thread :lol: :D
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your right....i'll get somepics up specially for YOU when Liam gets his car out the way.Its currently got the front end off it as he had a blow out at 70 and stuffed it in a ditch whilst we were in suffolk :crybaby:

another job for me........ :(
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:eek: hope alls OK with Liam, and it's just the car that needs rebuilding :nod:
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Onwards, ever onwards, :D

Got hold of some pop rivets so finished making the electrical shield

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should keep the connections drier and cleaner than they were.

This done I set about mounting the Acewell speedo.

unfortunately the standard bracket meant that the speedo would be too upright so it needed adjusting, this required removing it, which in turn meant dismantling the connector blocks.

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that done a temporary bracket was made so I only have to bend the decent one once!

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Got it set up at an angle that I was happy with and just as I was about to bend the decent bracket I thought I'd better power up the console.

Glad I did as the numbers (LCD display) were not very clear to see
These photos are taken from the riding position view, its not very clear to see but the numbers are dull like when the batteries are running out on your digital wristwatch.

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so I adjusted it until they became clearer

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The problem with this being that the side view of the speedo went fom this

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to this

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But after trying a few options of how else it could be mounted

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I decided if the headlight was dropped a touch it looked better.

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so off came the top yoke to drill and tap it ready for the newly adjusted decent mounting bracket.

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Don't look too bad.

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thats a little more done, just need to wire it into the rest of the "loom of doom" :lol: :lol: :lol:
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jeeessssoo fang that looks complicated
you seem to have got your head around it though
cracking headlight i love it :nod:
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May I ask why that mug is void of tea my friend? :(

What's Lisa excuse then? I'd be stopping the house keeping money. :ninja:
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