Here's the chainguards in progression:
Top = too thin material, IT would waggle as you go down the road. The tail was curled down to wrap the sprocket. Didn't think ahead that if you do that, if the wheel was forward, and you adjust it for chain stretch the sprocket hits the guard. There's a reason the stock guard is shaped like it is. Standards were welded to the blade, which looked fine, but one piece might be better.
Middle= material thick enough, machinist thought diamond cutouts would be nice, I didn't care for them, standards not aligned so blade lay above the chain up near the front, with weight on bike it rubbed badly.
Bottom: Chamferred holes look better, standards appear aligned, may need a self administered tweak. I like that its made from one piece, no welds or bolts.
Soda bottle filler neck. WE had to use a crude plumbing fitting as all Saldanas trick filler necks are aluminum. NEvertheless functionality was the goal and I think we got it. Original design requires removal of the manifold to fill with soda. And the fiiller neck is that tiny blue tube. So we cut a hole in the tank and welded in the plumbing fixture.
WE're using a CB350F front fender as it hugs the 18" front wheel properly v the stock 19" front fender. And it appears to be a smaller replica of the CB750 fender. Drilled out the rivets holding the stock mount as we use the 2 open holes to hang the fender from the fork brace. But that leftt 4 open holes. These were welded shut and ground flush.
Brown's said if I got it that far, they would polish the welds down and chrome the whole thing.
So we'll try to get these parts installed today. Wheel balance will have to wait till next week when a new balance stand axle should be made. Don't know if we'll get a break in the weather to get another 30-50 breakin miles on it, which is what I would like before taking it to a dyno.
