Show & Tell: Fabrication, Modifications & Custom Parts

Alright, with winter approaching in the Norther Hemisphere, bikes will be taken off the road and put in the garage for the long sleep. Invariably, some of you will not be able to leave well enough alone and start messing around with things.
There are plenty of build threads here, but it would take weeks to sort through them all just to find pics of the mechanical or even just cosmetic ingenuity among our forum members. Let's pool everything in one thread to show off your skills, ideas (good or bad! we've all got to learn somehow), and creativity involved in owning our beloved Nortons.
My reason for this is that I'm NOT a great fabricator or mechanical guru, I'm looking for ideas, inspiration and knowledge. I've been building a XT500 streettracker and that has been my first exercise in fabrication, including everything from simple brackets to learning how to weld.
When I installed my Mikuni on the Norton, I had to find somewhere new to mount my ignition barrel. And now, having not properly secured my regulator and suffering the consequences for that, I'm making a new bracket for that too.
So, whether it be to show everyone how clever you've been, or ask for quidance with your efforts, show us what you've got.....

Oh boy, I've got a boat load of good and bad Ideas, working and failed Ideas. Here we go......I have more, just need to find the pictures.
Aluminum forward mount

Aluminum cradle

Flatslide carb manifold

IT465 modified monoshock swingarm

Dunstall centerstand

Norris quickchange cam bearing

GSXR 750 frontend

CF wrapped Dunstall dash

Modified sprocket

Modified harley hubs

Dunstall crossover rearsets

My quick chance bushing

Gas cap seals

Way to go bwolfie ! Cj

I have done a few mods on my Commando which can be seen here cafe-commando-build-thread-t8372.html?hilit=%20caf%C3%A9

Jean

No show just tell right now.
1. reverse rotation anti-gyro friction drive for alternator behind barrels.
2. Air muscle tuck downs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJbl61Wm ... re=related
3. Extra long and light side stand and center stand
4. Toss out RH rear set peg and use the kicker peg locked in place instead.
5. Paint ball blunderbusses on roll cage with pepper spray claymores at each corner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiZ-4wv-Olk
6. Rear loop, bars and cage tubes as locomotive scale deer whistles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00iiNF4tn4o

oh yeah...
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3wblVhWwp8&feature=related[/video]

Ahem.

This device is known as "Skyguyz zeon electromechanical BSP auto gyro thread chasing device."

Ta da!

*Insert cymbal clash sound.

Cool! Bwolfie's got the right idea here, just photos of what you've done with a quick description so we're not scrounging through ump-teen pages of text. Kinda like a quick reference guide and encyclopedia of ideas and just plain neat stuff. For example, I saw a solution for ignition key mounting a while back, it was basically a half height airbox backing plate with some switches built in and I think the Podtronics was mounted behind it. For the life of me I can't find the thread now and would love to see it again.
If we require more info on the bit in question, we can ask the poster for a link to their original build thread, or something like that.
I'll post a couple pics of my hack jobs later, like I said, I'm no engineer and am very much at the learning stages of making up my own bits and solutions to problems.

Hmmmmm, Hobot, I likey.

Skyguyz said:

Ahem.

This device is known as "Skyguyz zeon electromechanical BSP auto gyro thread chasing device."

Ta da!

*Insert cymbal clash sound.

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Is that a WD or a Segate screw rethreader?

Love that solid state chip thread chaser and tire iron combo Bill but don't ya need at least two to work the counter torque?

More Ms Peel features to come.
8. Compression releases to lift exhaust valves in head
9. Oil cooling piston jets with 5 micron bypass oil filtering.
11. Already done, yellow squid hunter submarine air station for water injector and other stuff.

11. Ken Canaga has already installed Wolfe's quick cam chance gizmo.
12. Jim Comstock has agree'd to rifle drill Peel's cam shaft and oil feed hole already provided for by Ken.