Harley Davidson WLC Flathead 750, 45" Bobber, modification.
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The rear wheel were some of a oddball, it turned out to be a Fulda 15" car tire, and worse yet, it turned out that the bearing in the star-hub had been attempted a repair, where they used very fine roller bearings, which had been moving in wrong places, resulting in the wheel beeing able to move in axial, and 90 Degrees on axial, which could be felt when driving... the Drive was needless to say quite live.. so....Now 16" rims and Firestone tires..
Replacing the switch on the dash with a small switch box on the battery case. The surface facing forward on the battery case, i have welded on two bolts, so i can mount the small switch case. that way you lighting on the left side, and Ignition on the left side. The hole in the dash i want to place a Amp meter, on bikes with ignition that depends on the battery, its not onle important to know if the generator is making current, but its important to know that its actually making enough to charge the battery. that you can not see from the dash "GEN" indicator..
When making your own wireing, its a good idea to find a picture of the frame, and plan your wireing from there... another approach is to just pull some wires, but that can cause alot of waste wires cuts..
The last picture shows the insert that goes into the handlebar. When the grip is mounted, you twist it upwards to switche between high and low beam. When you twist it down you activate the horn. That way you dont need the ugly crome switches on the handlebars.