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Project started December 2020,
See the CAD version
here

 
 
Although I will be the first to admit that this project is gouing slow there has been some progress. After discovering that the stock dash was no longer going to fit I decided to make my own. I started by scanning the tanks while mounted on the frame to get the exact dimensions of the opening between them. While I was there I also welded up a hole in the seatpost that would no longer be used and removed the stock coil mount bungs as the coil will be hidden between the tanks.

 
 
After modeling the tanks in CAD I found that the opening was slightly different on both sides but never mind, I made the first design for the dash panel. Inspired by Ed Roth's showcars from the sixties I was thinking of doing a transparant bubble over the speedo. I made a 3d print of my first design to check the dimensions and gaps, unfortunately I had not noticed that it moved a bit when I took the pictures but it fit nicely.

 
 
 

 


 

I changed the design a few more times, the latest version has a 2-piece frame and the part with the bubble can swivel up. In the picture there is a Motogadget speedo but I will probably change that for something a bit more classic. At the moment the rear part has already been machined and the front part is under construction. I also had a template machined and polished that will be used to vacuum form the bubble in clear polycarbonate.

 

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