Block Connectors And Bloody Marys
Added on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 by Carole Nash Editor
Carole Nash old Skool bobber
As the show closed on Monday evening the Carole Nash old Skool bobber was well on schedule and the fatigue of the previous few days faded away as we decided to join the Carole Nash staff for a night out and a good meal. The guys and gals on the stand have been looking after us really well, supplying an endless stream of coffee to keep the build crew awake; now the staff are changing shifts, we felt it only proper to spend an evening thanking them for all the support.
The next morning found me thinking that this shift change business is a good idea, Snowy is feeling the effects of the odd tipple or two as am I; but Terry - who has the constitution of an ox – soon rallies us back in to action.
We begin by fitting the one inch drag bars to the Springer risers and laying out the components for the custom wiring loom, a Black Box control unit feeds the electrickery to all the major components. Snowy starts the wiring process proper by fitting the chrome CCE switch gear to the bars, the wiring is run through the bars to keep it out of sight, maintaining the clean uncluttered look we are looking for. The control wires are then run into the Black Box via a hidden block connector. This job usually requires Snowy’s sole attention for a couple of day, but due to the schedule Terry and I will have to continue building the rest of the bike around him, lets just hope we don’t distract him too much and the bike fires up first time.
Whilst Snowy get on with the custom loom, Terry gets on with fitting the braided steel oil lines to the custom made oil tank and oil pump (which feeds the engine), the job is finished off with a return line which is run through the filter and back to the oil tank.
The next major task is fitting the CCE, 1950’s style, forward controls and connecting the linkage for rear brake and the 1 down 4 up gear change. Once the lucky winner of this bike is announced the controls will be tailored to fit.
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Work plan for day seven - Wednesday
• Fit brake callipers
• Continue work on custom loom
• Begin fabricating the exhaust
• Finnish off assembling primary drive
Jon Quantrell
Hawg Haven
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TITLE: Total Burn Up COMPOSERS: Gavin Courtie (PRS) / Liz Radford (PRS) PUBLISHER:
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