Todays playtime consisted of making (or starting the ball rolling) the forward controls. Ive been looking into ones people have made, and they tend to be turned and knurled efforts – nothing wrong with that – ive a little lathe in the shed, but not very fun / dirty bobberish. Instead of neatly turning away at a nice bit of aluminium i reached for the trusted angle grinder and got cracking!!!


So this old gas bottle will make the “pads” for the break and shifter.

Plates cut out, and sized to match

I put some extra supports on the back to add some strength, just some tube i had lying around.



This allowed for a bit of extra detailing on the back – there is always room for some form along with function. I like the spiral detail that this has allowed.

I welded them onto some basic arms – these won’t get finished until later on, and will need a bit more detailing.