Basically cut the top off the left hand control and topped it on the bracket I made...
Needed a bit of tidying up to get the two parts to not look totally alien to each other. done the basic shaping - i'll finish it off at a later date....
The Brake side wasn't quite as easy -
as you can see in this the bracket makes it sit really wide - too wide for my liking. the other issue was that the brake lever didn't want to play ball with the way I wanted to have the mount running from below. I either had to run the controls wide, or ditch the lever.....
The Lever was ditched!!!
this was the pin and pivot for the mechanism - i ended up turning down to within 10mm or so of the cutaway to give some much needed narrowing...
....and this is all I kept of the original bracket - again turned up in the lathe to get it a decent shape...
Cutting a long story short (ish) this is the new assembly as it is was loosely assembled...
I just had to use that STOP! pedal I etched ages ago! these are the main components....
I know the pivot underneath is rather large and ungainly - but i'll trim or drill that at a later date....
The sun even came out while I was playing!!!!
a few other bits I sorted - and adapter so my front brake operated (I say operated - not worked!!!!!)
Finally I had cut and punched this torque arm a while back - but my drill was playing up - plenty of cutting compound and it was given the holy treatment!!!
All in all a VERY productive 4 hours or so!
to top it off, i'm off out on the bike for a spin, and then to watch the new 6over DVD (all about building choppers!!!)
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