I got a few things done. I re-fitted the engine mounting bracket, finished off the wiring to the coils, made a start on cutting the HT leads and started fitting the handlebar fairing.
I've also worked out a way to fit the coil cover by hacksawing the bracket part off the seat-post and using that to mount the cover behind the bracket the coils are bolted on to. The bare coil is not the prettiest of things so it will look better with the wrinkle black cover fitted.
I will not go so far as to say that all went well or even smoothly. As none of the things I'm fitting are stock Harley Davidson or even recommended for my bike that there would be difficulties was a given even before I started.
At the moment the most awkward thing is trying to fit the rubber boots on the coil end of the HT leads. The ones that came with the RevTech leads are too wide but the ones fitted to the coil are too narrow to take the 8mm leads. So I'm trying to cobble something together but am thinking that the easy way out will be to buy the Accel coils I spoke about in a previous post. It's another kick in the pants of my budget so we will see.
(A quick post script to this:- I have just worked out that getting the cables through the rubber boot was possible. It just took a little washing up liquid!)
I will need to get a taller bracket made up to line up the headlight in the fairing. I may get away with spacing it out with a couple of nuts for now but will need to head back to House of Custom some time soon. Hopefully they wont mind sourcing an engineering shop to fabricate something. I've only lined the fairing up and sat it in place. Drilling holes will take some courage, so I've put that off until tomorrow. I read an account by someone who has already fitted one. Line it up he said, mark where you want to drill the holes then line it up again! As you can't un-drill holes it is worthwhile doing over and over until I'm certain it's in the position I want it to stay.
Here's some pics of today's progress.
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