on the home straight

I mocked up the side-mount plate this afternoon and didn't like it at all!

I was intending to mount the LED light to the bracket and then sit the number-plate below that but the bit of the bracket sitting above the plate just didn't look right.

So, what I've decided to do is make a backing plate from 2mm aluminium sheet, the shape of the light and mount the light on that. That will then be mounted onto the bracket using countersunk screws from the back. I will sandwich the cable between the plate and the bracket and out of the bottom near the swinging arm and from there to the electrical junctions under the seat. The only problem with that is, because I've got a slightly less than standard sized number-plate, it wont cover the whole bracket. I can't trim down the bracket so it looks like I will be buying a road-legal plate!

I finished painting the lacquer coat on the tank so will leave it a few days to cure then get it fitted. Just as I thought, the flame design hasn't stood up to covering in gloss lacquer so it will just have to do as it is. I've also started to spray the gloss coats on the rear mudguard so that shouldn't be too long before it's ready to get the tail-light fitted.