Where have I been?

January, February, and March are the months my wife and I have designated as "home improvement months". We did this because the weather is usually cold during these months, and we can't go outside and play... so I've been making all kinds of wood chunks and saw dust instead of metal chips and sparks!

However...

I've still been able to sneak off to the garage from time to time!
I had my headlight sitting in a box on top of my work bench, and I figured I'd make a mount for it. That shouldn't take too much time should it? I wanted to make something with a "curve" in it to mimic the curvature of the frame so I got some .5" tube and started rolling it.
What I ended up with is a combination of flat bar and tubing, welded and brazed.

You can see my sickness of machining the bolt-tops on the mounts... No need for an intervention, it's just my little thing... Eventually all the bolt heads will get touched. Must be consistent!

And there's the curve.

So that's all I've really done since my last blog update...

I did go and take some pics of the bike with the headlight on, and it DOES look more like an actual motorcycle now. I also simulated the chain with some masking tape... The whole 3rd dimension thing is extremely hard for me to simulate on a computer since I don't have any CAD software, so adding real elements as I go is my only way to figure out where my "next steps" are.

Anyway, I don't see any new problems, so as soon as I get my house projects done I'll get back into it. The rear triangle, axle plates, chain adjusters, etc... are next.

Here are a couple pics of where we are now.
Thanks for your patience!