> hi matt, looking at my bike here now and you're correct as far as the mystery piece, the flared section in the center of it is where the main wiring harness sets between that bracket an the horn brackets mounting plate...took some photos as best I could of mine
Ahh, I haven't touched the wiring harness yet. Pics were very helpful, that ended up being my best guess last night after trying all 50 different orientations and combinations. > piece on the left is to hold the rear brake line in place where the spring comes up and connects to it from below.... Weird, I would not have suspected that. The rear swingarm was about the only thing left assembled when I bought it. The brake is still on there, I'll have to check whether it's outright missing that piece. > the piece on the right looks to be the plate below the engine to protect I think an oil line, right in front of the oil drain bolt... Good to know, into the junk bin. > fork sticks above by approximately 3/8th inch on mine Good to have confirmed that it's not utterly abnormal to have them somewhere other than maxed out. > Speedo cable holder (plastic) snaps into the hole in front fender (left side) I definitely don't have and haven't seen a piece that looks like that, so, must not be something he kept. I'll have to fabricate my own. Thanks for the clear pictures, worth a thousand words. ... > Yes, you have to be missing something Matt. I still suspect wrong handle bars I'm almost certain they're original, and, the bike was assembled when the previous owner bought it to restore it, so, I'm almost certain that that brake line and that handlebar were once connected. My handlebars are definitely bent. I think the bike fell on its right side and bent them back and upward a bit. I can't see it being a whole inch, but, maybe combined with shrugging up on the forks a bit I'll be okay. Plan B is, I don't need the clutch line and it's plenty long. Cut it and put a new banjo on it, or, use a brakeline repair kit to mend the end banjo to the proper position on the hardline. I just wanna ride the damned thing around the parking lot for a confidence boost before I go spending more money on it. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWWznGdJADg <-- Got the throttle hooked up to the forklift's foot pedal. Temporary, but, I just wanted to twist the throttle and watch it spin. Doesn't actually spin as well as it used to, I think I got my alignment a little off when I fabbed the brackets. I'll have to percussively tune it with the sledgehammer. Also the throttle is cutting out often, something wonky with the controller, might've hooked it up backwards or something, it basically required 24v and before it was happy to at least struggle with 12v. Silly thing has an acceleration limiter so you can't accelerate too hard. Will have to see how it does with the tire down. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
