Fabricating a Honda Rebel Speedometer Mounting Bracket
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Fabricating a Honda Rebel Speedometer Mounting Bracket. In this video I fabricate a speedo mounting bracket for the aftermarket speedometer. For this project I utilise the warco wm180 lathe faceplate for the first time and run into a few issues along the way. The rest of the project is finished with the use of the drill press and hand files.
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Wow… I just binged watched the whole thing too. I am blown away with your build. That is the coolest springer front end. I would kill for a springer for my Rebel. Awesome job. I hope updates come in the future.
Binge watched this whole Playlist. Didn't get in to it for all the machine work, but it was pretty cool to see every little step and appreciate the level of detail and the time you put into the project. That being said, I'm here for this build! Season 10 and the writers went on strike, or what? 😂 Must be the same writers from Lost. What happened!? Where's the end, the finished product, the pièce de resistance?!? Lol
Haha life thats what happens, hopefully updates soon
Looks really good dude!!
Cheers bud love the editing on your vids :D
Very nice work on the bracket, from the thumbnail thought you had done it in aluminum.so great job on polishing the steel up. Loving the build can't wait to see it all completed and a jaunt around the country side. Thank you for sharing.
Yeah this project was specifically to see what surface finishes I could get on the lathe, its by no mean the best but it was a learning exercise.
Man, this support was STRONG, if you need to hoist the bike, you already have a place to hold it, hahahaha, btw, congratulations for this progress, the work was very well done!
Haha yeah I have a habit of over engineering parts :D
@@dtaylo4517 Any ideas on what's next?
👍👍 Muy buen trabajo pero quizás el aluminio es más fácil de trabajar y se puede pulir.
Aluminium would have been easier but I wanted to use the lathe face plate for this project.
Nice looking mount, very heavy duty bud. 👍👍👍
Yeah Ive gone for the sturdy look :D
i just came across this channel. really interesting and good work! was there ever a video showing the final result? i can't find one and certainly want to see the end result
Thank you much appreciated. No there hasn't been a completion video, life has sort of got in the way.
Lovely workmanship...but 12mm thick cold steel! you do know the bikes only got a small engine joking aside i made mine from 5mm alloy plate, not to your levels but im happy with it.
Haha yeah I know...but that's the look I was going for, plus it was a learning exercise for me on the lathe with the faceplate and intermittent cuts. Plenty of material there in case I screwed up :)
Nice. I know it is a project, but in this case, I would have drawn up the design and measurements, and had someone machine it out of aluminum with a CNC mill.
Far too polished for the look of this bike.
Nice job! Gonna do a set screw to hold the gauge in place?
You read my mind :) yeah Im going to drill and tap a hole on the underside for a set screw.
Quite funny really. I'm in South Australia so everything here, since 67 anyway, is metric. So, my Rebel speedo goes up to 140KPH. Yours goes to 160MPH? LOL. The most I ever had my Rebel up to was, "I guess" 160KPH. 150 stock standard - and with the cam slightly ground, perhaps another ten klicks. Although, when you reach that speed you're not likely to let go of the bars and mark it on the speedo so you can later do some mathematical nerd calculations. It's either guess or die. (I'm giving the non-conservative maximum BTW. As I said, it's a guess estimating how far the needle has gone past 140.)
Anyway, I'm rebuilding as well. I don't have your skills but I do watch, Like and download every Rebel vid you do. I may be poor, but I will get it done.
One question: Have you thought of doing a kickstart? I've read about adding/taking one from the 250 Nighthawk motor. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks for the support, Ive had a few people ask whether id do a kickstart conversion, it has crossed my mind but haven't really gone to deep into it, would be super cool though!
@@dtaylo4517 I've got a PDF of the description how to add the Nighthawk kickstart to the Rebel engine. I stole the pages. It's from the Rebel Community Website or whatever they call it. I get an email each week with the latest updates, so you probably know it already. I bet a search would give you the info easy. Then someone like you could do it without needing another motor to scavenge from.
Think of it, the Rebel is such a two steps and clutch it 'cycle, that a kick start would remove forever that problem of the starter brush needing cleaned every two years.
Lovely job, but why didn't you use aluminium?
It would have been so much easier using aluminium however I wanted to use steel as a learning exercise on the lathe, I haven't show it but Im beginning to grind my own HSS lathe cutting tools and this project was ideal as it had interrupted cuts. So it just meant playing around with different tool geometry to get the best finishes.
@@dtaylo4517 I've stated making stuff for my bike on the lathe and milling machine, but haven't had the courage to grind HSS cutting tools yet.
Looking forward to seeing more videos from you.
@@oldmanonabike233 Ive been looking at a milling machine for the workshop if one comes up for a good price I'll be in there. Id recommend giving the HSS grinding a go, it looks daunting I requires time to grasp it. Ive found that Im getting nicer cuts/finishes.