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  1. Steampunk inspired veteran build

    Spent today working on the springer forks
    These are made from mostly spare bits & pieces of junk
    Started with a set of CB400 T teles minus sliders & added another triple clamp mounted backwards to form the spring holder then made a pair of front tubes & triple clamp from a Miele moped mated to a pair of cut off rear shock mounts.
    found a spring,spacers & nut & made up a pair of rockers from a cut down swingarm
    Sounds horrendous but I reckon looks the part & may even ...
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  2. Steampunk inspired veteran build

    Found a suitable vintage brass ammeter on TradeMe & spent a little time restoring/polishing it up. Came up nice, its soon to grace the side of my previously made battery box
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