69 120r

Thought that may be the case, to get it just right I think it would need the thum wheel fixing ear chopped off and a new one made, welded on with the hole in the right place and re painted a royal pita maybe later or I may get used to it .

 

Here's my poor panel fit ! Thanks for the advice I may have just enough black left to repaint . Is it particularly bad ?

 

Hmm , the thumb screw hole when offered up is about half inch out of ideal , when fitted as is it lifts the bottom mount about half off its rubber . Do you mean oval thumb screw hole to allow it to drop back down onto the lower rubber ? wont you see the oval hole ?

 

cheers I think your right , feel a little better now after looking at the pic below which shows it off its peg , the bike having being restored by Don Huchings in Us which is a name that seems to crop up regularly when searchin the net for Bonneville stuff . A little fettle and hopefully will look no worse than this one .

 

Reasonably happy with the side panel now , a bit of filing helped some .

I have turned my attention to the rear guard and more to the point its mounting holes which don't seem correct .
The additional loop at the back ,lifting handle was missing from the bike so bought a new one , this has two tabs /mout holes but there are none corresponding in the guard which suggests the guard may be off another model ? it has the two holes further up where a clip goes and these seem to correspond in the correct place . I can drill some more holes but would be interested in any thoughts . Do all the other holes look like they are needed as dont want to paint then find they are not . I am guessing but the third hole near the upper clip maybe for wires? Thanks

 

Ahh ok thanks darkman , I left the tail light casting with a local polishing guy last week before i checked , seems odd though having to drill the extra two holes , this you think because its an acter market guard or my bike just never had the 2nd rail/ lift handle ? It certainly looks old enough and matched tank paint wise .

 

Oh , ok bit of a bugger , will have a think on that thought something wasnt adding up ! Thanks

 

Hey no problem , far better spotted now than when in paint ! so thanks , I am learning a lot of stuff here ,BTW did all or most later t120 guards have just the roll on the trail edge ? I am aware of some hole diferences I think , seeing that some had a breather pipe clipped to .

 

Just spotted this one , is this correct ? should it have the recess/ dimple by grab handle ?, I could modify ?

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