Speedmaster Something For Nudger Part Three

Because......me and NUDGER have just booked a return ferry to the Isle of Man
Going for a few days straight after Easter
Taking wor lass
Gonna be stopping at my nephews house so I don’t need all my camping gear but you know what bloody women are like we’re going on the Tuesday and coming back on Saturday so let’s see....4 nights...probably works out at 10 or more different outfits and at least 20 pairs of bloody knickers and them double hammock things that they wear
If I’m lucky I might be able too squeeze a spare pair of grollies and a bottle of Jack Daniels for myself

Two adults and one NUDGER return fare...£151
Dunno if they would of charged more for the trailer or not

 

When I was booking it earlier today I was given a choice of standard at about £330 or a short break offer at £151
The short break offer had sort of gold star/asterisk type thing next to it but I pressed it anyway expecting it to decline because of the dates or something but hey bingo it accepted my booking
Happy days

 

Gotta take these home tonight and bolt them onto the rear bracket I made the other day
Then I can work out the length and angle of the next cuts so that they drop down either side of the bike without interfering with anything when I’m satisfied with it I’ll be welding as much as I can together
The less parts the better
I don’t want an over complicated mechano set
Hopefully I’ll end up with a two piece set of framework that the top box and panniers will just click on and off
Lockable though so I can leave them on while I go for a run off or a cuppa

 

Fingers crossed
Like I said been in the garage tonight and did some measurements and marking out
Think I might be able to make this as a one piece that will be held on by three bolts either side
Hope that I can then I can just hang it on the garage wall in one piece when not in use
Will be using rear frame bolts already fitted to NUDGER so when the carrier frame comes off they go back in their holes and I don’t have a bag of bolts to store or worse lose them
might have to scrounge/acquire some more metal from work but shouldn’t be a problem

 

That’s the rear done
Will bolt them in place tonight and start working out the side rails and best way to mount them
Bit of a problem area for the front mount but I think I know a way round it
Still gotta finish the top box mount as well but that bits easy peasy lemon squeezy
Stuck at work
NUDGERS in the garage at home
So I’m stuck at the moment

 

In the garage last night with NUDGER
Have worked out a way to mount the side panniers
It’s still gonna end up as a one piece framework but I need to change the front mounting bolt as the one on NUDGERS frame isn’t long enough
This is so that nothing will be touching anywhere
Need to be left alone today (hopefully) so I can cut/shape the side rails and make a couple of mounting plates

 

Nice early start at work
Bolted the side rails together ready for cutting and shaping
This way they will end the same like I did with the rear drop rails this will do for the pannier mounting plates

 

That went well
Got the shape I wanted
Put them on the chair

 

Rather productive day
Different chair
That’s it for the day

 

I’m up at 5.30am every weekday
But I don’t usually post that Feckin early

 

Next to nowt mate
The big worry is how much Feckin stuff wor lass wants to cram in the panniers and top box