All of this is complicated by the fact that I don't own a welder, however my best bud BoDean has a mighty fine Miller welder & plenty of 7018 rods out in his barn that I can use anytime I want, long as the weather will allow me to get up the hill to his place. I've been making bits & pieces for this project, just waiting for the day to come when all was ready. Turns out Saturday was the day. Snow was gone & for the second time all year long the temps were above freezing. Seeings as how I was gonna be doing the welding with the bike on the trailer out in front of Bo's barn this was a good thing.
I'll start with the toolbox & rear oil tank/battery box mounts. I made these little threaded pieces to weld to the frame where the toolbox should mount. Thought it would be a good idea to also have this thin piece to maintain the correct spacing while welding the pieces in place. I'll remove it later when I mount the box. Look close & you can also see the small block below the right side oil tank/ battery box.
When I was grinding the frame down to raw metal for these parts I uncovered the original location of the toolbox top bracket... if you look close you can see where it was originally & is once again located.
After a coat of paint I was ready to install the toolbox.
You can see the stainless steel support plate I made up as well as the bolt kit from Colony.
Here's a look at the left side rear mount for the oil tank/ battery box mount in place & all painted up.
