Headlight wiring

Pics for future reference.

Poor quality Indian light switches

I'm fed up with changing light switches on my Series 2 Lambretta, but it seems I can't buy one anywhere that isn't one of those crappy Indian ones. All the other Lambretta models seem to be catered for by more expensive and quality items, but not the Series 2. This week I tried to fit a new switch after my previous one failed, but it broke while I was fitting it - the purple wire fell out. Another hour wasted.

Breakdown

Broke down on the way to MOT. This is the problem with SORN'd vehicles - there's no opportunity to test-drive them before you actually drive them to the MOT station.

Anyway, what happened here was entirely my fault - it later dawned on me that I'd underfilled the cooling system because I didn't even look at the expansion tank and made no attempt to turn the engine over to eliminate air locks after filling.

No damage, only to my pride.

Rear fender and struts

Made some struts for the Honda today. Pretty pleased with the way they turned out. I used 8mm OD / 6mm ID stainless pipe and a Draper Mini Tube Pipe Bender which is supposedly only to be used with thin-wall copper plumbing pipe but it handled the 1mm wall stainless admirably. At each end of the pipes I created a flat piece in a vice and then drilled a hole through.

At the front-most end of the plastic fender (£15 off ebay) I fitted some aluminium cable straps originally destined for my Lambretta and used them to mount it to the swingarm.