1920 Daytona Board Track Racing

License Plate Brackets

Most people just run a simple axle mount similar to the first two. I kinda like look of the holes in the Fab Kevin one pictured below. Ultimately they look like an after thought, I think you're better off not to draw too much attention to them. The last one is a bracket made by Earl Kane for his personal bike. I saved this picture about 2 years ago because I thought it was a cool approach.

Battery Box and Strap Options

Here are some pictures showing the battery box so far, and the two options I can think of for the hold-down strap. Please let me know what you think so far...

If you like the belt better, we can get a nicer buckle; I just had that one laying around. We could also change the leather color. "Old school" would be that tan rawhide color I guess...

You can see that I also marked one potential location for the mounting holes, and also the battery that's in the photos is different than yours...

Pre-Unit

Hey Rob, I think I've figured out what what to do with that pre-unit you found in Portland. My back kinda rules out motocross but I bet I could still do vintage flat track...

Happy Thanksgiving

Nothing To See Here... Move Along

Rob is being so gracious as to take a crack at building a battery box. I took some photos and measurements so he'd have a better idea what the options are for mounting. These pics are kinda huge for detail.


I slipped an old license plate in here to better illustrate the offset.

Morris Mag

Morris Magneto is releasing a Unit Triumph specific model in about a week. It uses the tach drive so there's no need to do the usual case machining required for a Joe Hunt. I like it. $899. I'm pretty confident Santa knows I haven't been that good.

Rollin 2

Not as cool as the last photo but still sorta cool.

Rollin

This is the all time coolest picture of a woman on a bike. In a drift at what appears to be a drag strip and she's making a matter-of-fact grab for the next gear...

Battery Box 2.0

Your mock up looks nice in my opinion.
It could be clearer but here's the only picture I have of the battery box on Joe Zito's Triumph. I like the holes in his.

Battery box mock-up

Here are a couple of pictures of the idea I had for the battery box. It would have a strap to secure the battery. I would make it out of 16 gauge sheet metal. This is plenty heavy. What do you think?

Pre-Unit

Here's another pic of a bike built by Mike Davis, the guy that built black Triumph bobber with a Harley springer that I just love. His stuff is just awesome. He has great taste but he's also got a huge cache of super cool NOS after market parts. Ironically he is now really into period correct 60's/70's choppers, which don't do much for me.

He is a really colorful guy... check out his blog some time to see what I mean [WARNING! - NSFW].