Bikernet Bonneville Effort, Part 9

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This is the original aluminum dash that we mounted the old Triumph handlebar fairing to for positioning, but I knew another dash panel needed to be in the works. Honestly I didn’t know how the hell I was going to build it. I grabbed a piece of stainless 1/6 inch sheet at the metal shop and went to work. I was thinking about using a jig saw to cut it, but dreading the maneuver. I knew it would take forever, then Jay arrived with the Plasma cutter.

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We started the process with a sheet of heavy tar paper and cut a pattern as close to the actual dash area as possible.

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I marked it out on the stainless and went to work, blasting away. What a bitchin tool. You can cut a name into it, write your signature, whatever. I’m a newbie at the job and my lines were sloppy.

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I ground, ground, then hit the edges with a emery disc. Once is was smooth I set it in the dash pocket, check it and made notes and marks, then ground some more. It took me a couple of days.

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I thought I had a cool angle for the mounting tab and discovered that it wouldn’t work at all. I had to make another make and fire up the Plasma.

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Once trick was figuring out the mounting hole positions and the electronic Custom Chrome speedo dash. I taped the original dash panel to the fairing then removed the bolts. I dropped the stainless plate into place and made markings from the back, then prayed.

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Here’s that puppy with the holes drilled in place. Then we moved to our machine turning operation. Too bad the shots didn’t come out, ‘cause it was a major operation, figuring out the pattern, running out of emery discs and clamping the sheet down securely to keep each row in line. Ultimately it came out not bad.

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It’s got that antique sportscar look and it was hand done on the Bikernet milling machine.

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