It was trivial putting in on, but it sure looks good.

After a couple of trials by cutting, marking and folding, I arrived at this pattern for the bracket to hold the trigger wheel sensor. I marked it out on a piece of 16ga mild steel and cut it out with my benchtop bandsaw. I will attempt to never use anything else for cutting out this kind of stuff. It was fast and easy!

I proceeded to bend it into shape. As is often the case, the first bend was the easiest.

The next bend pretty easy, too. In my original plan, this bend would be 90 degrees, then the end would be cut to about 3/16″ to serve to stiffen the bracket in this dimension. Once the bend was made, however, I could not find a good way to make the third bend to my spec. I decided to fold the second bend flat, which will still stiffen the piece. Then the third bend was easy.

I cut a slot in the side brace and drilled the two top holes. It took a bit of grinding and tweaking to make it fit properly, as I expected since the pattern was made from very thin stock, compared to the final material.

I am pretty happy with the final bracket. A shot of Krylon X-Metals converter and purple paint and it’s done. I would have painted the distributor plug, but I can’t seem to find it tonight. Story of my life…

I also worked on the front wheel.