YOU KNOW ONCE YOU GET GOING IT'S HARD TO STOP YOURSELF SOMETIMES. I GUESS IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT I ENJOY DOING. DETAILS...DETAILS...DETAILS!! SO IT IS WITH THE SHIFT LEVER. I HAVE MADE MANY DIFFERENT ONES FOR OTHER BIKES AND "CAGED" IS NO DIFFERENT. IT HAD TO HAVE IT'S OWN UNIQUE LINKAGE. AS YOU CAN SEE IT BLENDS IN WITH THE BELT GUARD AND THE LINES FOLLOW THE FLOW OF THE WHOLE THING.
SO MANY PIECES....SO LITTLE TIME......BUT EACH ASPECT OF THIS RIDE MUST BE DONE IF I AM TO FULLFILL MY DREAM. WELL THAT'S ABOUT IT ON THE CAGE PIECES...NOW ITS JUST WELD AND GRIND AND FINISH THE PIECES BEFOR THEY ALL GO TO THE CHROMER'S TO BE MADE SHINNY!!! HOPE YOU ENJOYED THESE PAGES AS MUCH AS I ENJOYED MAKING THE PARTS. THERE IS NO GREATER SENSE OF SATISFACTION THAT STANDING BACK AND LOOKING AT THINGS YOU HAVE CREATED. AND YES......SHE WILL BE VERY... VERY... "UNIQUE!!!!"
WHEN WE GOT TO THE BACK END THE CHAIN GUARD NEEDED IT'S OWN SPECIAL CARE. THE LINES WERE FOLLOWED SO IT WOULD CONTINUE ON FROM THE CAGED SIDE PIECES. THE BOTTOM OF IT WAS TO LINE UP WITH THE SPROCKET SO IT WAS CENTERED AND ON THE TOP WE HAD TO ADD A PIECE SO THAT ANY MESS FROM THE CHAIN WOULDN'T FLY UP ALL OVER THE PLACE. ALTHOUGH WE HOPE TO ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM BY RUNNING AN O-RING TYPE CHAIN IT COULDN'T HURT TO ADD IT ON. JUST ANOTHER CAGE TO KEEP YOUR PANT LEGS OUT OF SPINNING OBJECTS..HA HA!!
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IT ALSO FOLLOWS THE FLOW OF THE THE WHOLE PROJECT. THAT SHOULD ABOUT FINISH THE CAGE WORK AND NOW WE WILL BE ON TO THE OTHER PIECES TO BE HAND BUILT WHICH WILL ADD TO THE VERY UNIQUENESS OF THE BIKE.
