Let There Be Light!

Thus, Abraham begat Isaac, who in turn begat......oops, wait a minute, wrong book.........Uh, let's see, we're talking motorcycles right?

Taking a break from playing with rear frame sections, it was fun to play with that tail light I'm making. First, most of the grunge was scraped off, giving a slightly cleaner appearance. The red glass lens arrived from E-bay...(Gawd, how I detest a PLASTIC lens!), and the cat's expertise was called into play. Needing an outer ring to help hold the glass in place, little Fluffy was more than willing to contribute her fair share of work, and promptly devoured a can of cat food, leaving me with an empty can.

From this can, a nice ring was cut to act as a retaining plate for the lens, both held in by a wire clip.

The almost finished tail light, still needing a bit of electrical stuff.

I went to my local junk store, and craftily stated that I needed the guts out of a tail light, ya know, kinda' like the ones ya find on a boat trailer. (I say craftily, as had I stated that I was "repurposing it" or "up-cycling it", that probably would have doubled the price. Hey, guts are a lot cheaper than up-cycling.....) The aforementioned guts were removed, reshaped, stamped, bent, and mangled to get them to cram inside this little itty bitty tail light. But guess what? It WORKS!!!!!!    Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

 

Now all it needs is a bit of paint, and an approximately 80 year old lamp is back on the road!!!!!