Homemade things to my Thruxton!

[Mangethruxton]

What a tool...



Nice work Mange.



...

.....yeah, I know :eeek:

Thanks alot!!! :cheers::sweden:

 

[Mangethruxton]

Be careful, I started like that with a 2001 Bonnie, people asked me if they could buy one or two and before I realised I ended up running a substantial business (Jenks Bolts) until I sold it in 2008!! :eeek:

Oohh!!! I´m really flattered :wave: May I ask? Why did you sell the company?

I´m not sure that i can handle it like you did, so i´m gonna follow your advice

But I will probebly still make stuff for my self, and my friends if they need it.

:sweden:

 

[jenkspj]

Oohh!!! I´m really flattered :wave: May I ask? Why did you sell the company?

It got too big to run from home, annualised sales approaching Euros 90,000. I needed to move into a small warehouse, extend the product line. All that required capital. So I found someone with an existing bike parts business who was looking to expand. A deal was done.

I miss some aspects of the business....especially talking with customers about the Bonnies.

But I'm still involved with the new owners, giving them support and working on new projects. So I have the best of both worlds. Their success is my success.

 

[Mangethruxton]

Little pig, little pig...............

Aftermarket chokeknob............didn´t like them, so I made one myself. Found an old keyringpig that I thought was pretty original, so I drilled and glued on a M4 threaded screw in to rectum of the poor pig . Then spraypainted him red, put on some "Loctite" on the threads.......and here is the result.

Before.....

Just have to push the snout....when the engine is warm enough!

 

[simpson]

Gotta love the pig!

Cool thread. Can't wait to see what's next!

-simpson

 

[cantilever]

This is some cool stuff!

 

[Mangethruxton]

Thanks guys, will hopefully plant some "DIY" (Do It Yourself) seeds in your brains by showing what I have thought up.

Soon to be updated.........

 

[tooblekain]

Thanks guys, will hopefully plant some "DIY" (Do It Yourself) seeds in your brains by showing what I have thought up.

Soon to be updated.........

Totally love your seat bolts. Much better than mine...but then again, mine is a perfect example of function than form.

Subscribing to this thread.

 

[tezza]

hey there Mange,im with bluej ,the whole point is you put in the effort and made it yourself.I get the same thing when building my hotrod,saw something like that on so and sos rod,so fucking what i made this one

 

[mano]

Good for you Mange, great mods, keep them coming.

 

[RumRunner]

Mange,

Great job on the mufflers (even if you did wind up taking them off) it would be interesting to play with some different designs to affect the sound note, and level.