Here's a battery box I made with the help of a friend a few weekends ago. The PO's setup is shown in the last photo...originally it was just the battery but I had to add a solenoid and starter back into the mix due to the dreaded broken kickstart journal. Anyway, the PO's rig of two 4 inch L brackets was bending and basically ready to collapse after a year of riding, not to mention that it looked like complete shit. I bought a piece of 6 ft. angle iron and chopped it up to the battery dimensions, planning on mounting the battery on it's side to tuck it closer to the seat. In the mockup you can see the longer rail sticking out so I could mount the new starter button (bar switch was dead from the get-go.)
I ended up going with one arm for mounting the box to the bike frame. Clearance issues, the clutch cable and the main wire harness had me worried about welding another support on the left side. Thankfully, the welds were strong enough on the one side and it gives the box a floating effect when viewing from the left side. All in all, I was pretty happy with the turnout, having never welded until that day either.
On a side note, the first starter button I had shorted out after a month, turning the starter once the key was set to the "ON" position. Thankfully, it's a $5 button from PepBoys, so not too painful on the wallet.
I ended up going with one arm for mounting the box to the bike frame. Clearance issues, the clutch cable and the main wire harness had me worried about welding another support on the left side. Thankfully, the welds were strong enough on the one side and it gives the box a floating effect when viewing from the left side. All in all, I was pretty happy with the turnout, having never welded until that day either.
On a side note, the first starter button I had shorted out after a month, turning the starter once the key was set to the "ON" position. Thankfully, it's a $5 button from PepBoys, so not too painful on the wallet.
