Kind compliments, thanks. I'm fortunate to have had lots of help from an experienced machinist with a well-equipped shop.
One more of the "handcuff":
My friend is an experienced machinist but he's been too busy to make much on his CNC in earnest. Watching that machine work is like waiting...
A little while ago, my friend bought a Sherline CNC mill. Needing some nice shapes to cut our teeth on G-code programming, naturally I suggested we try milling a single mini bracket for my Bonneville :).
In order to keep the fun parts to myself, Seth obliged when I asked if he would sell me...
I engaged in the absurdity of rolling mine *backwards* down to 82,000kms to match my old one.
Ridiculous? You bet. It took a long time.
I did the minimum diligence of photographing both clusters on the day of install along with a current newspaper. All photoshoppable of course, but...