Manky Monkey Motors

Evening all. Ive started making stainless steel battery boxes if anybodies interested. Ive got one for sale on ebay now if you care to take a look.Item number 260770074908. Its a very solid construction and big enough to get a fuse box in as well.Ive made a couple in the garage tonight.The one was a bit scratched and wouldnt buff up very good,so i swirled it instead to give it a hot-rod look.Will put the pics on tomorrow.

Ah ive had that on watch a couple of hours already....Might be in need of one on next build..Voodoo...

hornet would you be able todo different sizes or is it just the size that you have got advertised that look realy good
al

Hi Al. Yeah, i reckon i could make them different sizes if you wanted.

Better late than never,as promised.

another

last one

will let you know thanks
al

What sort of price are we talking about here Hornet?
Can you make custom orders? (I'm thinking an electrics box & battery cradle for my XS650 chop at some point).

good looking unit hornet , should sell well

Very nice,will be needing one of those soon( i hope)what sort of money you looking for?

Right, as its created a bit of interest. I sold one on ebay a few weeks ago for £40 and now a guy in Italy has offered me £50 to make a box just slightly smaller for him.I think it would be reasonable to ask just £30 for the members on here for a basic box and lid. I think the basic size would be like the one for sale L200 x H140 x D100. If you want a slight variation to those sizes the price will still be the same,its only when i make more complicated shapes or massive boxes that the price will go up.
Mr mankey.If you want a battery cradle making,Ime assuming the type your talking about is one that leaves the battery in the open air.Just send me a p.m with maybe a rough sketch with some dimensions on and i can see what i can knock up.Maybe i could start making those for custom machines as well.

Yup, that's the plan- a tray for the battery to sit in, (it already sits inside the standard Yamaha rubber "bucket"), plus a strap that runs over the top of the battery & down the sides to attach to the base. My bike's in PD's shed so I'll get him to measure up & get back to you.

Hi. Ive been in the garage having a go at bending some battery boxes up,and doing a dummy run of a hexagon shaped battery box,which turned out pretty good. I was thinking about making a hexagon shaped oil tank.It should be fairly easy as i can get the retro style filler cap from a local company that specialises in vintage stuff for petrol and oil tanks. Does anyone know what size fittings i would need for the  infeed and outfeed as i can get most stuff from work to fit.Cheers  ??? ??? ???

most of the custom ones have a plain tube about 1/4" od fitted for inlet and outlet tbe oil pipe slide on and clamp over the top does the job.

Thats even better....i was thinking that i needed an actual screwed nipple fitting.That should be even easier to make if i can get a nice filler cap and neck.Cheers.

don`t forget the return goes into the top of the tank and don`t forget the breather (like I did!!!!) coz it makes a hell of a mess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;) ;) ;) ;)

 Theres alot of people on e-bay that wont sell stuff to Italians  .....  I think its because stuff never arrives / goes missing in the post ...
allegedly

http://community.ebay.co.uk/topic/International-Trading/Posting-Italy/1100080560?start=144   

..  Hagar  ..   ;D

Well its to late mr hagar....Hes paid and ive sent it off.Also mr cabman,if the filler cap is vented,would that be ok?

I was using the bung type of filler cap. I eventually drilled a breather hole in the bung and that cured the problem so I would say yes, a vented cap should be fine. ;D ;D ;D ;D

Just a few pics of what i quickly knocked up today.

As it stands in the 1st pic,it is only 150mm high.

I said earlier i was making a hexagon when really its an octagon.

Ime sure i could make these as oil tanks as well.

Hi Mr mankey. Was this the type of open battery tray you wanted for your xs build ??? ???

 :)

Was,nt sure which way to go with this one. Its easy to make,but i cocked up slightly with the bolts being to small.I can fix that tomorrow though.The other way of holding the battery down would be with a rubber band,with a small tab welded to the back n front of the tray.That battery size is 90mm high and 70mm deep.

No, that's nice, but I'm thinking of a 4 sided tray the battery sits in, coming up about a third of the height of the battery, & held with a buckled leather strap over the top & rivetted to the tray sides.
PD's taken on the build of my XS650 & is putting his own mark on it, but that's the style we've discussed.

Hi all.....sorry to drag this thread back,but ive sold about half a dozen battery boxes on e/bay and each time i put one on i get loads of watchers and always sell them.Just letting you lot know that the last guy who bought one,fitted it in his car.Not quite sure what car he,s got...looked like a modified little peugoet or citroen saxo....the point im,e making is,they look good on anything you got...hot- rod....kit-car...truck..trike. ;D ;D ;D ;D 

Just made, and got bids on ebay for another electrical box,or tube,just in case any of ya are interested in purchasing one. 

That's nice.