Hello all, a bit of an odd one - the battery cradle on my '71 lightning is suspended by rubber bushes. Does anyone know if this is for vibration ONLY or, is there a reason to not have it connected to the frame electrically.
I'm attaching the side panels with brackets attached to the cradle, they're plastic at the mo, but is there anything stopping me from using aluminium and therefore taking the cradle to ground (I'm mounting the coils in the side panels, so the panel itself will be earthed)
It's just for vibration isolation - the battery's not connected to the cradle electrically.
I second that, they had a rubber mat under the battery as well. Otherwise the battery would be shaken like a bottle of lemonade.