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Got a box from McMaster. Aluminum for making the upholstery pan, 1018 steel for welding seat supports, marine velcro for sticking the upholstery pan to the seat once it's complete.
Designed a template for the seat pan with SolidWorks...
I want to do black material (leather? vinyl?) with white stitching. like this, except I won't be covering the hump.
Cut some clearance to get the tire sucked up into the seat a bit. Still needs more trimming.
I got the fork tubes from cycle exchange. I think they were about $150 for the pair. Definitely had to get rid of the rusty ones. The old headlight mounting ears on had let in so much water over the years on mine that they looked unsafe.
The rear shocks are Boge units that I picked up many years ago to replace the rusted stock chrome shocks. They were fairly inexpensive.
I got the fork tubes from cycle exchange. I think they were about $150 for the pair. Definitely had to get rid of the rusty ones. The old headlight mounting ears on had let in so much water over the years on mine that they looked unsafe.
The rear shocks are Boge units that I picked up many years ago to replace the rusted stock chrome shocks. They were fairly inexpensive.
Quick question on your rear cover. Is there enough room for clearance of the tire under full compresesion of the shocks if you bottom out to not catch rear seat? I'd hate to see something happen down the road. I had something similar and almost overlooked it when I was putting a cross brace in mine.
Quick question on your rear cover. Is there enough room for clearance of the tire under full compresesion of the shocks if you bottom out to not catch rear seat? I'd hate to see something happen down the road. I had something similar and almost overlooked it when I was putting a cross brace in mine.
Thanks man. The tire clearance is definitely close. The pictures show the suspension at full compression, as the rear is now essentially a hard tail. The only thing the tire would contact would be the tail which is ABS so it would rub a bit and rub some paint off but that's about it.
I did some boring shit lately that I didn't even bother documenting. Things like wiring, mounting the gauge and getting the seat mounted. I can take pics of the finished product if anyone is really interested.
But I did get her back together and fired her up.
First attempt and she fired up on the 5th kick. Something wrong with the cable routing though and the idle is super high.
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