Very few of us race. My 360 is an around-the-town bike. Most are here just to shoot the shit. I, for one, am seldom very serious.
deviant said:Very few of us race. My 360 is an around-the-town bike. Most are here just to shoot the shit. I, for one, am seldom very serious.
TonySeaB350 said:How do you plan on lowering the bike?
xb33bsa said:
stacygwiner1 said:I honesty don't care ... I think this might be the wrong forum for me. More discouraging then anything.
stacygwiner1 said:Thanks, I guess I can simply ignore the naysayers. But I'm wondering if it's the right place, I'm not planning on racing. I'm more into the building process and having a bike to ride around town.
Tune-A-Fish said:I was waiting for this and why I was keeping my mouth shut... Let her build her little brat guys, if she wants your opinion she will give it too you, ideas and helpful hints are cool, but... i mean for Christ sake the girl has a hubby with a shop most of us dream about.
As for the seat pan Stacy, you may not need any wood at all... look around here, search seat pan and get some ideas, I just got a dimple die set for speed holes and strengthening up sheet metals you could beef the under chunk up and keep it light with that and make the removable pan from some aluminum sheet stock that hold shape. Lot of seat pan ideas... take more pics of the frame section with the extension added and put em up, then I can or "someone" can give you some insight.
Don't give up... just smack these guys when they get outa line!
RD
xb33bsa said:well flat,brat style seats very rarely work with normal suspension travel ,if you are as petite as you seem you are going to need some good quality shocks with light springs,then
before you build the seat you need to design it around the suspension ....or just do it wrong like 99% of the bratards ...your choice
stacygwiner1 said:I'll definitely look further into this and ask my husband. I know we still have the stock suspension on it. So may have to do something there. Thanks!
Toyotacrawler said:I fear I might have clearance issues as well. I have pics on my build thread so I won't clutter yours up with those but you can see on page 10 or so how tight the clearance is and I swept it up. I plan on 1" longer than stock shocks in hopes that this will clear me and I'll also be running a stock rear tire as well. I'm at a standstill until I can have time to work this one out.
+1. I didn't ride mine 50 miles before I went back to a shorter shock.Sonreir said:I tried going 1" longer on mine, too. It killed the trail and made the bike feel really squirrelly in the corners.
deviant said:+1. I didn't ride mine 50 miles before I went back to a shorter shock.
We're talking an inch higher, not an inch lower. I originally lowered the front end and raised the rear end, which unsettled the bike too much. I went back to stock height on the rear with well sprung Hagons and all is well.Tune-A-Fish said:You guys ride these things??
I don't know how an inch lower would hurt here guys, if you look at it like race sag, this gal probably wont settle the bike as deep as you would so the inch may just put her in the sweet spot, I would be more concerned as XB stated about spring size...
deviant said:We're talking an inch higher, not an inch lower. I originally lowered the front end and raised the rear end, which unsettled the bike too much. I went back to stock height on the rear with well sprung Hagons and all is well.
Lowered the front, but she was talking raising the rear to add clearance for the flat brat seat.Tune-A-Fish said:Oh... oops, she mentioned her hubby lowered it not bumped it up... never mind.