Shake the Box CL360/378 - The Hedgehog - Done
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Re: Shake the Box CL360
Understood... I appreciate that. I was sittin' out there last night and looked closer; even if the brake master weren't a problem, the V-shaped mounts are pretty much equadistant, so there wouldn't be anything to be gained from flipping them. Good idea, though. The frame was sandblasted and I just shot a quickie coat of primer on it, so there isn't much loss there if I have to reweld the lugs. I've got to put in electrics box and seat mount points, maybe another tank mount, and who knows what all else anyway, so there is still welding to be done on it.
crazypj said:You'll have to re-paint if you weld on frame, wa trying to come up with some way to avoid that
Understood... I appreciate that. I was sittin' out there last night and looked closer; even if the brake master weren't a problem, the V-shaped mounts are pretty much equadistant, so there wouldn't be anything to be gained from flipping them. Good idea, though. The frame was sandblasted and I just shot a quickie coat of primer on it, so there isn't much loss there if I have to reweld the lugs. I've got to put in electrics box and seat mount points, maybe another tank mount, and who knows what all else anyway, so there is still welding to be done on it.
Re: Shake the Box CL360
I think it will be fine, as long as it doesn't catch fire top triples are not an important structural part of the motorcycle like seat pans, hand grips and license plate holders are. I think I thick coat of lacquer will help hold it together though. Like trek said... safety first
I think it will be fine, as long as it doesn't catch fire
top triples are not an important structural part of the motorcycle like seat pans, hand grips and license plate holders are. I think I thick coat of lacquer will help hold it together though. Like trek said... safety first
Re: Shake the Box CL360
Well, we've been trying to get enough soda and beer cans together to melt down and cast one so my brother the Mad Scientist made this plug so we could make a mold... it turned out so pretty that we figured, "what the heck!"
Thanx for the word about safety. It's coated in boiled oil, that makes the wood stronger!
Seriously, you don't think it'll work????
Well, we've been trying to get enough soda and beer cans together to melt down and cast one so my brother the Mad Scientist made this plug so we could make a mold... it turned out so pretty that we figured, "what the heck!"
Thanx for the word about safety. It's coated in boiled oil, that makes the wood stronger!
Seriously, you don't think it'll work????
Re: Shake the Box CL360
I was planning to use LaCroix cans. I'm not much of a beer drinker, it always seemed to me that the horse had diabetes... besides, if I made it outa' beer cans that smell would probably linger and I'd have people following me all over. Hmmm, maybe if they started putting Maker's Mark in cans...
hurco550 said:
I was planning to use LaCroix cans. I'm not much of a beer drinker, it always seemed to me that the horse had diabetes... besides, if I made it outa' beer cans that smell would probably linger and I'd have people following me all over. Hmmm, maybe if they started putting Maker's Mark in cans...
crazypj
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Re: Shake the Box CL360
Nice one ;D
Top yoke has to stop frork tops moving forwards and backwards.
The weakest point is where stem nut sits, with grain running 'sideways' there is a good possibility of splitting
With telescopic forks the majority of stress is on bottom yoke, it could work?
Saying that, using plug for new casting is a great idea 8)
Nice one ;D
Top yoke has to stop frork tops moving forwards and backwards.
The weakest point is where stem nut sits, with grain running 'sideways' there is a good possibility of splitting
With telescopic forks the majority of stress is on bottom yoke, it could work?
Saying that, using plug for new casting is a great idea 8)
