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She's getting there! I have a break tomorrow during the day that I'm hoping to get the passenger peg mount design fully finished on and maybe cut one/drill and tap it. After that, it's steering stops, a gauge mount, and a few small welds on the frame to finish stuff up. Then off to powder coating

over the last little bit I managed to get a passenger peg mount design thought up, checked angles of the mounts, and fabbed/had them tacked in place. Here's what has happened in this department.

I got a feel for where and what angle I wanted the passenger pegs mounted. I then took my 3/8ths plate steel and made a rough model of what I wanted to do. Cut it down, sanded the edges, and tapped the holes.


Checked to make sure my design was going to line up to the holes and look ok.


Did a quick frame mount check to see how the angle of the mount would look and feel for the passenger. Had the height and angle verified by a "passenger". Everything was ok.


So we tacked the mounts in place, and did a double check for the angle of the pegs when they were on. Everything looks level and at the right height


Nice and square to the frame and level to the ground. Another thing to check off on the to do list.


Devin

the ol' punch list is getting shorter!!!

leon

She sure is! I got headlight pot mounts made yesterday too, I just have to get those welded up. Then steering stops, a reservoir mount, and it's off for powder coating!

Devin

Alright guys, I need a little bit of help sorting an issue out. I'm onto the steering stops, and need to get something fabbed to me this work. As i'm running triple trees from Accutronix, and they're chromed cnc cut aluminum, I really don't want to hurt then if I don't have to. The lower tree has no steering stop knob. What i'm thinking of doing is somehow using the existing steering stop bung that's on the lower steering stem on the bike frame, and welding on almost a bumper arm to act as a stop. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome at this time i'll get pictures up soon of what i'm dealing with.

pics will help.

leon

Hopefully these load up

What i'm thinking of doing is welding on a tab to the stop bung on the frame to go left-right, parallel to the ground. On the end of that, i'd thread on/epoxy some hard rubber dampers to hit the lower triple tree where the tape is right now. Thoughts?

if you go any wider than what the existing bung is it is going to limit your movement .
unless you move it back somehow.
leon

Leon- the existing bung leaves far too much free range due to the way the lower triple is set up. The vertical marks on the tape are where the forks spin to right now, and it's way to far left-right to use, so I need to limit the right-left swing a bit. A bit more brain scratching and I should have it. What have you done on your builds?

i see what your saying.
so your idea will probably work just fine.
you will know as soon as you mock it up.
i am doing the stops on the kz750 this evening so i will take pictures.
fortunately for me i haven't had to deal with it on one yet.

leon

Scratch brain, fab. Scratch brain, fab. Repeat x10 until a solution surfaces. Oh the joys of building a custom bike

Sounds good, Leon. I'll check in later.

Devin