K2 / Proflex Riders Group
General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: shovelon on December 14, 2010, 08:44:04 am
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Let's go for a ride to Mission point.
(http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af280/shovelon/100_3274.jpg)
Climbing up out of the San Fernando Valley.
(http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af280/shovelon/100_3273.jpg)
I am getting above the homes now.
(http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af280/shovelon/100_3271.jpg)
Starting to get steep now.
(http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af280/shovelon/100_3276.jpg)
Destination in the distance.
(http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af280/shovelon/100_3277.jpg)
Round this corner.
(http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af280/shovelon/100_3278.jpg)
Made it!
(http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af280/shovelon/100_3280.jpg)
To the right of the marker at the Valley floor but out of view is the San Fernando Mission, built in the 1700s. Hence the point's name.
(http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af280/shovelon/100_3281.jpg)
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No wonder you`ve got so many proflex`s there just laying around all over the place where you ride and leaning against posts! ;)
Looks a nice place to ride Terry and warm too, Mrs Tel little, Robin and I are out on our Christmas night ride tomorrow and will be wearing so many layers I`ll look like farther Christmas.
Cheers mate, Tel.
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Riding......... Not here as the deluge continues. Most excellent pictures but cruel as the mud only deepens here. I may yet have to pick up a mudder POS for this weather.
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Those welded plates where the rear shock attaches to the strut look really nice.
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Those welded plates where the rear shock attaches to the strut look really nice.
Here is a closeup.
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-6/1036595/957strutmounted.JPG)
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"...blah blah blah, we don't have winter where I live, blah blah blah..." ;)
How much does it cost to get that eyelet mount welded on? I don't need one yet, but there's no telling what could happen to my Noleen NR-4.
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"...blah blah blah, we don't have winter where I live, blah blah blah..." ;)
How much does it cost to get that eyelet mount welded on? I don't need one yet, but there's no telling what could happen to my Noleen NR-4.
What I did was machine a groove for the plate, then tack the plates on using the shock as a fixture. Then pulled the shock out and welded all around. I the process, the struts shot off when the glue melted, hence the welds on the strut tubes.
I am not sure I would want to do it again. I would make a replacement strut that would bolt right up. That would be somewhere in the range of $300 or so.
If you notice the strut upper mount is a casting with a bored and countersunk cone. The tubes look to be high strenght alum of some alloy, but I suspect 7000 series. The lower clevis mounts look to be castings also. The entire assembly looks to be epoxy bonded. The tubes slip over a smaller diameter at the castings of about 10 mm.
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Nice to put a name to a face, Terry! :-) Glad to see you've gotten out for a ride recently...way too cold around here to get the 956 or 4000 out...brrr!
Have an awesome new year!
- Doug :-)
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"...blah blah blah, we don't have winter where I live, blah blah blah..." ;)
How much does it cost to get that eyelet mount welded on? I don't need one yet, but there's no telling what could happen to my Noleen NR-4.
What I did was machine a groove for the plate, then tack the plates on using the shock as a fixture. Then pulled the shock out and welded all around. I the process, the struts shot off when the glue melted, hence the welds on the strut tubes.
I am not sure I would want to do it again. I would make a replacement strut that would bolt right up. That would be somewhere in the range of $300 or so.
If you notice the strut upper mount is a casting with a bored and countersunk cone. The tubes look to be high strenght alum of some alloy, but I suspect 7000 series. The lower clevis mounts look to be castings also. The entire assembly looks to be epoxy bonded. The tubes slip over a smaller diameter at the castings of about 10 mm.
Hmm. Well, part of me says I should ask you to make me an eyelet-mount strut to fit my 756, and another part of me says "Shawn, you idiot, maybe you should find a new job before buying bike parts you may never use." Must be nice to be a welder; I have to think it's harder to avoid welding jobs than it is to find them. Ah well, maybe later on in the year...
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Got out today again. Got to do it before the rain comes again.
Hey Doug. Yeah that's my face alright. Put on a few pounds lately as you can see by the beer gut. :( :(
Shawn, if your situation needs the strut done, I will certainly help you. Welding can get tiresome at times. More PIA projects than not. >:( ::) Took on a deaf and mute weldor this month. That has been fun. Have to write down everything, and he tries so hard it is nice.
Terry