Sunday's Proflexin'

[shovelon]

Let's go for a ride to Mission point.


Climbing up out of the San Fernando Valley.


I am getting above the homes now.


Starting to get steep now.


Destination in the distance.


Round this corner.


Made it!


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.

[Tel]

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.

[w2zero]

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. 

[whisperdancer]

Those welded plates where the rear shock attaches to the strut look really nice.

[shovelon]

Those welded plates where the rear shock attaches to the strut look really nice.

Here is a closeup.

[fyrstormer]

"...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.

[shovelon]

"...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.

[DugB]

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 :-)

[fyrstormer]

"...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...

[shovelon]

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