sweatmachine
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That frame still makes me nervous. Dislike!
That frame still makes me nervous. Dislike!
After taking the lower rails off and after jumping up and down on the back bone with no visible flex I have to agree I didn't like the look either. So I added a 6 oz piece of 1 inch pipe. Now I am done....
LMT
After taking the lower rails off and after jumping up and down on the back bone with no visible flex I have to agree I didn't like the look either. So I added a 6 oz piece of 1 inch pipe. Now I am done....
LMT
Double check the frame and steering head measurements. I noticed you didn't use a frame jig, so alignment is crucial. The rotational axis of the steering head can't be off more than .05" or your really going to have an alignment issue. It will also cause the bike to weave and wobble at higher speeds.
Most frames are purposefully stressed and the removal of the lower rear box section on the back bone can cause a slight rotation tweak to the right or left. It's the most important part of the frame. Eyeballing isn't good enough. Make sure you affirm it's straight in relationship to the swingarm spindle.
I wouldn't say anything if I didn't think it warranted closer scrutiny. Once it's togather, it's a lot harder to deal with.
Cheers
Jeff:motorbike2:
How much weight are we talking about here? Maybe 15 lbs at the bottom of the bike? It's really noticeable?!? Really?
Yes it is noticeable.....you would feel it right away.
I weighed the side covers, the lower rails/bolts/nuts, the bits I cut off the battery box to make it smaller, the wire cut from the shortened harness, the breast plate/bolts/nuts and added the weight saved by the small battery and it was 21 + pounds. I noticed it first when I was rolling the bike in and out of the garage.
LMT
Better you than me man, just hope we don't hear,
when it all let's go on ya @ 100 mph !!
reckon it could be like the shuttle disaster ? :eeek:
I guess now you'll have to get some pitbull stands. You can't use the bike jack anymore since there's no frame there.
Just get a hydraulic lift table from Harbor Freight. That solves the problem.
Cheers
Jeff:motorbike2:
All the street tracker and dirt trackers don't have lower rails.
Do some research.......
LMT
Ah yeah perhaps, but they are specially designed frames, not a chopped about
triumph bonne frame, eh ? :d
it is your bike after all, like I said,
ride on, "til it all let's go on ya @ 100 mph !!
reckon it could be like the shuttle disaster ? " :lol3::lol3::lol3: