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V-SIX DS#121
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« on: October 27, 2009, 12:37:20 PM »
Does anyone have the measurements to make a Valk hitch?  Tks
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« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2009, 02:55:55 PM »
Check the Texas board. I think someone over there does.
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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2009, 04:16:26 PM »

Edit... on second thought  here ya go..... I just uploaded the pics.
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« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2009, 07:04:03 PM »
How thick of steel did you use??? Does this one follow the fenders on the outside or hide behind the saddle bags or is it inside the fenders??
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« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2009, 07:43:16 PM »
Fits outside the fenders and I think the steel is close to 1/4 inch thick. 
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« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2009, 03:24:35 AM »
Thanks, brother in laws work in fabrication, have to see what they can do for me.
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« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2009, 04:36:44 AM »
I started with that plan...but you can clearly see that there are some dimensions missing.  So I bought some 1/4" foam poster board from a craft store and made some templates right on the bike...making adjustments until I got it right.  Also, I changed the area around the holes...being a structural engineer, I didn't like that the holes were so close to the top edge of the plate.  So I made it so that the plate was 3" wide (1/4" thick) all along and put the holes in the middle.  I took the templates to a local fab shop and had them cut out and bent...total cost was about $120.  Here's a pic of the hitch bracket before I got it cleaned up and painted.
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« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2009, 04:23:04 PM »
Did you document what you ended up with for dimensions ??
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2009, 07:43:43 AM »
Quote from: Sodbuster on November 05, 2009, 04:23:04 PM
Did you document what you ended up with for dimensions ??



No...I just gave the template to the fab shop and they cut them out.
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