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rhubarbray
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« on: August 12, 2017, 05:57:02 AM » |
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Hey guys, I know we`re supposed to be using PhotoBucket or other sites of the like but I don`t have an account to any of those nor do I want to set one up. Is there anyone I can send a few photos of tools and projects I`ve made and post them for me? I`ve made a lapping tool for the carb float seats, a shifter support, and a bike lift that picks up on the swingarm pivot.
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2017, 07:17:23 AM » |
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My email is correct on my profile if you want to send them to me...
-Mike
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John Schmidt
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a/k/a Stuffy. '99 I/S Valk Roadsmith Trike
De Pere, WI (Green Bay)
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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2017, 07:45:41 AM » |
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C'mon Ray, using something like Postimage.org just isn't that difficult....and it's free to set up an account. Once you've uploaded your pics to that site, just three clicks and it's posted on here. My advice is to never load directly from any device but your computer, that way when something like Photobucket pulled on us you don't have to scramble to recover your pics from them.
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The emperor has no clothes
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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2017, 09:03:35 AM » |
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Actually, you don't even have to setup an account with them. I didn't. Just go on and post the pic.
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signart
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« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2017, 07:45:55 AM » |
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Just get your pics on here, we'd like to see 'em.
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hubcapsc
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« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2017, 01:40:34 PM » |
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Ray sent me the pictures and this message: Hi Mike,
thanks for posting the Valkyrie pics for me. The first two are the shifter
support I thought up. It clamps on the support tube for the engine crash
guard and while I thought it might spin so far it hasn`t moved. Much more
positive shifting! And VERY little clearance between the engine guard and
header so the length of the bushing is not quite as long as I`d like but, oh
well, it works. And forgot to add, I had to replace my mufflers when I got
the bike and had the usual seized header nuts. So I fabbed up a set of
bronze header nuts while on break and lunch time at work.
The last pic is the lapping tool I made up for the float seats. The larger
stepped piece fits snugly in the bore where the needle sits while a tiny
amount of very fine lapping compound is on the tip of the small cone. When
the larger piece is held place you can spin the shaft back and forth while
lightly pressing down on the tip. I usually use 600 -800 grit compound.
Because it`s plastic it doesn`t wear away as fast as a metal tip and if
it does eventually wear, I just turn it back down again.
I`ll send you a pic of the bike lift when I get out to the garage.
thanks,
Ray   -Mike |
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Mtn Valk
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« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2017, 05:33:49 AM » |
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At the angle the support mod is set, I can't see how you get enough leverage to get a positive shift. Do you have a pic with the shifter mounted?
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Harryc
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« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2017, 01:42:02 PM » |
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This is pretty cool. So I am guessing here...the shifter shaft spins freely in the support bracket? You thinking about selling these? I'd buy one if priced fairly. If you're looking for testers, I am in.  |
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« Last Edit: August 23, 2017, 01:58:18 PM by Harryc »
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Houdini
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VRCC #28458 - VRCCDS#144
Allen, TX
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« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2017, 01:50:19 PM » |
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This is pretty cool. So I am guessing here...the shifter shaft spins freely in the support bracket? You thinking about selling these? I'd buy one if priced fairly. I'd buy two |
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Harryc
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« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2017, 02:04:44 PM » |
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I'd buy two
Right? The design is elegant, simple and awesome...it made me smile. |
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Houdini
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« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2017, 06:15:55 PM » |
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They are proud of that brace, $125 seems a little steep. |
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Valkorado
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Gunnison, Colorado (7,703') Here there be twisties.
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« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2017, 06:49:55 PM » |
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 +1 on beta testing, and maybe buying if the price is right. |
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rhubarbray
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« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2017, 06:11:30 AM » |
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The flat aluminum piece has a stainless pin pressed into it while the stepped arm has a bronze bush in it that the pin rotates in. The big unknown is where the stepped arm clamps onto the support tube for the engine guard. The support tube is not a precision fit over the attaching bolt so there`s a little play to move it all around. The stepped piece is a fairly close fit on the support tube so I have no way of controlling variances in tube diameter depending on who makes the guard.
I have no desire to make more of these as they are way too time consuming to make on manual milling machines and lathes to justify a high price. What I have no problem with is making a blueprint so anyone here can go to their local friend/buddy/machinist and have one made to suit their bike. I will probably be making one more for a friend with an I/S but I`ll have to measure to his bike to see if the measurements are the same or different. The one (slightly) more difficult measurement was because of the play in the shifter mechanism I had to push the shaft toward the support tube to take out the play, take a measurement between the shifter shaft and the support tube, then pull the shaft away from the support tube, take another measurement, and split the difference for the null position.
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