Hitch

[V-SIX DS#121]

Does anyone have the measurements to make a Valk hitch?  Tks

[fudgie]

Check the Texas board. I think someone over there does.

[PAVALKER]

Edit... on second thought  here ya go..... I just uploaded the pics.

[MNBill]

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??

[PAVALKER]

Fits outside the fenders and I think the steel is close to 1/4 inch thick. 

[MNBill]

Thanks, brother in laws work in fabrication, have to see what they can do for me.

[Bob E.]

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.

[Sodbuster]

Did you document what you ended up with for dimensions ??

[Bob E.]

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.