xb9r > streetfighter build

[truckinduc]

 

[thrstrmech]

[up] what's next, headlight brackets or tail section? have anything else to do on the swing arm?

 

[truckinduc]

I'm not sure what I'll do next. I've got a big list

Headlight mount
Battery and electronics mounting
Subframe
Seat mounting
Rearsets
Exhaust and mufflers

 

[truckinduc]

 

[thrstrmech]

do you have enough threads left after cutting those off? and why were they? clearance issue? plenty here...

 

[truckinduc]

Yes I will still have enough threads. I can bottom tap them for the helicoils and still get a .750" insert in them. Yes they were in the way. My caliper won't mount in the standard hidden caliper position. It will be higher to center it in the window, purely for looks.

 

[thrstrmech]

let's say leaving the mounts as they were...a bracket could have been made either longer or shorter to achieve the proper position or is the caliper too wide with the mounts staying as they were?

 

[truckinduc]

Leaving the mounts where they were the forward most stud would interfere with the caliper body. I'll take a guess and say the caliper is around an inch higher than it would be with the standard hidden caliper mount.

 

[thrstrmech]

ok, now I can visualize that

 

[truckinduc]

Had to face the opposite side of the caliper mounts since I'll be using them backwards.

 

[truckinduc]

Faced the caliper mount bosses and bottom tapped them. Then added the helicoils.

 

[thrstrmech]

[up] you already have a bracket design? with all you've done thus far, this bike is going to be awesome

 

[truckinduc]

I have the design already yes. Actual measurments no. I'll be making a jig of sorts. You will see soon enough.

 

[thrstrmech]

[cool]

 

[truckinduc]

Made an axle tool because I was tired of the ghetto ass method I had been using.

 

[Sirius815]

Manufacture those!!

 

[thrstrmech]

man that's really nice[up]

 

[truckinduc]

So this is a quick recap of how I designed my caliper mount. Mind you this is not the real mount. I made this for the sole purpose of measuring the hole locations. There was no other way to do it.

First I made these individual pieces, one bolts to the caliper, one bolts to the swingarm.

This is a trick I like to use. I apply air pressure to the caliper once I get it in the position I want it. I use welding filler rod to space it from the outer edge of the rotor. The air pressure locks it In position.

Then it's as simple as welding the two pieces together.

Which left me with this

Now it's as simple as measuring the hole to hole locations to design the actual mount.

Now I just have to make the real one. About 3 hours of work for a few simple measurements.

 

[thrstrmech]

cool trick, the bracket design looks great

 

[thrstrmech]

hey, have you thought of installing a oil sight glass into the swing arm? started a thread about it, your thoughts?