project for the week...

[ilawson]

Long story short, picked up a 78 750 with a big touring fairing, s&w air shocks and some other stuff like floorboards....that all got thrown out the window...haha


As a result of throwing the floorboards out the window, I had nothing for my feet to rest on. here's what I'm makin to solve that while I wait for parts from dynatek to make sure this baby runs...






more to come...

[tkent02]

Looks good so far, keep the pics coming.

[ilawson]

shifter and linkage are now operable...shift lever is cobby, forgive the hammer marks and marks from the vise jaw...the only bending tools I have are a torch, a vise and a hammer...haha



to give you the big picture...it's rough



p.s. the big nut in the first picture by the bottom mount is just there for a spacer, I need to pick up some fasteners of the correct length...

[reddirtrider]

Nice work, but if you're anywhere near my weight - don't stand on them.

Really though, I fabed some rearsets from aluminum plate and they had more material than yours and I swear I could feel them flex when I stood up.

[Steve]

How far did you throw the shocks out the window?

If they are still in reach, I might be interested.

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[Ogri]

Nice work, but if you're anywhere near my weight - don't stand on them.

Really though, I fabed some rearsets from aluminum plate and they had more material than yours and I swear I could feel them flex when I stood up.

I have to agree with Red, my rearsets are made with 1/4" plate and still flex under my weight.

It's a great design, it just needs heavier material.

[ilawson]

Steve, they're within reach...I could climb out there and find em in the bushes for ya...but really, they're in the shop, I was gonna e-bay em. They're goofy things with air fittings, the PO had wired up some lil air compressor with a switch on the bars and a pressure gauge...I can send you some pictures...PM me your e-mail...

As far as strength goes, I had to put all my weight on one peg and lighly bounce to get any noticeable flex at all, albeit I weigh 165. I've seen plenty of dirt track bikes with 1/4" aluminum plate for footpeg brackets.

[reddirtrider]

Steve, they're within reach...I could climb out there and find em in the bushes for ya...but really, they're in the shop, I was gonna e-bay em. They're goofy things with air fittings, the PO had wired up some lil air compressor with a switch on the bars and a pressure gauge...I can send you some pictures...PM me your e-mail...

As far as strength goes, I had to put all my weight on one peg and lighly bounce to get any noticeable flex at all, albeit I weigh 165. I've seen plenty of dirt track bikes with 1/4" aluminum plate for footpeg brackets.

165 - good for you and no wonder. As I said earlier, they do look good.

All my dirt bikes have the pegs very rigidly mounted to the frames - even the newer ones with aluminum frames. Get out on a trail 20 miles from base and loose a peg on a rock and it ain't going to be any fun getting back - lots of butt ridding. Those guys must be track riders.

[ilawson]

Yeah, by dirt track I meant tt/short track/mile kinda dirt track. I'm not gonna be riding this thing on any goat trails or hitting doubles so I think I should be fine. And about the 165, im only 21....life is good haha

[reddirtrider]

Yeah, by dirt track I meant tt/short track/mile kinda dirt track. I'm not gonna be riding this thing on any goat trails or hitting doubles so I think I should be fine. And about the 165, im only 21....life is good haha

I knocked 12 of the 36 spokes out on the front hub once. Luckily I was only 2 miles in.

Keep the pics comin!

[GSXXZRX]

ilawson
Is that shift linkage a hiem joint? And if it is, could you tell me where
you purchased it from. The reason I ask is I'd like to replace the flimsy
stock one on my ZRX.

Thanks
Jim

[crash-harris]

You can get them from www.summitracing.com pretty cheaply.

[ilawson]

I bet summit's heims are sweet, these ones were like 2 bux at OSH, but they're standard thread. I like to keep metric bikes metric, but I don't even know if this thing runs yet so I'm just workin with what I've got layin around. You can usually find a race shop of some sort for real nice ones with kevlar lining and other stuff, sometimes they last longer, other times not...

[crash-harris]

You should see some of the heims that most of the Bronco guys use to make their tracbars for their solid axle swap. They're almost bigger than your hand!

[IOWA450T]

Long story short, picked up a 78 750 with a big touring fairing, s&w air shocks and some other stuff like floorboards....that all got thrown out the window...haha

What are the floorboards like? GK type or ??? I keep thinking I'd like to try something a little bulkier than stock on my 850.