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Barrie wrote: Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:34 am edit: nevermind!

Cool bike!

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230Rocket wrote: Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:20 pm Where is "Tas"?

Tasmania, Australian state which is the large island off the bottom of the map... and a rider's paradise...

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JonathonCranny wrote: Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:35 am
77Gowing wrote: Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:19 am That looks fine.

Where is "Tas"?
Cool stuff pardner!

Tasmania is in Australia mate tumb2
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Jonathon,

So I think robin1731 means the corners that I've marked in the attached photo. It they are radiused, there's less chance of them developing cracks over a period of time with the vibrations from road use.

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230Rocket wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 1:43 pm Jonathon,

So I think robin1731 means the corners that I've marked in the attached photo. It they are radiused, there's less chance of them developing cracks over a period of time with the vibrations from road use.

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It might be worth the trouble to inquire of legalities. I fixed mine, went to court with the revision photos and they waived the fine.
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Do those rear shocks work normally when they are angled forward like that ?

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230Rocket wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 1:43 pm Jonathon,

So I think robin1731 means the corners that I've marked in the attached photo. It they are radiused, there's less chance of them developing cracks over a period of time with the vibrations from road use.

cheers
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Thanks mate that makes perfect sense, I'll have to try and add something for stability as I would need to remake to hole the thing to get radiused on those strips.
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Rat wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:57 pm Do those rear shocks work normally when they are angled forward like that ?

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Ideally they would be angled at the same angle as the swing arm. Anything else is a compromise. Anywhere on the arc of the swingarm
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Getting there, just need some paint on it..

Those Kellermann Atto indicators are incredible.
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robin1731 wrote: Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:13 am Looks good. I do have one thing to point out. The area that you cut out. Where the bend is. It would be better to make the inside corners with a radius. Less potential for cracking that way. When doing work like that I drill a hole, maybe 1/4", at each corner and then cut to that.

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Thanks for the advise mate you were spot on so I've welded some edges on those sections. It worked out really well as they made a channel to hide the indicator and licence plate light cables tumb2

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You do nice work JohnathonC
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Nicely done! action1 action1 action1
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Jonesz wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:26 am You do nice work JohnathonC


Thanks mate, I have a go tumb2
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