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Detail of the outside of the top
right shock mount. The mount is made up of 18 gauge steel sheet bent into a deep
"U" shape with a 3/8" radius on the bottom side. Rear of of "U"
is also enclosed for strength. Stud was fashioned from a 12mm grade 8.8 bolt that was
passed through both sides of box section mount and welded into place |
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Here you see the inside of the
left upper mount showing once again the boxed rear portion of the mount and the
"plug" weld on the inside of the shock mounting stud. |
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This shows the lower right shock
mount. Fashioned from 1/8" x 1" band steel. I first bent an upside down
"U" shape with a 1/2" dia radius, I attached two 2.5" uprights drilled
to accept the lower shock mounting bolt. The upside down "U" creates a saddle
that fits nicely onto the swingarm tube. I considered more conventional designs using a
section of thick plate welded to the swingarm tube and drilled for the shock bolt but I
feel this would have distorted the tube excessively and probably would have weighed more. |
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Showing the mounted shocks. This
is an updated picture showing the second set of shocks. The first set was extremely stiff,
this set is just very stiff. Still too stiff for this bike but at least these have
replaceable springs and decent dampers. I think they are SW (?) units, anybody out there
know for sure? Know where I can find new springs for these or new damper units? Email me
if you do. |