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Never turn your back on a welder

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Unless I'm missing something not the end of the world to sort out with a Dremel or similar tool. May be the threaded bar could have done with being a little longer, that would have most likely avoided the over-spill of the welds.

At least you've got them done :thumbup:

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No,what I'm getting at in a lighthearted way is that where a couples of tacks
would of sufficed,we seemed to of gathered more weight.....
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TaxiDriver wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 2:26 pm No,what I'm getting at in a lighthearted way is that where a couples of tacks
would of sufficed,we seemed to of gathered more weight.....
Well lucky for you your welder knowns better :mrgreen:
Those mounts take a lot of force at times...a "couples of tacks" is not the better solution.
So be happy for the "mistake" :thumbup:
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I aint' planning to sit on it........... :lol:
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TaxiDriver wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 2:45 pm I aint' planning to sit on it........... :lol:
Good, though not what i had in mind..
In a perfect wold the bike goes up cleanly and evenly ...... but that ain't reality for every time.
That time the bike gets levered up on just a single spool at some point, and the odd angle that will happen at....the spool that is not just tacked on will stay welded in place...

Looks good, nice welds, clean up the interference and I think you got a right nice MOD there :clap:
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Wish I could do that.
Very nice job.

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Out of interest, what is the diameter of the bar that you had welded on? I'm going to do the same and it would help. Bobbins seem to be M8 bolts so I was thinking of 20mm bar.
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freeridenick wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 4:27 pm Out of interest, what is the diameter of the bar that you had welded on? I'm going to do the same and it would help. Bobbins seem to be M8 bolts so I was thinking of 20mm bar.
To suit these bobbins I had to use a 25mm bar and had a flat milled on to help the welder!!
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TaxiDriver wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:02 pm
freeridenick wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 4:27 pm Out of interest, what is the diameter of the bar that you had welded on? I'm going to do the same and it would help. Bobbins seem to be M8 bolts so I was thinking of 20mm bar.
To suit these bobbins I had to use a 25mm bar and had a flat milled on to help the welder!!
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looks like a real good bit of welding
get your file out :P
told you not to but oh no you knew better
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looks like a real good bit of welding
get your file out :P
told you not to but oh no you knew better
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E.Marquez wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 3:09 pm
TaxiDriver wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 2:45 pm I aint' planning to sit on it........... :lol:
Good, though not what i had in mind..
In a perfect wold the bike goes up cleanly and evenly ...... but that ain't reality for every time.
That time the bike gets levered up on just a single spool at some point, and the odd angle that will happen at....the spool that is not just tacked on will stay welded in place...

Looks good, nice welds, clean up the interference and I think you got a right nice MOD there :clap:
I concur, that is why I didn't see anything wrong with the welds. As others have already mentioned, a nice bit of welding :thumbup:
I like the the idea of the flat put on the 25mm bar to aid welding.
TaxiDriver wrote: Sun Mar 18, 2018 2:26 pm No,what I'm getting at in a lighthearted way is that where a couples of tacks
would of sufficed,we seemed to of gathered more weight.....
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JEEZO..................
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