Made passenger footrests
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Former owner did creatively rationalize away some stuff on my bike, such as the passenger footrests.
I did not find any DTR on eBay, but new ones for the LC. So I got those, and realized that the difference is that the brackets had screw hole c/c 80 mm while the R has 100 mm.
Or "should have" I suppose. Mine turned out to be 104 mm starboard, 96 mm port side...
So I did some FEA optimization with the structural integrity constraint "withstand daughter climbing on with her full weight on the tip of one peg" and had them laser cut and welded. Then I painted them and moved over the pegs from th LC set.
Fit snug, and look fine, I think.
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Former owner did creatively rationalize away some stuff on my bike, such as the passenger footrests.
I did not find any DTR on eBay, but new ones for the LC. So I got those, and realized that the difference is that the brackets had screw hole c/c 80 mm while the R has 100 mm.
Or "should have" I suppose. Mine turned out to be 104 mm starboard, 96 mm port side...
So I did some FEA optimization with the structural integrity constraint "withstand daughter climbing on with her full weight on the tip of one peg" and had them laser cut and welded. Then I painted them and moved over the pegs from th LC set.
Fit snug, and look fine, I think.
Ingenious! Iād get her a chain guard though!
ā¦Mine came with no mounting brackets at all, I wanted them to mount supports for saddle bags though. Iād love to do a Dtr tour of the Countries coast towns before I get too old to sleep on the ground!
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Thank you!
I am looking for a chain guard, but it seems I'll make one instead.
I mean, someone on eBay wants like ā¬70 including postage for one. I can manufacture ten out of carbon fiber prepreg for that.
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Thanks!
I'll be ordering a small piece of CFRP prepreg to form a chain guard next. I found a place that sell "test specimens" that just so happen to be exactly the size I need, for about Ā£6.
