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[QUOTE=peteg59;480565]They look good in black KevinThumbUp
Added plus for black is they can be "touched up" easier than chrome, after a pavement scraping session through the twisties.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I like them in black on the DK Sporty...on the SBS Chop I think they are going to look really good in chrome.
I don't know if I am going to be scraping them at all. The lean angle is much greater with these than with the stock pegs....also, it is much more than the pegs/heel rest combo I was running on the DK Sporty.
Some of our low profile pegs can't be scraped in the twisties either...but for comfort on long distance riding, I almost always am running the heel rests...which end up scraping. (see pics below)
In the few days I have been riding with these floorboards I have leaned over trying to scrape....have not been able to so far. I think I will run out of tire/or scrape something else before these floorboards will scrape. :)
This is the right side heel rest ground down pretty good after some riding in the Smokeys-
[IMG]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/Hot%20Bike%20Tour%202016/Dragon%20151%20276_zpsksdc2bcs.jpg[/IMG]
You can see the right side heel rest touching down in this pic-
[IMG]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/Hot%20Bike%20Tour%202016/Kevin%20Dragon_zps8znprpyd.jpg[/IMG]
Kevin
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Unfortunately it has been a couple of weeks since we've done any work on this bike.
With a few large shop renovations going on, it may be another couple weeks til we get time to work on the SBS chop.
I want to be riding this so bad I can taste it, but we need to get these other things behind us.
I will update this thread again as soon as we have some time to get back at it.
In the meantime, Dwayne picked up a 1985 Ironhead that he has begun working on. You can see his build report that he just started at this link-
[url]http://www.triketalk.com/forum/threads/43980-DK-Custom-Ironhead-build-Photo-Heavy[/url]
Kevin
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Still no progress on the Chop.
But we are making progress on the project that has kept me from this bike.
I anticipate that by the middle of September we'll be back working on it.
:)
In the meantime, Dwayne is making some progress on his Ironhead Build. You can see it at this link-
[url]https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sportster-models/1186991-dk-custom-ironhead-build-photo-heavy.html[/url]
It's a roller now...at least temporarily. He's got a springer front end coming in soon for it. :)
[img]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/Dwayne%20Ironhead/IMG_1422_zpst5cgoqss.jpg[/img]
Kevin
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Wow! It has been a long time since we were able to work on the bike...like 3 months!
Today Devin and I penciled in some time in our schedule to work on it this coming Friday afternoon!
I did a bit on it today too.
First I had to get all the stuff that had piled up around it moved out of the way...
[img]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/SBS%20Sportster%20Chop%20Project/Handlebars/Back%20At%20It_zpszvs0kn8g.jpg[/img]
...there it is, just like I left it months ago.
[img]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/SBS%20Sportster%20Chop%20Project/Handlebars/Not%20touched%20in%20months_zpsikjkx0vq.jpg[/img]
The only thing I did today was pull the 2" fork extensions off....
[img]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/SBS%20Sportster%20Chop%20Project/Handlebars/Changing%20out_zpswof6nwta.jpg[/img]
...and replace them with 1" extensions.
[img]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/SBS%20Sportster%20Chop%20Project/Handlebars/Changed_zps2hjc1jvc.jpg[/img]
Slide the tubes back into place...
[img]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/SBS%20Sportster%20Chop%20Project/Handlebars/Done%202_zpsjisa8slo.jpg[/img]
...and it is ready for us to get some progress made on it this Friday afternoon.
[img]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/SBS%20Sportster%20Chop%20Project/Handlebars/Done%201_zpsztz2kj0o.jpg[/img]
Kevin
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I luv that crazy shifter
It gives me ideas 4 the 74 Sporty I am working on
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[QUOTE=Jack Klarich;509392]I luv that crazy shifter
It gives me ideas 4 the 74 Sporty I am working on[/QUOTE]
Cool! :)
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Yesterday Devin and I spent a solid 4 hours on the bike...not a lot of pics to show.
This is a suicide (foot) clutch set up that we bought, thinking we would use it.
[img]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/SBS%20Sportster%20Chop%20Project/Jockey%20Shift/Clutch_zpsjecodmrq.jpg[/img]
It's just too fugly. The principle is solid, cable goes from the primary to the bracket pictured above...then between that and the attachment made to the Shifter arm (which will now be the clutch pedal).
We had designed our own from scratch a few months ago...it got way to complicated with cams, etc.
So we are going to take this simple design and clean it up a bit, make it more stealth/streamline.
We'll be making it in the plastic printer first, then once we have it how we want it, we'll laser cut the metal.
Once we decided on all that.....we turned our attention to the electrics, specifically the switches.
Since there are going to be no controls on the handlebars, we've been tossing a lot of ideas around on where to put what.
I want as much to be invisible/not seen as possible on this bike. I really would like for folks to look at it and say that the bike is not done...there is not enough there for it to be ride-able.
I also cannot bring myself to spend the kind of $ that Exile Cycles gets for their stuff...and they have some great super low profile items.
We finally went back to an early idea that we had previously scrapped because it would be a ton of work.
But it is the only thing we can see to do that will get me where I want to go.
[img]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/SBS%20Sportster%20Chop%20Project/Jockey%20Shift/Switches_zpsunztxy3i.jpg[/img]
The turn signal switches, horn and ignition buttons are going to be built into the bottom of the frame, indicated in the photo above.
We are going to cut a rectangle out of the bottom, build a little box, 4" x 7/8", weld that box into the frame. There will be a cap that screws into the box, and that cap will have the switches built into it.
It will not be visible unless eye level gets lower than that part of the frame.
The wires will run down the backbone tube (that the rear of the engine is mounted to) and come out near the bottom, which is where we will be putting a small hidden electrics box.
There will be a fuse, a relay and the run-brake-turn controller in that box.
This is the controller I am planning to get...Unless anyone knows of a better one that they can point me toward.
[img]http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i339/DKCustom/SBS%20Sportster%20Chop%20Project/Jockey%20Shift/ILL-PRO-III-web_zpsdd7x0wvj.jpg[/img]
Details can be seen at this link- [url]https://www.namzcustomcycleproducts.com/product/badlands-illuminator-pro-iii-moduleshard-wire-self-canceling-runbraketurn-module-custom-applications-only/[/url]
I am not going to use the M-Lock or M-Unit. Have already looked at both and don't want to use them.
There will be a kill switch right behind the coil...not visible.
The high/low beam switch will be a toggle on the top of the headlight bucket, and there will be an oil pressure light on one side of the toggle and a neutral light on the other side.
The wires for the headlights and front turn signals will run from the electric box all the way up the backbone and exit right near the front of the tank, then feed into the bucket, and from the bucket go to each of the turn signals.
Sooo, not a lot of pictures from yesterday, but decisions finally made and parts and CAD work already started.
Kevin
P.S. If anyone has used the Illuminator PRO-III, or knows of a better unit, please let me know.
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Got to spend a bit of time on the chop today. :)
Got a bunch of electrical & other stuff ordered-
RBT controller
Neutral & oil indicator light
Low/High beam Toggle switch
LED Running lights that will light up the ground 360* around the bike ...for increased visibility at night
Some cloth wire (this will be the only visible wire, coming out of the backbone to the headlight bucket
Carb rebuild kit
I think there were a few other components that I'm not remembering right now
We also tested out the plastic printed Prototype for the foot clutch.
Here's a photo of the metal clunky parts, along side the plastic, more streamline parts.
[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/SBC_Chop/Clutch/Old%20and%20Plastic%20Proto.jpg[/img]
Here is what the original looks like-
[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/SBC_Chop/Clutch/Clutch.jpg[/img]
And what the more streamlined one looks like-
[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/SBC_Chop/Clutch/Prototype.jpg[/img]
We need to tweak the angles a bit on another plastic printed piece, test it out, then cut it from metal.
Kevin
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Looks good Kevin.
Think of how much time you're saving with the 3D printer, not to mention tooling & material costs, vs the "old way" making all prototype/actual parts out of metal...[IMG]http://www.triketalk.com/forum/images/smilies/clapping%20smilie.gif[/IMG]
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[QUOTE=peteg59;512672]Looks good Kevin.
Think of how much time you're saving with the 3D printer, not to mention tooling & material costs, vs the "old way" making all prototype/actual parts out of metal...[IMG]http://www.triketalk.com/forum/images/smilies/clapping%20smilie.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Thank you!
Yes, the 3D printer is a real time saver, also lets us try out ideas that in the past we might have passed on.
Kevin