Thanks! Never say never, but for the time being I’m going to see this through, I’ve already bought most of the parts. This is mostly just an exercise for me, a little fun. For now, I’m happy with the two I already have.
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The ergonomic experiment
- Thread starter Mailman
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Thanks! Never say never, but for the time being I’m going to see this through, I’ve already bought most of the parts. This is mostly just an exercise for me, a little fun. For now, I’m happy with the two I already have.
One of these days Bob.. Special II, Custom with a standard tank and all your comfy mods too.
ps ; I'll help you find one
ps ; I'll help you find one
Pssst..... hey Bob, have a gander at these.... 
Oh man! Now you’re just rubbing it in!
Back to business!
In-laws are gone, brother in law is back in Cleveland where he belongs. I’ve caught up on my honey do’s.
Today I was back in the shop having fun!
First order of business, and the thing that wound up taking most of my time, cleaning up all the parts to be painted. To begin with I chipped off about a pound of welding splatter, then smoothed up the welds with a soft wheel grinder. I had degreased everything the other day, so today was scrubbing everything in hot soapy water, then wet sanding it all. The swing arm, chain guard and brake stay are now ready to paint.
It was getting too late to spray paint, so moved on to the next item. My new front brake line arrived a couple days ago, a new stainless braid line at 110cm long. It was a little on the long side, but I got it routed to my liking. It still needs to be bled, but at least now I have my master cylinder mounted again. I also need to lengthen my brake switch wire. ( Pay no attention to the spring wire around the hose, I will be removing that.)
Yesterday I finally got around to ordering new bronze bushings and dust/ grease seals for the swing-arm. While I was rummaging around in my parts looking for a spare swing arm shim that I knew I had, I was surprised to find a new swing arm bolt. I forgot I did not use it on my XS2.
Well I’ve got enough stuff to keep me busy until parts arrive. I might take a break and go riding tomorrow if the weather is nice.
Later!
Bob
In-laws are gone, brother in law is back in Cleveland where he belongs. I’ve caught up on my honey do’s.
Today I was back in the shop having fun!
First order of business, and the thing that wound up taking most of my time, cleaning up all the parts to be painted. To begin with I chipped off about a pound of welding splatter, then smoothed up the welds with a soft wheel grinder. I had degreased everything the other day, so today was scrubbing everything in hot soapy water, then wet sanding it all. The swing arm, chain guard and brake stay are now ready to paint.
It was getting too late to spray paint, so moved on to the next item. My new front brake line arrived a couple days ago, a new stainless braid line at 110cm long. It was a little on the long side, but I got it routed to my liking. It still needs to be bled, but at least now I have my master cylinder mounted again. I also need to lengthen my brake switch wire. ( Pay no attention to the spring wire around the hose, I will be removing that.)
Yesterday I finally got around to ordering new bronze bushings and dust/ grease seals for the swing-arm. While I was rummaging around in my parts looking for a spare swing arm shim that I knew I had, I was surprised to find a new swing arm bolt. I forgot I did not use it on my XS2.
Well I’ve got enough stuff to keep me busy until parts arrive. I might take a break and go riding tomorrow if the weather is nice.
Later!
Bob
Sure rub it in to all us stuck up here covered with that white stuff, some white stuff is snow and some is dried salt on the cars!
Around here if we want to do tequila shots and we don't have the salt handy we can use the fender of our car!
It's a lot easier to paint the swing-arm after you install the bushing. I heated it and put the bushing in the freezer for 12 hour +.
Good point! I forgot that on my last swing-arm, I installed the bushings first!
Sorry Ken, ( and all of the rest of you who are having a hard winter ) I’ll try and keep the grinning to a minimum!
Yeah, Bob, your seating side-profile looks comfortable.
Last year I was jacking around with ergos, did some pics.
For your collection:
For your exhaust/footpeg interference, could look into a set of tuck-under TT pipes.
A member on here did something wild by swapping left/right pipes, swinging them underneath...
Last year I was jacking around with ergos, did some pics.
For your collection:
For your exhaust/footpeg interference, could look into a set of tuck-under TT pipes.
A member on here did something wild by swapping left/right pipes, swinging them underneath...
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Please, let's rephrase that. It's not a sickness, it's a "Hobby!"I know, it’s true. I was missing having a project, it’s a sickness really.
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I noticed similar wear on mine, Mailman. Since I installed the bronze bushings, now everytime I grease it, I rotate the pivot arm a quarter turn. Someone had the idea to add a grease fitting in the middle, great idea by the way, Golden Boy did it to his swingarm. I will add one next time it comes off.
a SICK hobby!Haha! Hobby it is!
- Messages
- 683
- Reaction score
- 1,477
- Points
- 143
Your thinking like my wife, Gary. Cut it out! She says things like, "Oh, you going out to work on your stupid bike?" Then I think about the country song, "An ice cold beer never broke my heart!"
I went to a local mattress company today and asked if he had a 2' X 2' piece of memory foam for sale. He immediately went to his scraps and up pulled a piece of 8' X 2' one. I asked what he wanted...nada
, so I have a piece of memory foam approx. 4' X 2' if someone wants it for shipping cost.
I went to a local mattress company today and asked if he had a 2' X 2' piece of memory foam for sale. He immediately went to his scraps and up pulled a piece of 8' X 2' one. I asked what he wanted...nada
Well that’s pretty interesting . Is that foam 1” thick? Since you plan to go ahead with this, here is another link that details a technique that I thought looked pretty good.
http://www.motorcycledave.com/custo...motorcycle-daves-conformax-gel-foam-seat-kit/
You should add a better way to lube your new bushings. They are designed to take in grease from the rear, not the side like the original plastic ones. A new grease fitting added to the bottom center of the swingarm is the usual routine, but at the very least, add a couple holes to the center of the pivot tube. Pump enough grease in through the original grease fittings and it will eventually fill the center of the arm and get to the backs of your new bushings .....
