wildman326
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Well, I finally picked up the ball where mouth dropped it. Spent all day on this baby and I think it's pretty cool.
I used tubing that was too thin, but I'm gonna chance lossing an eye tomorrow and try it anyway. I've got the right size on order - it's .875 OD X .125 wall thickness.
Cost me about, $24 for the tube, $2 for the plate, and some time. I used my drill-press to punch the holes. I found an endmill that was just the same size as the UMI pivot hole, so that made that part easy. I also found a countersink that was huge to do the clamp holes. I cut the rough shape of the plate on a band saw and then finishied it up with a belt sander. Finally I beadblasted the entire thing to give it uniform texture.
I did have one hic-up, I drilled the clamp holes so close to the pivot hole that I had to sand a little divot in the handlebars, which of course could make them weaker and more apt to break there.
This first one was kind-of an experiment to see if I like this better or not, I'll designing the next one with more clearance, however . . . What if you put two clamps on each side and moved it up by the pivot point?
This one is about 2 - 2.5 inches shorter than my blosion one I think. I also made the handle bars 25 inches long, which is 1 inch longer than my UMIs.
This with my pole puts me somewhere around -7 inches on the whole enchilada. Hands clearance of the hood id fine and could probably go at least another inch closer.
I used tubing that was too thin, but I'm gonna chance lossing an eye tomorrow and try it anyway. I've got the right size on order - it's .875 OD X .125 wall thickness.
Cost me about, $24 for the tube, $2 for the plate, and some time. I used my drill-press to punch the holes. I found an endmill that was just the same size as the UMI pivot hole, so that made that part easy. I also found a countersink that was huge to do the clamp holes. I cut the rough shape of the plate on a band saw and then finishied it up with a belt sander. Finally I beadblasted the entire thing to give it uniform texture.
I did have one hic-up, I drilled the clamp holes so close to the pivot hole that I had to sand a little divot in the handlebars, which of course could make them weaker and more apt to break there.
This first one was kind-of an experiment to see if I like this better or not, I'll designing the next one with more clearance, however . . . What if you put two clamps on each side and moved it up by the pivot point?
This one is about 2 - 2.5 inches shorter than my blosion one I think. I also made the handle bars 25 inches long, which is 1 inch longer than my UMIs.
This with my pole puts me somewhere around -7 inches on the whole enchilada. Hands clearance of the hood id fine and could probably go at least another inch closer.
