Re: Yo Snarl!

While relieving myself I see snarl scrawled this on the wall:
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 02:45:50 GMT, "D-Rog" wrote:
>> Starting with a block I located the holes and features that allow
>> the tree to mount to the fork:
>> http://www.d-rog.net/temp/treeiso.jpg
>
> Methinks a '47 offset top triple tree would've been a better/closer
> fit than a '36-'46 inline.

I tried (but not real hard) to find the difference. No matter, no mind...

More progress here:
http://www.d-rog.net/temp/treeiso2.jpg
http://www.d-rog.net/temp/treeiso2bottom.jpg

I'm still playing with the shape a bit. The head of the pinch bolt at the
rear won't be completely hidden with this design. The stock tree has a
rectangular shape there instead of a triangular shape as I've done on this
version. I also want to put a radius across the whole edge instead of just
the top and bottom corners but I haven't figured that out how to do that
yet.

> Yer a pretty fart smeller!

Hehehe! Snarl said I'm pretty!! <G>

> Another thing to consider, while yer in there, is that th' new style
> (yours) springers go through neck bearing about every 10k miles, no
> ***. Th' old style doesn't even need to be serviced 'til 50k. I'm
> guessin' it's a geometry deal, but th' other difference is th'
> bearings n' races between 'em. Th' old ones used ball bearings, not
> sealed Timpkins. Mayhaps yer gurus can scratch their collective asses
> over that one too.

I've been thinking about a solution for that. Anyone else have any input on
this???

Prolly just going to make it as easy as possible to service though.

>> Enjoy all and have a drink on my tab tonight (although I've got none
>> here myself - hmmmm, what's wrong with that picture?)
>
> As long as I've got one, nuthin'.

You've got more behind the bar (and so do I!)...

> Do me a favor while yer sittin' at th' drawin' board. Enter in all
> th' dims on my old stock triple tree (no need to include th' bars). I
> might need ya to do somethin' with that info one O' these days.

It is pretty hard to get the exact dims on it because it is cast and kind of
irregular. I can do the holes and locate them relative to one another no
problem but the other features are hard to get exact. What do you have in
mind? That may give me a better idea of what I can get for you.
--
Later,
D-Rog GLANS | SENS | MAMBM | SLOB 15
'98 FLHRCI - "Stella" http://www.d-rog.net/
"Whatever you are, be a good one" - Abraham Lincoln


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