No worries Andy will catch you up end of the week
Well, i made alot of progress Friday but didnt get around to posting pics till now!
I began work on the suspended seat mounting setup, no idea how well
it will actually work, but i think it will look neat LoL..
We started off with making a cardboard template from which
a new mounting plate for the seat was fabbed, using 6mm ali -->
Using angle grinder and cut off disk to cut the 6mm plate
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The plate needed to be 'bent' in order to match the profile of the seat
pan, i cut along the bend line and proceeded to bend to shape, Matt.P
will run a TiG weld along the bend line for me, cheers Matt...
With the mounting plate cut, i moved on to the side plates
that will be bolted/tigged to the mounting plate-->
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We are using 10mm alloy for this HOWEVER initially i cut these plates
from 8mm before realising i had enough 10mm thick ali
to do the job, the original 'seat pivot' was made from 10mm-->
The two plates were bolted together and 'matched' up on the Linisher
The mounting holes were marked, centre punched drilled and tapped
to take 6mm bolts...
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As with the bend in the mounting plate being Tigged by Matt, these side plates
will also receive some TiG treatment for a little 'added' security i.e keeping my ass
off the rear wheel if it broke LoL...
Top tube of the frame was drilled and the seat mounting affair 'mocked up'
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Obviously alot still to do, a 10mm bolt will be used along with sealed bearings on the pivot
the bearings still require fitting, i also will weld a 10mm tube through the pivot hole
to ensure the top tube isnt worn/crushed...Mounting of the FOX shock must also
be done, i do have a lighter weight spring to fit to the shock also.. :wink:
OH, and yes ALOT more shaping of the ali to be done including "lightning holes"
I also cut the slots in the rear dropouts, couldnt resist popping the box/motor on
for a squizz-->
Starting to look more like an e-bike! LoL Weather is heating up so will didvide
time between swimming and fabricating teehehe... Hows the snow in North
america
YPedal MaN teehehehe
Back with more Soon
KiM