Sidecar Project .....

[John]

Was looking too meaty so I have reduced the width by 10cm ...... oh and I Nickel plated the suspension strut
Got a better curve on the front bar

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[John]

Doesn't look like much when you see it like this lol

Last 2 days have been spent modifying
Suspension strut, original used a 5mm wall tube because the sliding thingy was a clamp.
Making a newer lighter version that just uses the locating bolts, tube size is now down to 2.5mm wall which is half the weight.
and ...... holes were 25mm apart, now closed up to 20mm's

Swing arm is now welded and brake anchor now in place.

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[John]

Redesigned the suspension strut ......

More adjustment, no longer clamps and looks a little less like it was welded together by a bloke in a shed

voila

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[John]

....... and .............. more shed time ....

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[John]

Had no idea how this was going to turn out when I started on it this morning

Fabricated the rear mount. Fully adjustable

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[John]

Front Mount ................

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[John]

Spent almost as long thinking about how I was going to do this as I did making the bits.

This is for mounting the top rear strut ... I'm not a fan of the single point frame clamps, even though they do work quite well , instead I've gone for a double clamp idea ....... will be easier to explain once its mounted lol

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[John]

Top support fork .... one of four ...... or, today's machine shop porn

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[John]

The things you can do in the shed

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[John]

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