My Ebay Baglux tank cover for the V-Max has arrived, instantly transforming it into the ideal touring machine. I really *could* go to Pahnd Island on it (if it's not raining). I must get an up-to-date copy of "The Guide To UK Petrol Stations". -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Fr Jack Oh ****. Yes, sorry. OK, here's the deal. It's do-able, with provisos. 1. It'd take a while. Things are busy right now. 2. It needs a fairly substantial chunk of aluminium[1] if I make it from 'billet'. They do show up in the scrap yard from time to time, but not regularly. You really don't want to know what it would cost to buy a suitable piece from anywhere else. The commercial item is (IIRC) cast. I can get that done, and it probably wouldn't cost too much. but would mean a delay because I'd have to make a pattern, and my cheap foundry is only cheap because he bungs my stuff onto the end of a production run. Then I'd have to machine it. 3. It would probably not end up as pretty as the commercial item without me spending an inordinate amount of time and effort on finishing it. I wouldn't. 4. If there was an undetected flaw in the casting that cracked and threw you up the road into a queue of nuns and orphans, I would deny ever having met you. [1] Probably two, 'cos I'll almost certainly **** one up[2]. [2] "It's my style, man" -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41 SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner", Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big" Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer
I have some lumps sitting in the garage, don't know what sort of alloy it is, thobut. What sort of size do you need? Our destructive test dept regularly has left-overs.
Molly says... Both my main bikes have one and yesterday I picked up a map holder thingy for the Triumph. Baglux rock.
Goes without saying - It's an interest, not a business, innit? Having seen the price of billet items, I can have a good guess... Roughly a couple of limbs and some vital organs Considering the original item is a pressed plate, either would be better, I reckon. If you're talking polishing and removing burrs, I have files, a dremel-alike and access to polishing machines, so that wouldn't be a problem. Anyway, it's pretty much buried with other stuff, and the present version is ugly as sin, so function wins. ;-) You do that, anyway! ;-) You just collect door-stops, really... No rush, I'll still look for one and let you know if I get it, so you don't waste your time. Cheers, chap!
I'm miffed they don't do one for the Wing. A full set would be handy. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..87918../..23274.../..31893. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR Clues: 00 Pts:0000 Miles:0000
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I bought one for my new baby before I'd even paid for it. -- Adie (replace spam with nickname to reply) UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.net/faq/ <due 17Feb> : ZX9R keeper of the FAQ for my sins MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11
I've got a bike. -- Paul. CBR1100XX SuperBlackbird (Buen mueble de patio) BOTAFOT #4 BOTAFOF #30 MRO #24 OMF #15 UKRMMA #30
