Seat Mounted
I have been fighting both fish AND this seat mounting the last few days now, I didn't notice
before hand but the the rear spring mounting bolts on the seat pan are exactly 4mm out
of alignment, doesn't sound alot right? but that 4mm creates a
BiG problem at the other
end of the 4inch shock mounting bracket :-S Interestingly the seat has a quality control
sticker on it, has been signed by the person that made it AND the individual
in charge of "
QC"
(who obviously needs his ****ing eyez checked)
(middle drilled/tapped hole is for the mounting of a rear reflector/light)
I have used a 10mm thick piece of alumnium to make a bracket that will both '
fix' the
factory bumble on the seat, and allow a narrower footprint for shock mounting. Originally i
had planned to drill directly into the seat stays and mount the shocks, the offset of the
mounting bolts on the seat put paid to that idea, the mounting points on the seat stays would
of both been different as would the shock angles..besides this, the gap between the seat pan
bolts is 7in the distance between seats stays ~6.5in either way, i needed to make
a bracket...
i decided a combination
gusset/shock mount setup would be
the best solution, I had planned on a gusset here to both reinforce the seat stays and provide
a mounting point for the planned wheelchair tow hitch assembly as per the blue cruiser has on it.
4mm steel plate was used and DAMN! is it hard steel! best mate Snapper hiked 3 pieces
of similar size from his works dumpster before we went fishing few days ago, it blunted
3 drill bits drilling the freakin holes in it, so NO there wont be '
lightening holes'
at this point, but yes i had planned on a couple, No idea what 'grade' steel it is but its hard.
I have 3 solid tacks holding this gusset/mount in place, i shall fully weld this
along with the reinforcement for the stabilizer pivot mounts tomorrow. I then have just a small
mount for the rear brake caliper to add and its frame prep time babee!
Too hot to mess about re-assembling the bike just for a pedal ride up and down the drive way HiGHSiDE
Hyena so you will just have to wait a lil longer for the powered ride
Controller... I have spoken to Mr Lyen on MsN and GWhy will be pleased to hear I
organized a highly modified 12 fet infineon to use until Mr Harris's controller
hits the shelf's, so to speak. Mr Lyen has been given several specific mods to make
that the ThudSteR has recommended i have done, the include the addition of 3077 Fets
(
~75v 180amp) a 31v low voltage set up, 25-40 amp batt 100 amp phase
programming, along with raising the value of R43 from 1k to 47k ish to modify over
current cutout. I have also taken possession of a '
tester unit' from Mr Lyen & he
has also including 6 hall sensors of the same variety the bois are using on their sensored
Turnigy setups... THiS TiME MaYBE?!?@?#@!?# For those wondering why? not another
Castle Creations HV160, primarily i want halls on this bike as Jeremy's controllers
are sensored controllers, i want to get it setup so i can make a simple swap of
controllers when the time comes....price had nothing to do with it.
Back soon folkz...
KiM
