wrenching4fun
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Spent the day proving that a long enough lever or big enough hammer will bend any piece of metal into just about any shape. As the pictures show, I'm fabricating an indexed drop down kickstand to balance the weight of the rear-mounted engine. The two legs are kickstands from fold up bikes someone gave me eons ago and the base is a steel rod bent in the shape of a triangle. 3/8" bolts hold the legs in place via pivot points behind the axle on the dropout plates. Detent balls under pressure from fairly strong springs will index between the up and down positions. The third picture shows notches for the detent ball. Will be just short of a miracle if this Rube Goldberg setup works.