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Re: custom swingarm caps?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:27 pm
by jjwithers
Hey Beemersandducs, i sent you an e-mail.
Hey Vanzen,
Was Dick a part of this forum? how do you know of this person?
I was thinking of making the caps with the CAD data and giving it to somebody with a CNC machine. There are companies that will make whatever you give them...
And yes, i wish i had a lathe... the 4-5 times a year i'd use it, it sure would be handy.
I was wondering if the nut/cap on a /2 serves the same purpose, and is the same size as a /5 and later swingarm nut.
They obviously changed it for a reason and i'm sure it is an improvement. but... i was just wondering....
-Josh
Re: custom swingarm caps?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:02 pm
by vanzen
Jon-Lars (R90S) will be the one to answer with the low-down on Dick Casey.
CNC ? CAD ? WTF ?
Hey – C'mon, man ! I'm old-school ! (laughing)
I can work up a set of drawings or operate a lathe –
but using my head, hands, and whatever tools that are
necessary !
If I wanted the S-A decoration,
I'd be thinking about turning a 1947 Lady Liberty 50 cent-piece to fit:

Given the skyrocketing price of silver,
I could pry them out in a pinch to buy me out of a jam ...
... someone here will have experience with /2 caps.
Re: custom swingarm caps?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:06 pm
by Deleted User 62
jjwithers wrote:
I was wondering if the nut/cap on a /2 serves the same purpose, and is the same size as a /5 and later swingarm nut.
They obviously changed it for a reason and i'm sure it is an improvement. but... i was just wondering....
Two different animals; /5 cap clips to the inside of the hole it's in. /2 cap screws over the end of the pivot pin, so the threads are on the inside. Not sure if the early and late pivot pins could be interchanged, but the hexagonal base of the /2 cap does not completely cover the /5 mounting hole...
Re: custom swingarm caps?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:35 pm
by ME 109
jjwithers wrote:Was Dick a part of this forum?
There has always been a Dick here (myself included)as long as I can remember.
Re: custom swingarm caps?
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 12:24 am
by Deleted User 287
vanzen@rockerboxer.com wrote:
If I wanted the S-A decoration,
I'd be thinking about turning a 1947 Lady Liberty 50 cent-piece to fit:

Given the skyrocketing price of silver,
I could pry them out in a pinch to buy me out of a jam ...
... someone here will have experience with /2 caps.
I think I would rather have a pair of these, if I were to go for bling, that is:

Re: custom swingarm caps?
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:50 am
by SteveD
justoneoftheguys wrote:[

They'd look good on top of the carbs! I wonder how long they'd last there though!
Re: custom swingarm caps?
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 2:26 pm
by vanzen
justoneoftheguys wrote:

Certainly a better design motif, an excellent choice, in fact ...
but then I was only thinking in terms of emergency funds, the value of silver,
and Corporatism's patent destruction / disregard of "Liberty".
Re: custom swingarm caps?
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 4:12 pm
by Duane Ausherman
Silver isn't going up, it is the US dollar sinking in value..........mostly. Silver is in a bit of a shortage as a commodity. I think it is mostly becoming a poor man's gold for people who actually wish to sort-of preserve value. I don't really know.
Re: custom swingarm caps?
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:53 am
by KenHawk
Well,
If the offers still open, I'm interested in a set of SA caps.
Re: custom swingarm caps?
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:16 am
by SteveD
KenHawk wrote:Well,
If the offers still open, I'm interested in a set of SA caps.
add me please.