| Author | Message | ||
     Barkandbite |
Anyone know the thread pitch of this little beauty (SAE or metric?) I think this is the same place Lightning owners screw in their stock mirrors, right? You simply pop the little plastic insert out and thar she blows! Anyone have this? I'm going to make/buy a GPS mount and I need to know what size this is. Thanks, CHris  | ||
| M1combat |
If that's on an R will it not interfere with your fairing? | ||
| Barkandbite |
Nope. The SAEng mounts have articulating arms and I plan to have it come out from the nub there, 90 degree off to the right and then mount in front/top of the speedo/tach cluster; offset a little to the left of the centerpoint of the triple clamp. It won't hit or obstruct even at full lock (same height/imposition as the master cylinder, basically.) I mocked it up. Just need the thread pitch and I can't find it in my 9R's service manual, so I wonder if it's in the 9S? Chris | ||
| M1combat |
Gotcha. I'm looking forward to seeing it mounted  . | ||
| Barkandbite |
Me too. I'm turning my XB9 into more and more of a sport touring mobile every day  I'm drooling over the 2005 BMW K1200S - 160 HP! They come with GPS' I've got a spare Garmin GPS V laying around and I just KNOW my speedo is off, so this will help keep track of speed and route, esp. speed when on those "higher than suggested" jaunts down lonely highways infested with bored CHP officers...  | ||
| Barkandbite |
Anyone with an XB9S care to look in their manual for me. I have an R else I'd do it myself... Please? Anyone? Bueller? | ||
| Darthane |
Bark, I don't think any measurements of that kind are in any of the manuals. You'll prolly just have to emasure and/or do some trial and error. Come on - how much do a couple of bolts cost? | ||
| Barkandbite |
Me == lazy •••••••. I want to order the stuff from SAEng on Monday and was hoping someone would have the info. handy. Now you've gone and made me feel bad. I'll have to get off the couch and do some work. Crap. First you hike up a friggin' mountain (in Japan, no less) and write all about it -- I was gasping for air just reading that. Now you go and challenge me to go and measure a thread pitch. Damn you, Darthane...Damn you! So, anyone got the thread pitch info handy?  | ||
| Darthane |
 ...ahh, but see, I have a XB9R as well...so if you go and do the measuring or trial and error - *I* don't have to! | ||
| Steveford |
The mirror mount is 10x1.25. | ||
| Darthane |
Aww, man! You were all supposed to wait and make him do it! | ||
| Lovematt |
Actually at one point I tried to get that cap deal off of the mirror mount...but couldn't do it. I could have cut/yanked it out but I figured out another way to do what I was doing at the time and didn't want to jack it up. Does that thing actually come out without cutting it? | ||
| Barkandbite |
Steve: HA! Thank you sir. I am now free to roam about my living room once again. I appreciate it as I can't find my thread pitch guages and I don't have a good assortment of spare bolts -- besides some of these bolts are metric and some are SAE... Bryan: I'll think of something ascerbic to say to you later, but for now I will return to lazy b8stard status! Matt: One may certainly pry it out, but it actually does "unscrew" -- it's one of those ribbed plastic insert jobbies you see used to hold panels on and whatnot. If you pry it up just a tad and then spin it to the left, it *will* unscrew. At least mine did. Thanks all (esp. Steve) Chris | ||
| Steveford |
You're welcome. Not to worry, Badwebbers, as there's more torture in store: 1.5 is standard for 10mm and 1.25 might have to be special ordered in a lot of 100 pieces. Perhaps stick in a 10x1.5 Helicoil? | ||
| Barkandbite |
That's just great as I'm not inserting a bolt, I am choosing from a pre-set selection of available mounting hardware that is has a threaded section encased in an injection-molded housing. It may very well be helicoil time! Chris |
