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Texastechx1
| Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 05:47 pm: |
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forgive me lord for i have sinned... i posted progress of my build with sh***y cell phone pics. thanks.
good god do those pics look awful. lol Phelan? i thought you already skipped the whole PITA bracket with stock forks BS and went with XB forks? got any pics of your work? |
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Goldtooth
| Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 05:58 pm: |
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That is very similar to what I had in mind when I thought about using the stock forks. Looks good. Is it 6061? |
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Phelan
| Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 06:02 pm: |
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No, I had a buddy build me a bracket of steel in about an hour. He's a wizard with metal. Same guy that adapted the Edelbrock A/C to my carb.
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Texastechx1
| Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 06:38 pm: |
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doesn't look bad at all! roughly the exact same shape as my 2nd revision. And yes, 6061-T6 billet alum. the first two designs has nicely shaped openings similar to the forks and Phelans bracket and was 3/8" thick... but after a thousand miles of testing the alum showed some serious stress points. the part you see there is my 5TH version and has no fancy holes in it and is 1/2" thick. after extensive testing of heavy braking (140mph-0mph), stoppies, wheelies (this doesn't exactly test the brake caliper bracket but it is fun ) and day to day stop and go traffic (over 1200miles), this last design is showing to hold its own VERY well. almost ZERO stress points have developed. |
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Phelan
| Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 07:27 pm: |
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BTW, good looking Cougar back there. '67? |
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Texastechx1
| Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 08:38 pm: |
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yep 67, always a work in progress. trying to get her road worthy so i can sell her. need to pay for school ![: (](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/sad.gif) |
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Brother_in_buells
| Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 - 02:11 pm: |
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Show us more pictures of the cougar! Thanks, |
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Texastechx1
| Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 - 05:43 pm: |
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this is the only other pic i have of her.
those wheels are off now and the 14" mags are back on. i bought it midway through a restoration and i'm saving up to complete her. ![: D](http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/clipart/biggrin2.gif) |
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