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Title: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: stopintime on December 19, 2012, 02:51:44 PM Have you ever seen a shark fin / toe protector for a single swingarm? It's not excactly plenty of places to put it - without drilling.... Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: Jarvicious on December 20, 2012, 07:14:00 AM Toe protector? For who's toes??
Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: Triple J on December 20, 2012, 08:44:59 AM They are designed to keep your toes/foot out of the chain in the event of a crash.
Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: stopintime on December 20, 2012, 10:08:24 AM Yes, to protect my own (or others') body parts :o
Since I have a love/hate relationship to DIY solutions (a healthy portion of them look great + satisfaction / don't have a place to work on my bike) I'd prefer finding a ready made product. That's not likely, so the focus is also on a DIY solution. I have asked Woodcraft and they didn't have or know of any. I 'painted' a steel wire and think it can be secured with hose clamps... (http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/Sharkfin.jpg) Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: Speeddog on December 20, 2012, 10:35:56 AM Probably can make something more sanitary by mounting on the caliper bolts.
Longer bolts, spacers, bracket, and shark fin bolting on from the outside. Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: stopintime on December 20, 2012, 10:42:17 AM Probably can make something more sanitary by mounting on the caliper bolts. Longer bolts, spacers, bracket, and shark fin bolting on from the outside. Winner! Please go ahead - you're able to do it, aren't you? I thought about the chain guard bolt location too, but we're talking about a lot of angles.... Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: Syscrush on December 20, 2012, 11:38:01 AM Yes, to protect my own (or others') body parts :o It is hard for me to imagine that the forces involved in a crash would not bend/break that kind of setup - either the wire itself or the hose clamps.Since I have a love/hate relationship to DIY solutions (a healthy portion of them look great + satisfaction / don't have a place to work on my bike) I'd prefer finding a ready made product. That's not likely, so the focus is also on a DIY solution. I have asked Woodcraft and they didn't have or know of any. I 'painted' a steel wire and think it can be secured with hose clamps... Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: stopintime on December 20, 2012, 11:56:25 AM It is hard for me to imagine that the forces involved in a crash would not bend/break that kind of setup - either the wire itself or the hose clamps. I think most of the fins available and approved would disappear if they were directly involved in a crash, but hopefully this is a somewhat protected/secondary area.... That being said, I also think you're right if what you mean is that the use of steel wire and hose clamps in any case is far from optimal. Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: Raux on December 20, 2012, 12:12:21 PM from the size/material/mounts i've seen, they are designed to deflect a one time hit from something going towards the sprocket.
Contact Simon Hughes at R&G Racing simon @ rg-racing.com See if they would develop non-tap toe protector for the S2R swingarm. Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: stopintime on December 20, 2012, 12:39:39 PM Contact Simon Hughes at R&G Racing simon @ rg-racing.com See if they would develop non-tap toe protector for the S2R swingarm. Done :) If they have common sense they won't spend anything on developing for this one-person-niche market, but maybe they just can't resist a challenge... Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: Speeddog on December 20, 2012, 07:42:20 PM Winner! Please go ahead - you're able to do it, aren't you? I thought about the chain guard bolt location too, but we're talking about a lot of angles.... Yes, I can do it. What sprocket tooth # do you have? Send me a PM with details... perhaps the shark fin can ride along with the heads. [bang] Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? Post by: spolic on December 21, 2012, 12:33:05 PM snark fin, that brought up some old memories.
(http://s4f9b55a471ef4.img.gostorego.com/802754/cdn/media/s4/f9/b5/5a/47/1e/f4/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/img_7409_1200x800.jpg) Title: Re: Shark fin for S*R swingarm? FINISHED Post by: stopintime on May 29, 2013, 08:54:21 AM Made by a generous DMF'er [bow_down]
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