Shark fin for S*R swingarm?

[stopintime]

 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....

[Jarvicious]

Toe protector?  For who's toes??

[Triple J]

They are designed to keep your toes/foot out of the chain in the event of a crash.

[stopintime]

Yes, to protect my own (or others') body parts 

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...

[Speeddog]

Probably can make something more sanitary by mounting on the caliper bolts.

Longer bolts, spacers, bracket, and shark fin bolting on from the outside.

[stopintime]

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....

[Syscrush]

Yes, to protect my own (or others') body parts 

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...

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.

[stopintime]

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.

[Raux]

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.

[stopintime]

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...

[Speeddog]

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. 

[spolic]

snark fin, that brought up some old memories.

[stopintime]

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