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....
Toe protector? For who's toes??
They are designed to keep your toes/foot out of the chain in the event of a crash.
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)
Probably can make something more sanitary by mounting on the caliper bolts.
Longer bolts, spacers, bracket, and shark fin bolting on from the outside.
Quote from: 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.
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....
Quote from: 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...
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.
Quote from: Syscrush on December 20, 2012, 11:38:01 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.
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.
Quote from: Raux on December 20, 2012, 12:12:21 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...
Quote from: stopintime on December 20, 2012, 10:42:17 AM
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]
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)
Made by a generous DMF'er [bow_down]
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/haifinne/Olje-haifinne-bensinfilter007_zps9249939c.jpg)
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/haifinne/Olje-haifinne-bensinfilter009_zps8941c7b6.jpg)