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Shark fin for S*R swingarm?

Started by stopintime, December 19, 2012, 02:51:44 PM

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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....
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Jarvicious

We're liberated by the hearts that imprison us.  We're taken hostage by the ones that we break.

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  :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...

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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.
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stopintime

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....
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Syscrush

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.

stopintime

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.
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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

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...
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Speeddog

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]
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spolic

snark fin, that brought up some old memories.

He man, where are all the ads?

stopintime

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