Truckers Monster Rebuild

[ducatiz]

Where are the pinch bolts going to go?

+1

[truckinduc]

The front center where the bump is.

[dbran1949]

I have often wondered about the correct technique for doing something with pinch bolts like this.

Do you machine the ID of the triple clamp exactly the same size as the OD of the fork tube, or is there some formula used to make it a little smaller or bigger?

I ask because once material is removed to allow for the pinch, after the pinch the ID of the triple clamp is no longer round

[truckinduc]

You are correct. You machine the I'd to the fork od. Then when the clamp is torqued it will still be in its natural position, just under tension trying to compress the fork tube.

[The Bacon Junkie]

I just spent 1.5 hours reading this entire thread from page 1...

[hadesducati848]

i did that about a month ago... it was only about an hour read back then

very good stuff

[Celli]

got a good start on the lower triple today. Wont be untill Wed untill I can work on it again.

Wow!!!! Impressive!!!!! Celli

[truckinduc]

finished the bottom of the lower triple



And got a good start on the top.

[truckinduc]

here are some better photos







what do you think?

[Raux]

how thin is the wall on the stem mount? is the stock that thin? or does it just look that way cause the whole thing is so beefy looking?

[truckinduc]

its thinner than I wanted. All I had was 3"x3" aluminum so I had to make due with what I had.  I plan on trhese only being a mockup set untill I can make a final set out of Magnesium.

[Raux]

its thinner than I wanted. All I had was 3"x3" aluminum so I had to make due with what I had.  I plan on trhese only being a mockup set untill I can make a final set out of Magnesium.

if you shorten the offset would that help. plus doesn't that help turn-in

[Raux]

better check the strength of the mag vs the al as far as how thick you need to make your walls.

[dbran1949]

Nice work   

[truckinduc]

if you shorten the offset would that help. plus doesn't that help turn-in

Well I want the offset around 35mm for the trail number Im shooting for. I could not get that number with this piece of stock so its somewhere between 30 and 35. I cant remember.