Scooterotica

cheers Mike

the pics are brilliant - collecting my forks tomorrow so the bracket and collar can be done next week along with all my frame mods - welders gonna be busy next week

My forks just need the collar welding on as there is no dust cover on my frame

on a s2 related thing I`m going to make some cut down rear boards for the project but need to know the length of the straight edge that lines up with the edge of the legshields before it flares out - hope that makes sense

Wondered if you had a set if you would be kind enough to measure for me

happy new year and thanks again

gaz

About 90mm Gaz, I might be interested in some of them myself

jaime got some very nice cut boards ... cant remember who he got them off

RICSPEED wrote:jaime got some very nice cut boards ... cant remember who he got them off

I cut the back off each runnning board and then cut them to match the bend of a outside running strip of a vespa, then welded them to the running boards. You then need to cut some of the inside of the running board where they close up under the bridge piece/loop. This allows you to remove the whole lot in one easy go without scratching anything. It doesnt matter about the bit your cutting away as it cant be seen and the amount of metal you need to take away will depend on your exhaust set up. Granted this is a lot more bother than buying some cut down ones and removing your old ones but for my money the final look is better and does away with any gap issues between legsheilds and runners. I always struggle trying to get the gap right for both the size and level so this solves that problem. The shortened runners seem to highlight any gap issues as well i think.

Back to the post, I would also be intrested in seeing your ideas with series 2 runners. Im going to do something with mine. Im sort of toying with the idea of taking a 20m strip out of the length of it and then re welding the edge back onto the now thinner runner, with the idea being that they still have the same curved radius but are a lot closer to the legsheilds. Maybe make them taper into the rear a bit more as well. Only issues i have is it would mean cutting the legsheilds to match the now narrower runners. Would also have to cut the struts down as well but as mines an API im not to bothered....

sef

Okay Gaz, got some picces for you. Have done the welding and this is what i have ended up with. The only thing you have to do is make sure that the outside of the of the upper steering race (where the bearing pushes up into) fits inside the ring that you will be welding on nicely and doesnt stop the bearings being in contact with both races. Hope that made sense.

One other thing, on reflection I would have put a captive nut on the inside of the mudguard bracket as this will save a lot of time and f**cking about.

Also need to get some links welded to take studs. The damper brackets bring the damper down very close to the fork leg so ideally i would like to be able to mark up a link with exactly where the stud hole should go. Does anyone know if corrado can do this or does he have a jigg that puts them in exactly the same place on all links?

Ta
Sef