It has been a while since my last update. I started a new job in June and I've been working long hours since then sometimes even on weekends. Not much has happened since May but I have been working on getting the exterior of my bike finished.
I have been planning on getting a pair of bar end mirrors in the future so I purchased a couple of new Domino Dakar grips which have open ends. I also refurbished throttle assembly, clutch and brake levers. I bought new cable adjusters for both levers and a new front brake light switch from ebay. I also replaced old bolts with new hexagon socket head cap screws.
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| Domino Dakar grips with open ends. |
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| Refurbished levers and throttle assembly. |
I managed to find some steering damper parts from a local swap meet in June. Unfortunately knob (51730-08100) was broken so I had to find another. I managed to order one from ebay which didn't include a rod. I wasn't able to make one myself so I contacted a small Finnish metal industry company called Kymen Koneenrakennus Oy (http://www.kymenko.fi/index.html) to help me out. I made a simple drawing of the rod and got it in a couple of days. I also modeled some of the steering damper parts just for fun and made simple drawings of them if someone needs them.
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| Steering damper parts. |
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| Bottom of steering damper assembled. |
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| Drawing of steering damper's knob's rod. |
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| Drawing of hub, damper sleeve (51741-08100). |
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| Drawing of bolt, damper lock (51781-08100). |
I made a new bracket for speedometer and tachometer out of 2 mm stainless steel sheet. I used the old bracket as a template. I wanted to have the gauges closer together so I made it a bit narrower than the original. I used a bending brake to bend it and I finished the surface with a nylon wire brush to get a nice brushed look.
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| Drawing of bracket which holds speedometer and tachometer. |
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| Cut and drilled blank for gauge bracket. |
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| Bend part and a vise operated bending brake. |
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| I used a nylon wire brush to polish the bracket. |
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| Bracket in place. |
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| Overall view of controls, steering damper and gauges. |
