sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
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sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
hi!
looking at the sportster frame plans, was wondering what was the distance between frame centerline and engine case mount at the front?
i usually build a frame aroung the engine on the jig, i want to fabricate a jig to hold the motor level in all plane and centered in the jig!
will be using a buell engine(1999) so the frame won't have a downtube!
the jig i want to build will bolt in the motor case at the front and rear! the rear is covered in the plans but the front without using the mount plate...!
so i need centerline frame to engine case and not engine plate mount!
thanks
looking at the sportster frame plans, was wondering what was the distance between frame centerline and engine case mount at the front?
i usually build a frame aroung the engine on the jig, i want to fabricate a jig to hold the motor level in all plane and centered in the jig!
will be using a buell engine(1999) so the frame won't have a downtube!
the jig i want to build will bolt in the motor case at the front and rear! the rear is covered in the plans but the front without using the mount plate...!
so i need centerline frame to engine case and not engine plate mount!
thanks
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built frames and front end from the plans that gary shared with us on the old board, i had a couple of post on my girder front end and my tubing notcher too!
happy to be back!
Re: sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
hi!
this dimension give the placement of the tab on the frame where the offset mount plate bolt!
need centerline of case to centerline of frame!
thanks
this dimension give the placement of the tab on the frame where the offset mount plate bolt!
need centerline of case to centerline of frame!
thanks
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Re: sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
The RED line is the case centerline.
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i'm xphillx from the old board, owner of roquechop design a small shop focusing on fabricating quality handmade bikes and parts!
built frames and front end from the plans that gary shared with us on the old board, i had a couple of post on my girder front end and my tubing notcher too!
happy to be back!
Re: sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
thanks!
i did ask a freind to measure is sporty and he told me center of frame to where the case split,his tape shows 1,125"!
big difference between you guys!!
can someone else confirm thoses measurements ?
just want to make sure!!
i'll try to go to my friends house to measure it myself!!
big thanks to hansgoudzwaard for your time ! i'm not saying your wrong, just want to make sure,measure twice cut once!!
mabye GARY knows that answer!
i did ask a freind to measure is sporty and he told me center of frame to where the case split,his tape shows 1,125"!
big difference between you guys!!
can someone else confirm thoses measurements ?
just want to make sure!!
i'll try to go to my friends house to measure it myself!!
big thanks to hansgoudzwaard for your time ! i'm not saying your wrong, just want to make sure,measure twice cut once!!
mabye GARY knows that answer!
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Re: sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
could just be the diffrence between buell and sporty
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Re: sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
whered you get the sporty plans? cant find them on my cd or on the site anywhere?
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Re: sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
This is why building a sporty is a pain in the ass if you don't know how to do mockups.
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Re: sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
The frame pic I used to illustrate the case centreline was just that, an illustration. My Buell had no frame in the lower mount area to reference a measurement . I don't know if xphillx ever got it built. He disappeared into the ether.
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Re: sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
Hi, the plans are on the cd I got recently off Gary, They're in Frame load data 1, Frame plans, BC1-1 & BC1-2chopper900xl wrote:whered you get the sporty plans? cant find them on my cd or on the site anywhere?
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i'm xphillx from the old board, owner of roquechop design a small shop focusing on fabricating quality handmade bikes and parts!
built frames and front end from the plans that gary shared with us on the old board, i had a couple of post on my girder front end and my tubing notcher too!
happy to be back!
Re: sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
did the frame for the buell, but i used the rear motor mount/swingarm pivot block on the stock buell!
sportster and buell motor offset are different and there's not much info on theses !
sportster and buell motor offset are different and there's not much info on theses !
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Re: sportster front motor mount offset??questions!
Do you have any pics or can you do a short write up?xphillx wrote:did the frame for the buell, but i used the rear motor mount/swingarm pivot block on the stock buell!
sportster and buell motor offset are different and there's not much info on theses !