Tuesday, August 4, 2009

"HOW TO"

i've been wanting to do a little
"HOW TO" for ever. i always forget
the camera or get so wrapped up in making
the part i forget to take pics.
so here it is. this took me about
an hour at the most.
* you might say why not just start
from scratch?? make the whole bracket?
well i like using what was there and
tweaking it.

this is a stock style pan/knuck brake
pedal bracket with peg. i use mids so i
don't want that peg up there and i hate how
the bracket stick out past the frame. so
this is how you would re-shape that bracket
to make it folow the frame and slim it down.
using what you have.

STOCK BRACKET


you get it. wear gloves and safety glasses.
cut it patiently.


here is the bracket cut at the two places
you will need to cut. cut both pieces as straight
as possible. it will help when you weld it back
together.


that fish is talking shit.
make him shut his mouth.
(you may have to clamp these two
pieces together, also tack before welding)


weld the edge that you cut and saved and fill
all open edges with weld. (i went a little heavy
on the welds so i could shape the edges)


mount the bracket at the front only
and look at how the hole(back) is gonna
need to be moved. mark the center of the new hole
with a punch and drill it out.



now fill the old hole with weld.
your goin to have to re-drill the new hole again
to make it clean and round.



here is the finished bracket with stock
pedal. slimmer and follows the frame.
sorry the hardware is garbage. also spend
more time with the file to clean it up.




this is another one that i did.
made a pedal and brake rod bracket
and welded it to where the old pedal was attached.
added a piece of small dog chain to keep it from flopping back.



lemme know what you guys think.
i wanna do more of these. does it help?

40 comments:

  1. Right on. Might not seem worth it in the long run to you, but it gets people's hamsters moving again. Takes the brain on a nice little vacay to "imaginationtown" and starts the creative juices flowing. Danke.

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  2. Yes, I care.
    It's these little details that count!
    I would like to see more of these usefull tips,
    thanks!

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  3. i will take all the help I can get. shoplifting ideas from these blogs can be hard, staring at pictures for hours. these how to's also get the unique ideas going. thanks

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  4. tech tips & tricks are always welcome even for people with 2 left hands (and I only speak for myself) but don't cut back on the chicks with boards...

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  5. Great, now I have to start over. Thanks Max. Really dig your made pedal and love the tech tips. Could you start including neat illustrations like in the tech tips books though. Keep on.

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  6. looks nice,
    try painting the modded bracket black and see how that looks.

    should blend in nicely with the frame.

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  7. I don't have a bike and I don't weld cuz I have other stuff to do. But this shit is fun to see. I live vicariously through you guys with grimy fingers. Your notes like "!BYE BYE!" are 10x better than some of the confusing directions I see on most shit. Direct and funny as hell. Nice job.

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  8. when will the dvd be coming out? call it `nifty chopper tricks`, you to can learn from the pros`. really cool, you made it look easy. be peace................

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  9. Tech tips are great :-)
    It is interesting to look how other people working on their bikes, building stuff.....
    Yeep, more of these stories please.

    Greetz from Germany

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  10. ITS ALWAYS IN THE LITTLE DETAILS THAT NO ONE EVER SEE'S

    NICE WORK.

    most are scratching there heads wondering where your foot goes now..haha

    let them wonder!

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  11. This was cool. I always love how to stuff. Its a lot cooler than pictures of dudes doing burnouts while throwin' up the horns. I just gave jason the "how to look at porno on the interweb and not have your wife find evidence" how to routine. Total fail!

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  12. This Old Bike: Episode 001

    Keep'em coming.

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  13. Great job! How long before V-twin copies this and starts producing/selling them for $150??? More tech please!!

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  14. That last one is so perfect. You're good Max.

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  15. thanks for the tech tips Max...really cool instructional style...very ZEN!

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  16. Cool, like the way you saved the rolled edge. Now do one on making some mids! Thanks

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  17. absolutely Max but don't let all the cats out of the bag...keep some mystery...so "we" can have our own discoveries :)

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  18. great,,, thanks all
    of yous. i will try to do some more from time to time.

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  19. RULER!! Its cool little stuff like this that becomes standerd though the history of the chopper!

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  20. picture is worth a 1000 words. thanks for doing this kind of stuff. it helps the simpletons like myself.

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  21. Bellissimo Lavoro!

    Wonderful Job!

    and the very simple way you took to explain!

    Great!

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  22. Ahhh, the ways of the Jedi. Pretty rad. Watchin Irish Rich fix that VL frame that was cut all to shit was d-to the o-to the p-to the e too. THAT'S CHOPPIN! Thanks fer doin it Homes. Look forward to more.

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  23. hey max could you make a how to of mid mounts for triumph

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  24. As if it needed to be said now: that's great! Exactly the sort of how-to stuff that is most interesting to see: the achievable, and inspirational

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  25. Tips,"Valuable."
    ..Watching the mind of Max at work,"Priceless."

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  26. Thanks for that tip. Saving the rolled edge is one of those trade secrets (not so obvious to me...) that really makes a custom part sano. You make it look easy and totally doable. Thanks for the spark of inspiration agian...

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  27. Nice work, and I really like the look of the new pedal you did with the lathed marks in it, that was super neat.

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  28. yep. very nice my man. the thing i hate about the stock setup is lack of return spring action....on my 48 i did a setup with an fx spring and a whole nother mount point but it was too low...im doin a 50 now that i feel better with...nice use of that braket...will get those others out a the bin. i wish so many other blogs had shots like those...why cant we share our secrets?
    thanks max

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  29. Max, we need much more of this. MUCH more...well done.

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  30. That's it man! The perfect, precise, and concise info I needed in a great format. Cheap and sleazy.

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  31. this is great. love to see more of these...

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