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Some of you may recall my entry into the 2019/2020 wish list thread that talked about filling in the gap on the left boot guard, as seen in the picture below. I'm surprised other's haven't complained much about it because my left boot gets caught in that gap as least once every moto, especially when i ride on the balls of my feet. I must really squeeze the bike with my feet!
So since there doesn't seem to be any product out there that will fill this void, i decided I'm going to model up the part and 3d print it. I'll post my progress over the coming weeks.
Step 1: Modeling the bracket in Sketchup using accurate measurements via my caliper. I was going to model the entire bracket accurately, but i'm a noobie at sketchup and some of the curved faces are quite difficult to create. I focused on getting the mounting posts sized and oriented correctly in relation to eachother, as the part i make will attack using the stock mounting points. Here's where i'm at right now:
My plan right now is to use the bolt on the part of the bracket that connects to the swingarm "axle" as the fixture point, and then have it loop around the bottom mounting post behind the connecting faces of the bracket. The goal being to fill that void in the bracket, as illustrated above in the first picture.
How many of you guys would be interested in a product like this?
So since there doesn't seem to be any product out there that will fill this void, i decided I'm going to model up the part and 3d print it. I'll post my progress over the coming weeks.
Step 1: Modeling the bracket in Sketchup using accurate measurements via my caliper. I was going to model the entire bracket accurately, but i'm a noobie at sketchup and some of the curved faces are quite difficult to create. I focused on getting the mounting posts sized and oriented correctly in relation to eachother, as the part i make will attack using the stock mounting points. Here's where i'm at right now:
My plan right now is to use the bolt on the part of the bracket that connects to the swingarm "axle" as the fixture point, and then have it loop around the bottom mounting post behind the connecting faces of the bracket. The goal being to fill that void in the bracket, as illustrated above in the first picture.
How many of you guys would be interested in a product like this?