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Message started by ToesNose on 09/21/13 at 09:06:30

Title: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by ToesNose on 09/21/13 at 09:06:30

I know I've seen others do similar mods to their pully covers, I think it was Doody814's bike that made me think of doing this.  So I purchased some grill mesh off EBAY for just over $20 with shipping, it's 6"X36" as I plan on doing something similar to the belt guard too and needed the length.  Just a quick run through of what I did.

1-Basically just made a paper template of the inner area that could easily be cut without going too deep into the thicker reinforced areas then just used a sharpie to mark the front.

2-Grabbed the angle cutter and took out the straight lines.

3-Used the Dremmel on the corners, grind some of the reinforced areas and to smooth out the rough areas.

4-Used a file to smooth the edges and put a scratch on the face too!  LOL (skip the scratch if you plan on doing this yourself)

5-Cut the grill mesh with some hand snips and trimmed to fit nicely.

6-Drilled and riveted the mesh in place.

Took less then an hour and other then the scratch and over cut corner I custom applied it looks real pretty   :)

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy206/bcrx2/20130921_110615_zps73e2a457.jpg?t=1379776034

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy206/bcrx2/20130921_114603_zps4756e19a.jpg?t=1379778420

EBAY link for the mesh I purchased-  http://www.ebay.com/itm/190630630977?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649


Sorry there's no pic of it on the bike, I'm kinda in the middle of tearing things apart and messing with the bike HAHAHAHAHAHA

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by ToesNose on 09/22/13 at 16:40:31

Just in case somebody cares, here it is on the bike LOL

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy206/bcrx2/20130922_142658_zps7477701a.jpg?t=1379874482

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by Serowbot on 09/22/13 at 17:39:56

Nobody much here on weekends, Toes...
I post a lot of zero responses too...

It looks pretty good... It'll get seen a lot more in the next couple of days...

So lonely here on weekends... http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Templates/Forum/default/cry.gif...

;D ;D ;D...

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by ToesNose on 09/22/13 at 18:00:32

Don't worry Serow my feelings don't get hurt that easy, just weird that there were 50 some odd views and no comment LoL

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by Serowbot on 09/22/13 at 18:14:19


0833392F12332F395C0 wrote:
Don't worry Serow my feelings don't get hurt that easy,

I know they don't... Two or three of those post counts was me as Moderator, just looking in to see who's here (We Mod's can see that),... if I'd been worried about yer' soft shell, I'd have posted then...
I do do that for some noobs occasionally, just to help them feel encouraged and welcome...
(Note you guys.. be nice to noobs)... ;)...

You got over 1,000 posts,Toes... I don't do nice, nice for ol' farts like you...
;D ;D ;D...

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by ToesNose on 09/22/13 at 18:19:57

I feel honored that you wouldn't take it easy on me   ;)

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/22/13 at 20:23:20

Nice concept, Ill betya puckered when the cut-off walked past the corner,

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by Serowbot on 09/22/13 at 23:47:39


5F646E784564786E0B0 wrote:
I feel honored that you wouldn't take it easy on me   ;)

Pffffffft!... :P...


...and,.. if Suzuki had made a head cover like yours,.. we wouldn't have 5.000 art objects decorating out shop walls...
...(I have about a dozen head covers in a box in my shop... when I get time, I'm going to make my mailbox into a chrome armadillo)... :-?...
;D ;D ;D...

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by ToesNose on 09/23/13 at 04:37:06

@JOG- I didn't even realize till after, but there was definitely a sad face involved   :(

@Serow-The cover is a chrome kitchen drawer pull I sanded to look like brushed aluminum, as for the armadillo let me know if you really are going to do it I'll mail you mine as well!!   ;D

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by WD on 09/23/13 at 06:12:03

Much better. I think I threw the right head cover away, painted the left one black this last engine paint go round. Chrome was bubbling off anyway. Left covered, right bare, looks a bit more English than both sides being bare. At least to me.

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by Dave on 09/23/13 at 06:17:18

Toesnose:

That looks great.

Now......you can do the rear brake to match!


Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by Pine on 09/23/13 at 06:56:02

Looks good.

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/23/13 at 07:32:28


6B505A4C71504C5A3F0 wrote:
@JOG- I didn't even realize till after, but there was definitely a sad face involved   :(

@Serow-The cover is a chrome kitchen drawer pull I sanded to look like brushed aluminum, as for the armadillo let me know if you really are going to do it I'll mail you mine as well!!   ;D




Pain teaches.. IF its possible, working on the inside hides little boo boos. If its not possible to cut inside, clamping real steel stops at the end of lines will help ya out. Also, since ya wanna radius in corners & ya wanna see them be the same, starting out by setting up with a compass & dividers & whatever it takes to find center of a hole that would land IN each corner, then drilling holes for corners & connecting with a cut off will
NUmberA Protect your part from Over Run at a corner
& 2 Hook you up with a nicely radiused  opening.

If the divot bugs you you  mite try stirring up some JB weld & mixingit with some aluminum powder made by filing a bit ,,Just hafta do a trial run, see how it looks. Nick the edge of something & fill it, like Bondo, Orrrr,, call it done,I would,

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by babyhog on 09/23/13 at 07:53:44

I really like the looks of it!  Nice touch.  

Don't mean to be critical, but I'm thinking maybe the front line would have looked better if it were parallel with the joint....  bringing the bottom corner over toward the shifter pattern 1N2345.    

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by ToesNose on 09/23/13 at 09:24:40

@Dave- I love the look of that rear drum! I was originally going to do an border/molding of metal around the edges on the outside like the drum mesh has and may still in the future, but the mesh I got was thin enough to just mount from behind wich is good enough for now   ;D

@JOG- it doesn't bother me, on the bike you barely even notice it unless you bend down and look close.

@BabyHog- there are raised reinforced areas on the back and I didn't want to cut too much into them so that's why that side ended up where it is   ;)

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by verslagen1 on 09/23/13 at 09:34:45

Yup, looks great

except for the aesthetics, which suck.   ;D

The front is vertical and looks like it matches the shift pattern inset - OK
The top edge would be better if it was horizontal or followed the belt or followed the top of the cover.
The rear edge would be better if it was vertical or followed the rear edge of the cover.
The bottom edge isn't near anything so it's just fine.

Corners should be all identical.

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by babyhog on 09/23/13 at 09:38:00

Ah!  Well that makes sense.

Just a couple other observations.... where'd you get the tank badge and enrichment knob?  Neat looking.  And your pegs are not stock either.  You probably documented them while I was MIA, but where did they come from and how hard were they to install?

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by ToesNose on 09/23/13 at 11:28:30

The tanks badges are Celtic Cross belt buckles, and I think the enricher handle was originally a necklace that was floating around in my tool chests for years.


Nothing but love for you Versey, nothing but love   ;)

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by Bubba on 09/23/13 at 14:38:03

speaking of celtic...you could have carved a celtic cross in it and backed it with mesh...that would have been a lot of cutting tho'...

Title: Re: Belt pully cover mesh mod
Post by njrmahoney on 09/23/13 at 18:09:40

Looks good, I want to do the same for under my new seat

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