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Got Them Done
01/27/06 at 16:45:39

Here are the final shots of the forward controls on my '02. They moved the feet 4 inches forward. Instead of buying a longer shifter rod I lengthened the stock rod. This was done by drilling out the ends of a 1/4 inch piece of steel rod and brazing the tips of the stock rod into the holes, simple and strong.
The first picture is of the back side of the right plate with the brake bracket and pedal mounted before final grinding and paint.
http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/510047/
the next two are the finished forward controls mounted and ready to ride Grin

http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/510054/
http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/510055/
I've already put a couple hundred miles on the bike with the new controls and love it so far. Time to stop working on the bike and get some riding in. I ended up finishing the aluminium with 600 grit wet/dry paper and buffing with 000 steel wool. A couple coats of rattle-can clear was blown on and they were ready to go.

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Silver '02, clubman handle bars, Cobra headlight, Sportster muffler, K+N stock air filter, 152.5 main, Superbrace, oil cooler, 1/2 inch aluminium plate forward controls, spark advance, goes like stink

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SAMM Serious Thumper Offline No lay down crotch rocket for me Posts: 576 Portland Oregon Gender:	Re: Got Them Done Reply #1 - 01/27/06 at 17:09:40 Wow !!! really nice job !!!
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Steve530 Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Posts: 452 Knoxville, TN Gender:	Re: Got Them Done Reply #2 - 01/27/06 at 17:57:06 Very clean.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Got Them Done Reply #3 - 01/27/06 at 18:05:51 Very nice. Good job.
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mmosel Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline My bike is officially THUMPING now. Posts: 415 NW Oregon Gender:	Re: Got Them Done Reply #4 - 01/27/06 at 19:06:36 Simply excellent.
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theikeman Senior Member Offline Live each day as if it were your last ... Posts: 344 Gibsonton in South Florida Gender:	Re: Got Them Done Reply #5 - 01/27/06 at 19:33:36 Outstanding work! And they look awesome, like factory. Hey maybe you could make some more of those brackets and sell 'em to the members on here who would like to do the same on theirs. Ike
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Jim_R Ex Member	Re: Got Them Done Reply #6 - 01/27/06 at 23:11:16 yeah I agree, they looks great! I need to put some miles on mine too. I wish I has a trailor so I could tow both to the mountains and go campin, fishin, and ridin in the spring.
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Kropatchek Serious Thumper Offline Why more than 1 cylinder? Posts: 1457 Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands Gender:	Re: Got Them Done Reply #7 - 01/28/06 at 03:41:18 Another very nice job done!! BTW: Did you delete the sidestand switch? Greetz Kropatchek
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Tony Full Member 2004 No Login Offline Posts: 102 Saugerties, NY Gender:	Re: Got Them Done Reply #8 - 01/28/06 at 05:37:11 I love them! I agree. If you have the ability to knock off a couple more of them I for one would love to get a set. And I am sure other members would love to add them to their rides as well.
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Ed L.

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Re: Got Them Done
Reply #9 - 01/28/06 at 06:12:03

I did bypass the sidestand switch, the wires are not long enough to reach the new sidestand location. The 1/2 in aluminium presented a few problems with the extra thickness. I used the orignial long bolts to mount the plates and had to grind 1/2 an inch off the mounting tubes that are welded on the frame. I'm not sure that I could make a ready to go bolt on kit, there is a lot of fine tuning needed. Maybe providing the drilled plates, bracket, rod and instructions would be possible.

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Silver '02, clubman handle bars, Cobra headlight, Sportster muffler, K+N stock air filter, 152.5 main, Superbrace, oil cooler, 1/2 inch aluminium plate forward controls, spark advance, goes like stink

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Re: Got Them Done
Reply #10 - 01/28/06 at 08:18:08

Ed L. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

I did bypass the sidestand switch, the wires are not long enough to reach the new sidestand location. The 1/2 in aluminium presented a few problems with the extra thickness. I used the orignial long bolts to mount the plates and had to grind 1/2 an inch off the mounting tubes that are welded on the frame. I'm not sure that I could make a ready to go bolt on kit, there is a lot of fine tuning needed. Maybe providing the drilled plates, bracket, rod and instructions would be possible.

Well, noodle that a bit and see whatcha think is a fair price for the parts and your elbow grease. I'm interested too.

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SeeAPierce Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Posts: 282 California Gender:	Re: Got Them Done Reply #11 - 01/28/06 at 09:39:25 Yup - those are definitely fair game for the after-market market - Awesome work!
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Ed L.

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Re: Got Them Done
Reply #12 - 01/28/06 at 12:37:52

I'll work on it for next week, a lot of the elbow grease is spent polishing. I could cut and drill them, clean up the edges and leave the final polish work to everybody else. Need to price material next. What the he11, I can even put the pictures on a CD and get real high tech. Maybe three or four sets to get started, depends on how many are interested.

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Silver '02, clubman handle bars, Cobra headlight, Sportster muffler, K+N stock air filter, 152.5 main, Superbrace, oil cooler, 1/2 inch aluminium plate forward controls, spark advance, goes like stink

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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Got Them Done Reply #13 - 01/28/06 at 15:36:03 Now see what you got your self into - you just thought you was going to piddle around the garage
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Zniper175 Ex Member	Re: Got Them Done Reply #14 - 01/28/06 at 20:11:05 Very nice, now team up with somebody, make some designs, and sell me one.
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