that looks like a lot of slack, especially with a hardtail (says the guy who never built one) would it still hit if you took up some of the slack, or do you need that much?

Photo with chain installed.


skateboard wheel tensioner closeup.


I got the sprocket tensioner in today and hope to get it installed before next week.

So does it ruin the look if you weld a vertical strut to the top and bottom frame rails (on both sides) in front of the fender...then weld in the lower cross bar higher so it is between the top and bottom chain?  I believe that making a skateboard wheel spin at 10,000 rpm (or whatever speed) can't be a durable part for someone that likes to put miles on their bike like you do.  Riding home in a pouring rain might just wash all the grease out of the bearings and leave you stuck (pack an extra wheel and bearings in your luggage).

It also appears that you could raise that cross bar to the top of the frame and get the clearance you need to have the chain go under the cross bar....and then just mount the skateboard wheel to keep the chain from hitting the frame when the chain bounces - but not in continual contact with the chain.

The chain is currently 119 links (only removed 1).  The skateboard wheel will be replaced with this sprocket tensioner shortly. I just wanted to get the photos up so that everyone can see why it is a necessity with the voodoo vintage mk33.

I reamed out the holes in the floorboards yesterday with a small drill bit so that they fit the stock peg hex.  It took some time, but in the end was a pretty easy mod.  The shaft on them is a bit long which gives the left floorboard a bit to much rotational play for my liking.  I will probably design and 3d print some sort of shim to take up the slack.  The right one has more of a up and down play which makes the floorboard sit a bit on a downward slope and still has some rotational play in the horizontal axis like the left, but not nearly as bad.  I will probably try and solve it with a 3d printed shim as well. If I get a good result with the 3d printed route, I will upload the files so that others can use them in the future.

Left floorboard:


The floorboards are of course much thinner than the stock pegs which should actually alleviate some concern about dragging them around corners with the stock wheels/vv hardtail combo.  The bottom of the floorboards compared to the pegs probably add 1.5" of additional clearance.

skull,

That could be tricky due to the wiring and rectifier and weird shape of the stock fender.  You would probaby need to relocate some of that stuff and switch out to a different fender or have a king/queen built up from the stock pan.

There aren't to many aftermarket seat choices out there.  The only one that I am aware of that is an easy install and will add some comfort (and maybe some lift for the passenger) would be by Corbin. It will run you a bit over $300 new.  Sometimes they popup in the marketplace on these forums.

Corbin S40 Seat

Nice ride! that;s quite a paint job