New member with a new project

[Toogoofy317]

We don't have inspections down here in Florida either. Actually, I never even had to show my bike to Progressive for full insurance. The only catch in Florida is that if you don't have 25,000 in medical insurance you are required to wear a helmet. This law is only enforced though if you have a wreck

Someone did tell me don't know if it is true or not. But, we are only required to have insurance if we wreck. Doesn't make since to me!

Mary

[FatBastard]

dammit, I wish I didn't need insurance, I get raped out here

[NF11624]

Cool build

On the topic of insurance... well if you never wreck or get pulled over I guess you would never have to have insurance - or inspection or anything relating to safety (or fees/taxes if you swing that way ).  I mean... if you were invincible would you carry health insurance?  I sure as hell wouldn't - why waste that money?  So if you never wreck you wouldn't need collision, liability or comprehensive insurance right?

Of course people do crash, cause crashes or otherwise injure people so insurance is thus required (correct me if I'm wrong - it could all be a conspiracy)

[gregvhen]

Cool build

On the topic of insurance... well if you never wreck or get pulled over I guess you would never have to have insurance - or inspection or anything relating to safety (or fees/taxes if you swing that way ).  I mean... if you were invincible would you carry health insurance?  I sure as hell wouldn't - why waste that money?  So if you never wreck you wouldn't need collision, liability or comprehensive insurance right?

Of course people do crash, cause crashes or otherwise injure people so insurance is thus required (correct me if I'm wrong - it could all be a conspiracy)

your not wrong. 

[Toogoofy317]

I was just stating the laws of Florida! I have full coverage. Even with an at fault wreck (car) my insurance is $33 a month with progressive. I even  have gap insurance if I have a wreck I don't want a penny out of my pocket!

Mary

[NF11624]

Not a problem Mary, I was just kindof (in a really roundabout manner) saying that no law is really enforced until its broken.  I have full coverage on my GS too because I don't want to pay the price if something happens - because I know it can (and probably will) happen.

[Paulcet]

A note about Georgia and insurance:  If you are stopped for any reason they run your plate to see if insurance is carried on the vehicle.  If no insurance, you lose your license.  I presume they can run your plate randomly then pull you over for no insurance, but I'm not sure about that one.

[tt_four]

Cool build

On the topic of insurance... well if you never wreck or get pulled over I guess you would never have to have insurance - or inspection or anything relating to safety

The only problem is you can get pulled over just for not having an inspection, at least in PA. I was driving down the road with my friend in her car with an expired inspection sticker, and a cop pulled a u turn right in the middle of the city and pulled her over.

[NF11624]

True, true - but a MC inspection is different than a car (at least according to a dealer I spoke to).  They apparently cannot zap the MC inspection on the fly like they can with cars (my uneducated guess is it has to do with placement).  But that doesn't discount the ... 'helpful' people who will supply you with a valid inspection just for a few bucks - with no regards to the condition of the vehicle.

Either way - I don't condone riding illegally, and I certainly don't encourage riding with no insurance (far from it).

Oh yeah, this is still a cool build

[gregvhen]

any new photos?

[Newman]

I tacked the plate in place on the outside of the frame.I'll do the same on the inside. It will be covered when i get the seat finished.

I made a shelf to relocate the electrics , got the forks and I should get the rear wheel Monday. I'm still looking for a front wheel , rotors , and calipers.

[tt_four]

Looks like good work. How well does the tank fit over that stuff, and more importantly, how do you hook the front of the tank on the frame with the plate in the way??

[lopee]

what are you doing for a fuel tank?

[pandymai]

what are you doing for a fuel tank?

i think he used the original tank, but he had cut out the bottom and remolded? to fit all the cables up underneath it. he said it somewhere.. dont remember right now though

[Newman]

I had forgotten about the insurance/inspection discussion

The Aprilia swingarm has the same pivot and axle bolt sizes and the length pivot to axle is the same as the stock arm. It's steel which made it easy to modify and I liked the shape of it.

The Aprilia it came off of has a right side drive chain so I flipped the arm over, cutoff the shock mount, and welded the GS mount to it. I just took measurements from the stock swingarm before I cut the mount off and them clamped it in the same position on the new arm. I'm using a rear caliper mount that will use the brake stay built into the swingarm. The pivot width is the same as the stock part I even used the GS dust caps. It's not a bolt on swap but I had fun figuring it out.





Here are the footpeg mounts I made out of aluminum. I made these using a scroll saw and then a sanding roll you can get to port heads with to clean up the edges.





Here is a pic that shows where am at with the seat pan and it also shows the cuts I made in the tail to fit it over the frame rails. I'm going to make another seat pan thats wider and extends up the back of the seat cutout. I bought stick on seat foam but it's so thin I feel like I'm sitting to low in relation to the footpegs.



The tail came with an undertail cover but no fastners to screw into so I used nutserts for 6/32 screws. They use a tool like a pop rivet gun.

[tt_four]

The nutserts, I'm from what I can see that look pretty much like rivnuts? They all have stupid names. I think you can install rivnuts without a tool, just by tightening the bolt it'll squish it down, but that's probably too much force for a fairing anyway. I think I would've had a million uses for them by now and someday need to get around to ordering a bunch. I wish that was something you could find a local stores, I have no idea why no one around here carries them.

Everything looks fantastic though, very good work.

[lopee]

can you post a pic of the bottom of your tank please?

[pave_spectre]

Looks pretty good so far 

[Tywash]

I just saw this project and I love it! Way more exciting than my build.  I didn't fabricate anything. I never thought about a scroll saw to cut aluminum plate. How big of a saw is it? Project looks good, keep it up and and keep taking pictures

[O.C.D.]

Hmmmmmmm, Aprilia swingarm eh?!


Me thinks Ebay might have one?!  Now you got me thinking I might not be finished with my build.  


Damn nice build BTW!  Damn nice.  I love ingenuity!

Crap, forgot, which Aprilia?