Bedifferent
Old man on a bike
I haven't been following this post but as I look at it there doesn't seem to be an easy fix. I haven't looked at my bike to see if there are other points you could bracket to, but I might be looking to fabricate something the would go under the engine tying to the floorboard support rods. Oil drain plugs might be obscured.
Here's an idea....Could you buy a Jack-Be-Quick bracket and then fabricate forward with an addon to that. A good welding shop could fabricate a bracket you could fasten the sidestand to near the same location and then weld it to the Jack-Be-Quick bracket. That should be a solid mount.
Could you square off the broken surfaces on the engine, have some threaded aluminum bushings made, use the remaining threads to bold the bushing in place while a knowledgeable welder welds them back on the case? The casting does look rather porous and crappy.
Here's an idea....Could you buy a Jack-Be-Quick bracket and then fabricate forward with an addon to that. A good welding shop could fabricate a bracket you could fasten the sidestand to near the same location and then weld it to the Jack-Be-Quick bracket. That should be a solid mount.
Could you square off the broken surfaces on the engine, have some threaded aluminum bushings made, use the remaining threads to bold the bushing in place while a knowledgeable welder welds them back on the case? The casting does look rather porous and crappy.
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