Enlisting Mufasa for Salt Duty

[Claviger]

Last tech hurdle, battery tide down.
List says:
Must be metal, pretty much all it says ..


Here's an 8" piece of aluminum 1" x 1/16th 90degree bracket and 2 1/4-20 J bolts. They're connected to the stock steel battery cage. Trying to move the battery can shake the whole bike, it's ssssolid. Cannot rotate off by pushing, no drop hazard as J bolts have a tray under them.

They might reject it, who knows.

Note, this will only work using a battery that's narrower than stock size.

 

[TURBO200R4]

The picture might be deceptive but a sharp corner might cut into the positive wire. on the right front side?

 

[1olbull]

Just an idea
What would it hurt to a little preload on the adjustment of the front forks.
It ain't like it is going to wear out with a few runs.

Herman,
Why? Wouldn't that just transfer more weight rear and lighten the front end more?
I would reckon a front axle .5 to 1 inch lower than the rear axle to be best???
Thoughts?

 

[1olbull]

Last tech hurdle, battery tide down.
List says:
Must be metal, pretty much all it says ..


Here's an 8" piece of aluminum 1" x 1/16th 90degree bracket and 2 1/4-20 J bolts. They're connected to the stock steel battery cage. Trying to move the battery can shake the whole bike, it's ssssolid. Cannot rotate off by pushing, no drop hazard as J bolts have a tray under them.

They might reject it, who knows.

Note, this will only work using a battery that's narrower than stock size.

Looks pretty Sano to me!

 

[Claviger]

The picture might be deceptive but a sharp corner might cut into the positive wire. on the right front side?

Deceptive pic. Not pretty but everything is well anchored in place, including the wiring so not particularly concerned with movement.

I may go in and zip tie things around though to allay inspector concerns.

 

[Gerald]

Deceptive pic. Not pretty but everything is well anchored in place, including the wiring so not particularly concerned with movement.

I may go in and zip tie things around though to allay inspector concerns.

Maybe round the edges on the aluminum strap, get to thrashing between passes could be a skin ripper.

 

[TURBO200R4]

Deceptive pic. Not pretty but everything is well anchored in place, including the wiring so not particularly concerned with movement.

I may go in and zip tie things around though to allay inspector concerns.

drill a hole in the aluminum (good place for tie down)

 

[Claviger]

I agree on all fronts. I'm out of time here and have a lot of things going on besides this. It will have to wait for arrival in Utah for more work. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[Claviger]

On the move today, the weather has curtailed racing a good bit, so fewer runs are expected.

Everything about the event is still up in the air.

 

[Claviger]

So we're here, first glimpse of the salt.

Bike in final configuration.