DIY hard-part

[Womble]

I'm going to be doing a bit of laning on my 1150 and I'm looking for a steering hard-part, but there's no way that I'm paying list price to TT for one - just shy of £100 for a silver one or a tenner less for the tasteful yellow one.

I'd be interested in having a go at cutting up an old knobbly and using a tyre block on each side, like others have done in the past. For the people who have done this before, I'm guessing that you used glue or similar to hold the blocks in place as there's nowhere to cable tie to that I can see. I'm looking for a glue that will hold well enough for the job but which won't peel off the coating when removing the blocks, or leave a massive immovable blob behind if the experiment fails horribly.

I reckon that silicone sealant would be a good start - what does the collective think?

 

[ian6760]

Mate i've tried the knobbley tyre chunk and it didn't work that well, there's too much flex in the rubber and the stops still get hit, or you make them bigger and they restrict the lock too much. I made some out of nylon block that was cut off an old kitchin chopping board. Shaped it and the zip tied them to the fork tubes through 2 hole that I made ith a dremel.

The pic is taken from the left side of the forks with full right lock.

Good luck with it

 

[Timolgra]

I'm going to be doing a bit of laning on my 1150 and I'm looking for a steering hard-part, but there's no way that I'm paying list price to TT for one - just shy of £100 for a silver one or a tenner less for the tasteful yellow one.

I'd be interested in having a go at cutting up an old knobbly and using a tyre block on each side, like others have done in the past. For the people who have done this before, I'm guessing that you used glue or similar to hold the blocks in place as there's nowhere to cable tie to that I can see. I'm looking for a glue that will hold well enough for the job but which won't peel off the coating when removing the blocks, or leave a massive immovable blob behind if the experiment fails horribly.

I reckon that silicone sealant would be a good start - what does the collective think?

i've used a cut up old knobblye as a 'hard part' for over 10 years on 4 1150s
Cut the block in the middle of an H shape and cable tie the 'arms around the fork leg. Costs nowt and it's a far better means of protection the the TT bling

To prevent the stops from still touching if your block's not high enough, either pack it out with some rubber on the fork or glue a square of rubber to the Telelever.

 

[Womble]

Good solutions guys - I was trying to work out how to attach the blocks to the Telelever arm when the answer was staring me in the face

All I need now is a cast-off knobbly and I'll be making my own ghetto hard-parts

 

[billyt53]

Door wedge

This is what I did quite a few years ago now. Went to my local hardware store and picked up a couple of door wedges and siliconed them onto the telelever. These are adjustable too!!!
Billly

 

[ELIMINATOR]

I like the doorstops idea

 

[richie]

I like the doorstops idea

yeh , aerodynamic ...

 

[Greg Masters]

If you're going to do the door-stops thing, might I suggest that you buy grey ones - then there's a chance that nobody will notice!

 

[Timolgra]

This is what I did quite a few years ago now. Went to my local hardware store and picked up a couple of door wedges and siliconed them onto the telelever. These are adjustable too!!!
Billly

Good one

 

[Steptoe]

has anyone without a hardpart ever had the steering stops broken off in the first place ?????

I've had bikes in that have hit cars at high speed at angles and the steering stops are still in place. I hardly think bumping into a muddy trough will feck anything.

 

[Timolgra]

has anyone without a hardpart ever had the steering stops broken off in the first place ?????

Oh god no

 

[Womble]

has anyone without a hardpart ever had the steering stops broken off in the first place ?????

I've had bikes in that have hit cars at high speed at angles and the steering stops are still in place. I hardly think bumping into a muddy trough will feck anything.

That's one of the key reasons that I'm not shelling out 100 notes for the TT bling, because I've never once heard of anyone who has actually broken the stops and this could well be a product sold off the back of FUD marketing.

I love billyt53's idea - that's proper engineering

 

[richie]

has anyone without a hardpart ever had the steering stops broken off in the first place ?????

I've had bikes in that have hit cars at high speed at angles and the steering stops are still in place. I hardly think bumping into a muddy trough will feck anything.

My old 1994 GS1100 had one of the stops sheered off on a slow crash before I bought it...

The hard part is completely OTT and the zip tie solution or others is just as good for peanuts...

 

[Steptoe]

The hard part is completely OTT and the zip tie solution or others is just as good for peanuts...

I've never crashed a peanut.

 

[MattW]

I've never crashed a peanut.

Never say never...

http://www.snopes.com/autos/cursed/peanuts.asp

 

[Timolgra]

I've never crashed a peanut.

He meant the rider was a peanut.......beats me how they stay in control

 

[billyt53]

has anyone without a hardpart ever had the steering stops broken off in the first place ????

Well, that's why I got the door wedges.........I rode into the back of a car turning right........I wasn't concentrating at the time .......the right hand head clipped his left rear guard and spun me around.....smashed off both steering stops. Bmw wanted a fortune for a new triple clamp so I come up with the wedge. Cost all of $2!!!!

Yes, I would've got grey ones if they had them.

Cheers Billy

 

[davegs]

Stops

good idea the door wedges you could start selling them before TT catch on and start selling them!. Whilst crash testing my 1150 on my Mexican test range I removed the forks completly but the steering stops dident break.
Think these TT bits are just to impress non GS beholders.
Dave GS