[dsn_klr650] yet another new guy
Posted: Wed May 03, 2000 9:10 am
Howdy Randy,
I don't have answers to all your questisons but about the fuse box
relocation. Don't bother. Use re-settable fuses and leave them in place.
As for removing the seat with side panels on.... you could drill a 5/8"
hole through your side panel to access the seat screws. Then take a flat
piece of latex (1mm thick) and glue it on the back side of the panel over
the hole. Then take an awl and poke a hole through the center of the
latex. This is for keeping critters, water and dirt out of the hole. They
still get behind there from all the sides, but a hole in your panel doesn't
look that great. The hole in the latex is so that you can push a screw
driver through, or a socket to get at the head of the screw. The tricky
part will be re-installing the screws through the latex. Perhaps devise a
clever way to keep the screw in the hole of the seat tab. Another peice of
latex glued onto the tab will hold the screw well enough. A spring loaded
flapper door would work here as well.
If you want to elliminate the screws at the tabs all together then I am
envisioning a cable, cam and pin mechanism. Loop a thin cable around to
the back of the seat from both sides. The cable is attached to a spring
loaded lever arm that gets displaced as you pull on the cable loop. The
lever has a pin on it that slides through the seat tab and into the frame
hole. An oversized pin is better than the screw diameter so you may want
to drill out the frame hole threads.
Or how about a Vault door lock type mechanism. One with two pins a center
pivot and linkage arms. You access it from under the wheel well. (you'll
have to drill through the rear sub-fender)
You turn the handle and it pulls the two pins out of the frame and seat
tab, to re-install you just set the seat in place and turn the handle back
again. The pins slide back through the frame and seat tabs.
OOH OOOH a spring loaded pin mechanism from the inside of the frame and
running a cable to the rear of the seat.
Well that's enough creative juices for today. My boss gets nothing now. I
might as well go home and work on my bike.
LaterZ
Dash
A2 - Da' Bomb No Longer Crashing for Beer Will wheelie for Virgin Oil>Has anyone converted the seat so it is detachable w/o >taking the side panels off? I've got a set of givi >saddlebags and the side racks make it a pain to get >the panels off, much less the seat. I am considering >the fuse box relocation, but havent pulled the >trigger. Plus the fuse box isn't the only reason I >want under the seat. >Randy >'00 KLR >