el-cheapo mc guard and highway pegs

[Ron]

If anyone's interested I just posted pictures of this in the files section. Ron

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, "Ron " wrote: > Sometimes I just sit and look at my bike trying to think of some > way to improve things. Here's my latest: > I took a 1/4" aluminum base plate from an old AT&T System 75 > console, cut out a nice shape for a rear master cylinder guard that > would cover from the hose at the top to the adjustment nuts at the > bottom, shaped with a couple of rounded places in the front for the > bolts, finished the edges with a file and sandpaper, cut two shims > from the corners of the aluminum plate, used the old washers from the > plastic bash plate for master cylinder alignment since the bolt > shoulders are now in the new guard and it looks like some kind of a > factory guard!!! The color even perfectly matches the frame. > I also cut off a length of the aluminum shaft of an old Stihl > weed-whacker, drove two grips from a junk tiller onto the ends and > used two hose clamps to mount it to the front/top of the Moose plate. > This all sounds hokey as all getout but it really looks nice. The > aluminum of both pieces perfectly matches the frame. > Ron-A15-in-MO