Posts by lowlander

Quote from gpcustoms

got an e-mail or note of sorts just the other day that I can't find to save me,..Someone in Canada wants a E-brake assembly and I can't find the note so send me a pm and remind me. I am sure we can get you one
Going in for my next round in a few minutes but have the tablet and lots of electronics to keep me occupied. Will start fresh again next weekend my friends

Hey gpcustoms - I sent to you an email last week about an ebrake cover, but expressed concern about the ease to you and cost of shipping it to Canada. Likely it is best that I just wait until I am a snowbird in the late fall and order it then.

Quote from chad warren

lowlander mines 6 and told me and i quote. Dad if my legs could reach the peddles I'd drive the shit out of this thing. I just laughed.

I'm thinking you will be busy with him for few years to come!!

Ha! If my kid gets a hold of mine, it will be the real one. He is 32 and a biker.

Quote from MBMedic

Sorry, no info for that. I am making a run to the states to pick up my new Shifter ball. I will stop by a walmart on the way there and take a peek if you don't find something before that.

No need to do that MBMedic. The next time I am at a Walmart I will get them to look into it now I know it is in Canada. Thank you for offering though!!

Indeed it will be high BryanL. MBMedic just posted it being available at WM in Manitoba. So I will widen my search!! Hold on for a while chad warren.

Thanks MBMedic. I tried WM in Halifax and Truro NS yesterday. But will keep trying. Do you happen to have the WM product number? A search for a store having inventory would be easier with it.

Thanks Chad Warren!

How much to USPS it to Nova Scotia if I could persuade someone to grab one at a Target??? I can email the $$$

I am in Nova Scotia. My 5 yo grandson is a big Ninja Turtle fan and has his birthday in mid Aug so I want to get him one if these Ninja Turtle SS toys. Yesterday I checked at Toys r Us and 2 Walmarts. And I can't find them online. Have any Canadians seen these toys at a store in Canada? If so, where?

Likewise here in Westchester Station, Nova Scotia. About 200 souls. The elderly lady down the road calls my SS a "cute little car".

Will do.

I will be in Florida (Zephyrhills) for a few months arriving in late Nov or early Dec. Look for a SS base with front and rear maple leafs and a wonky rear fender!!!

Ha!! But thanks for asking. It really wasn't difficult. I can share the template for the aluminum plate I made that is bolted to the swingarm using the 3 shock mount bolts (although you will need 3 bolts longer by the thickness of the plate). My plate is 3/8" thick. Hopefully will keep vibration to a minimum. The angle brackets size and mounting location will be established by the fender you use. Mine was from an early 1980's Honda Big Red. I used a 3 wheeler ATV front fender as they are wide enough and made of molded plastic so it is very light and somewhat rigid (its ribs help keep its shape). For those who want to to something similar and need info, just PM me. I will try to provide the needed answers.

The fender is done! And it came in about $1000 "under budget" with a total cost of $60 (Cdn). $20 for the Big Red fender at a salvage yard, $15 for the paint, $20 for the guy who welded my aluminum brackets and $5 for stainless steel fasteners. While it isn't 100% perfect, I certainly can live with it.

A cutoff wheel on a Dremel will certainly do the job but will take a while. A hacksaw or a cutoff wheel in a mini grinder will be much quicker.

Brackets back from the welder. Now to clean them, do final test assembly and then paint. That won't be happening until Saturday when we get home from the cottage.

On mine I went to a body ground using a nut somewhere in the area. For +ve I ran a circuit off my added fuse block and installed a dash switch so they could be used as parking lights. Every time I go out I turn them on to make me more visible. The lighted swirch reminds me to turn them at the end of the trip. However for the marker lights I added to my mirrors, I tapped into the front marker light wire near the light itself. That should work for you if switching them isn't what you want.

Quote from TCB

Wanna do a second??

I can post full size templates and dimensions for the brackets. All you need other than that is (and I am not absolutely certain of these details) the front fender from an early 1980's Honda Big Red. Look at the pics in my earlier posts, and maybe note the casting number. The fender I used measured about 24" tip to tip across the arc. If I can accurately determine exactly what it is off,I will post it. Gently heat it with a propane torch (fan tip) to spread it a bit. I ended up at about 26.5" so it reduced the severity of the angle. Really, I have only four or five hours in this - most spent measuring and trial fitting stuff.

Thanks all. When I get the brackets back and paint them, I'll put it all together on the SS. If it looks decent, I will post some pics. I have no expectations it will look as nice as the forum vendor sold ones, but for my expenditure it will be just fine. In retirement there is lots of time for fabbing stuff. Except this week - have our grandkids at the cottage. A different kind of fun for sure!!

The texture comes from paintable gravelguard. I hope it was the right choice. Brackets will be done in black trim paint. May relocate the licence plate to one of the brackets across the top of the fender. Counting the paint and the welding, it will top out at about $55. While certainly not as nice as the $700 and up fenders, its not bad looking either.