Vapor Speedometer Pickup Mount

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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 01:51 AM
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On a recent outing, I noticed that the trip meter of my Trailtech Vapor computer wasn't racking up the miles. Then I saw that the speedometer wasn't working or was intermittent. At the next rest stop I discovered that I had bashed the fork guard and the portion of it where I had the speedometer pickup was busted off. I tied back the dangling piece with a zip tie and figured I'll make the repair once I got home.



In looking at the bottom of the fork, I see a couple of unused threaded holes that I can make use of. I have some angle aluminum laying around that I can fabricate a bracket out of it.




After cutting, measuring, drilling, tapping and filing, here's what I ended up with:


Two shots of it mounted on the bike:





...and with the plastic guard back on:



It turned out pretty well and it's very sturdy. I think it will survive another bashing.
 
Old Nov 21, 2007 | 01:55 AM
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Nice fab work man, I love this place. Everywhere we turn someone is finding a way to make us all smarter about our bikes. Kudos to you.
 
Old Nov 21, 2007 | 02:08 AM
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That's slick! Nice job!
 
Old Nov 21, 2007 | 02:09 AM
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Nice end product out of that stock angle aluminum. Kudos man.
 
Old Nov 21, 2007 | 02:11 AM
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Nice end product out of that stock angle aluminum. Kudos man.
Hey I said kudos, you can't use it.[8D]
 
Old Nov 21, 2007 | 02:13 AM
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Hey I said kudos, you can't use it.[8D]
Oooopps....my bad!
 
Old Nov 21, 2007 | 02:16 AM
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Hey I said kudos, you can't use it.[8D]
Oooopps....my bad!
Well I guess we can share it this time.
 
Old Nov 21, 2007 | 05:05 AM
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you must be a patient man, nice work!!
 
Old Nov 21, 2007 | 05:30 AM
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Now all you need to do is mass produce it for all of us here on the forum and your work is complete!..........................Just kidding . Very nice job man!
Cheers!
 
Old Nov 21, 2007 | 07:51 AM
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Nice fab work....just wondering why you didn't use the caliper to mount the pickup?
 



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