girthy
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posted September 07, 2006 04:32 PM
 Edited By: girthy on 7 Sep 2006 17:39
What do you guys think????
Im going to mount my new GPS, I have a 2000 so a stemstand cant be used. I was going to use mount a ram mount ball on the top clamp. I was thinking about drilling a 1/4 20 tapped hole and mounting it where the red dot is. I was kinda wondering about stress in that part. I cant see a 1/4 hole doing a lot to that. Option 2 is having a boss tig welded on the clamp and re powder coat the thing. What do you guys think??
  
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blitzkrieg
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posted September 07, 2006 04:54 PM
Edited By: blitzkrieg on 7 Sep 2006 17:56
Personally, I wouldn't do it.
I'm pretty conservative about things like this, rear tires, chains, etc..
I went out and checked mine out to get a reference and I think it's not a gamble I'd be willing to take.
My gut feeling is I think it would probably be fine, but I wouldn't risk it on such a critical piece of hardware.
Edit: Also, I have a Techmount (very nice unit) that mounts to the fairing stay/mirror bolts. You may want to look into that. 
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thekaz
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posted September 07, 2006 05:01 PM
thats a good question ???
welding would also "stress" the part but which is worse ???
i would go for the tapping idea BUT unthread the thing and check for stress cracking or ripping after several good rides.
i really doubt your going to get a catastrophic failure.my experiance with aluminum ambulnace bodies is that it will more than likely start cracking if it even does anything at all
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posted September 07, 2006 05:02 PM
Here is my Ram Mount for my e-trex....Don't know if this something you would want or not...
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girthy
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posted September 07, 2006 05:29 PM
big mike, I have a MPS kill teather on the left clip on. So thats out of the question
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.....on such a critical piece of hardware.
Blitz, I was wondering how critical this piece is when there are custom billet ones that look so fragile This one below is for a Busa.
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thekaz
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posted September 07, 2006 05:48 PM
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big mike, I have a MPS kill teather on the left clip on. So thats out of the question
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.....on such a critical piece of hardware.
Blitz, I was wondering how critical this piece is when there are custom billet ones that look so fragile This one below is for a Busa.
the difference between billet ( as in the picture ) and cast ( as in the stock ninja clamp ) is similar to the difference between canadian beer and american beer 
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blitzkrieg
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posted September 07, 2006 06:13 PM
Don't know about the American beer vs. Canadian beer comparison, but if I was going to drill a critical component, I'd want it to be billet.
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GUNNER
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posted September 09, 2006 09:23 AM
Well, Blitz is a little more conservitive than I would be here. I don't think drilling and tapping a hole there will cause any problems. Billet is always better without doubt as Blitz pointed out. I don't think however 1 small hole will be an issue. I wouldn't put all those pockets like that other one has in the stock unit. 
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frEEk
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posted September 09, 2006 12:28 PM
ther'es also the control mount stemstand, which i use for the V1. mounts to the screws that clamp the master cylinder or clutch level to the bars.
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posted September 09, 2006 07:05 PM
I'm with gunner, don't see how that's going to be a problem.
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posted September 09, 2006 08:02 PM
I'd spend some time talking to the people at techmount (www.techmounts.com) before you go and reinvent the wheel
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posted September 10, 2006 01:10 AM
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Well, Blitz is a little more conservitive than I would be here. I don't think drilling and tapping a hole there will cause any problems. Billet is always better without doubt as Blitz pointed out. I don't think however 1 small hole will be an issue. I wouldn't put all those pockets like that other one has in the stock unit.
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