So, after fighting a nasty head cold all week (still not a 100%
) I finally made a little more progress on the chassis. After hearing/reading too many different opinions to count "Geometry is more important" "No, areos are more important" No, swing arm location" "No" "No'" "NO"
AWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! I decided to build my own custom solid strut out of pieces of steel that I happened to have laying around and run the bike with a rigid rear end for my initial runs. Seems like lots of LSR guys have run rigid initially, just one less thing to worry about I guess. Anyways, I used a 1 1/4" steel pipe with a 5mm wall for the main shaft, modified a piece of 1"x2" 3mm wall steel square tubing for a clevis and a 7/8" Grade 5 bolt for the adjuster. I'm pretty happy with the results, tho I wish I could get it to go just a hair lower. If it bothers me enough I'll trim it down and redo it, but I think it will be ok. Man, I have to admit that not welding/fabbing in about 3 years has got my arse a little rusty. Ummmm, pun intended.
Doesn't help that my eyes aren't what they used to be either. Not that my welds are coming out bad or anything, but they definitely aren't as pretty as they used to be.
Scottie J