***Brute Bobb Build***

I would love to see close ups of your seat pan and fender, that seems to be the hardest thing for me to figure out...

 

This is rad. Doing some of the same myself. Thanks for the inspiration!

 

i dont think i'm gonna lower the front a crazy amount. I am going to lower it about an inch because of the clip ons i will be putting on. That is very simple to do, just loosen the triples and lower them into the front forks a bit more. I can post pics if you need help

 

No prob buddy, I'll go out now and get some good close ups and a decent write up for ya.

 

That would be appreciated man. I'm a big fan of pic heavy DIY threads...keep up the awesome work, I'm following this one to the end.

 

hows your suspension clearance with tha back fender, looks like it would bottom out on the fender.

 

in the last picture of the bike the front of the rear fender was not bolted down. There is roughly 2" of space inbetween tire and fender. I think the burly slammers have a 1.5" travel. I will measure it to be exact tomorrow. Id do it now but the fender is drying from paint

 

And when you do add like another 89 lbs. for my weight class. I would love to have that stance.

 

here is a quick write-up of the seat pan. I just cut up the stock seat, ripped off the foam, and roughed in the edges. Im not completely done trimming it but you get the idea










As of right now, i plan on filling in the pan with spray foam (that hardens) then sanding it down and covering it. For cushion i plan on chopping up my moms yoga mat and roughing in two layers

*ill let you know if she gets upset

 

and here is the fender write-up. Nothing too major just trial and error fitting it in the back section. It gets a little tricky the way i did it because the eyelets in the side of the fender stick out a bit and don't fit inbetween the stock frame rails. This problems is fixed by notching out the rear swingarm. As far as mounting the fender it is just held in with four bolts, washers, and nuts.

test fit





heres the stock tab it rests on


front holes holding fender


coat of paint

 

did some measurements for the fender/tire clearance and its gonna be close. From what i can find online they have a 1.6" Max travel (which is hard to do on the slammers lol). my tire to tip of fender gap reads 1 1/4" Its a bit tight but i might slide it up just to be safe. I jumped on the lower frame rails as hard as i possibly could and it didnt crunch my finger curling over the edge of the fender. Im starting to think its going to be a rough ride........AWESOME!

 

ripped off the hideous rear stand FINALLY.



found some dents in the front of the fender so I hit them with bondo. sanded down the bondo and filled it in with filler primer. I'll sand it again tomorrow and hit it with paint

 

stripped down front rim. Will hit it with reformer and paint tomorrow.




also wanted to make a recommendation. Keep your bolts neat and tidy. It may be tedious now but it'll pay off when you get it back together. I've probably got 15 sandwich bags individually marked for where they go!

 

Here ya go HirsuitHeathen, this is just a real quick guide to lowering or raising the front end. If you raise the forks in the triple trees it results in a lower front stance....and vice versa, if you lower the forks in the triple trees it results in a higher front end stance. My front end was already lowered after the pictures were taken but you get the idea.

Before you do anything clean and oil (wd-40 or penetrant) the front forks. This will not only clean up any particulates and dirt but it will ease movement on the forks. This will minimize and almost eliminate any scratches to the forks.



Loosen the two bolts (one on each side) of the upper tripple tree.


Now loosen the two bolts on EACH side of the lower tree. (the two on the left, the bolt on right goes to yamaha front cover)


Once the stance is where you want it, measure the distance on the top of each fork tube. Make sure that these measurements are the same or pretty darn close!




Once they match up, tighten all the bolts you loosened and get back to riding



HTH

 

Quick heads up. If the fender has less allowable travel then the shocks, its only a matter a time before you make contact. You can bounce all day sitting still. It will never emulate hitting bumps/holes at road speeds. Depending on your tire and wear it contacts at, it could be potentially hazardous.

I hate to be the nay sayer but I have done it, nearly exactly like your mod! I even had my cousin and I bouncing on it and never touched. The day will come when you are unable to dodge a pot hole and you'll know when it makes contact!

Again, I'm sorry to be mister negative. I do love your build. I'd hate to see it finished and read later that it happened. It will be easier to remedy it now than fix a goof and remedy later.

Ha, it never hurts to learn from others mistakes!

 

also you don't account for sag when you and all your body weight are sitting on the bike too.

 

Alysiak00 thanks again man! Keep the write-ups and progress data coming. Prince_Albert I had that happen on a turn I made. The rear fender gave and it got stuck between the subframe and rear tire. I skidded to a stop and then realized I had no fender, tail light, or turn signals anymore.

 

no harm done! i slept on it and i think i'm going to move the fender up or move the adjuster on the shock up a click or two. Im gonna mess with it after school. No opinion is a bad one! The only bad opinion is the one not taken!

 

holy moly! thats insane

 

I love the direction of this build...a non-hardtail, shortie fender, lowered bob, I absolutely love it!