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New DIY Floorboards, Cheap TPMS, Daylight visible turn indicators +more (Many Pix)
I've had this bike for a few months now and I thought I would get around to posting some of my mods here.
Floorboards.
I've been looking to do some floorboards for quite a while, I finally got around to fabricating a pair made from 1/4" diamondplate aluminum. I got the aluminum when I had some chocks for the trailer made a couple of months ago at a local sheetmetal shop. I probably paid about 20-30 for the material, not quite sure since it was one price for everything. Add in about 20-30 for hardware and the rubber and its about 50-60 for the boards total.
Started out with making two templates out of plywood. Much easier to play with this then the metal itself.
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I wanted the boards to be very stiff and stable. I had asked for them to be made in 1/4" diamond plate but they did them in 1/8" so I went with those. When you are working with a commercial shop, you dont want to be a pain in the butt, so I'm very flexible in turnaround time and such so they keep working with me.
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I wanted these boards to span the front footpegs as well as have support all the way in the back. I was going to use an L brace to hold it to the slot for the rear foot rests but got an idea in the hardware store about using a large bolt and then some hard rubber to act as the mount and provide some more vibration isolation. I ended up ordering a 4" square of hard rubber off amazon as well as some 5" long 1/2" stainless carriage bolts. I bolted the carriage bolts in from the back and secured it with a stainless washer and nut.
I first drilled two 1/2" holes in the rubber block on the drill press and then cut the block on the bandsaw. I trimmed the length of the block a bit so I had enough screw thread left to put a lock nut on.
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At this stage I had already cut the diamond plate and smoothed the edges from the bandsaw. I then drilled 4 holes in each rubber block as accurately as I could on the drill press so I could use the blocks as the template for marking the aluminum.
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Part 2
I decided that I wanted to use some aluminum on the bottom of the rear bracket as well to spread out the load of the 4 screws holding it together. Some scrap aluminum was cut on the bandsaw and then drilled using the black rubber blocks as well as the aluminum boards themselves as templates.
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In keeping with the vibration isolation theme, I had some extra 1/4 rubber from an old project that I used on top of each footpeg.
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All the holes drilled in the diamond plate were chamfered so the heads of the bolts would fit as flush as possible. It's not always possible to drill the holes so you land between the diamonds, thats life. But the screws are essentially flush with the top. The nuts on the bottom are all locknuts. I may have to do some trimming on the back ones, they are a bit long.
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Boards in place, very sturdy.
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Part 3
Cheap TPMS
Got this for around 50 on Amazon. Probably uses same sensors as FOBO. Display can be charged by usb or sunlight. Very happy with it, lets me keep track of the pressures.
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Bright LED turn indicators.
These are visible in bright sunlight. Probably about 8 bucks each on Amazon. Small green LED with chrome bezel about 1/4" diameter.
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GPS sunshade.
This was made from some plastic that is commonly used for things like knife sheaths. It is flexible when heated but when cool, retains the shape it was when warm. I added a 12v outlet in the dash and the gps is a common garmin nuvi with the ram mount system. Bike is always stored indoors, I suppose if it rains, I'll just pull it off. You can also see the ram cup holder on the left.
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Cool!
Nice job! I love stuff like this. Joe
Joe Meyer
Dealer for the Outlaw/ROLO laser Alignment system
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Inspiration has been found!
This is totally awesome. I've been thinking about floorboards since I got my 2016 RT in Jan. Even thinking about turning out my own, but didn't know where to start. You fixed that problem for me with this post, so thank you for that alone.
But I also have a question as I'm very interested in the sun shade you made. Can you give any more detail on that plastic you used? I'm very handy with making things, but I've usually stuck with wood, so this plastic you speak of is totally alien to me. I'm willing to research how to work with it etc... I just need a starting point for my focus.
Thanks for this post and any help you can give me on that plastic.
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TPMS
How did you get the TPMS not to display the missing sensor?
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Originally Posted by Texas Al
If you disable the sensor not used, eventually the monitor will drop it and only show the three active ones.
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In post #3 the very last picture,you show something being held on by a hose clamp. I love hose clamps,you can hold anything anywhere with the right length. That clamp seems to be disappearing into a sheath of some kind down the side of your handlebar. Did you nake that or did you buy it somewhere? Great work on your mods.
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Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but Eviltwin seems to still be active and helping others...
Two questions:
1. Do you still have those plywood templates? If so, would you trace them on paper and send the paper to me? I will gladly pay postage. I can send you my address via PM.
2. On the rear, you just slipped a bolt through that slot, correct? I just want to make sure that I understand how it is mounted.
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Originally Posted by Tonylmiller
Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but Eviltwin seems to still be active and helping others...
Two questions:
1. Do you still have those plywood templates? If so, would you trace them on paper and send the paper to me? I will gladly pay postage. I can send you my address via PM.
2. On the rear, you just slipped a bolt through that slot, correct? I just want to make sure that I understand how it is mounted.
I may, let me check.
On the rear, it is a large carriage bolt, but it goes into a rubber square that I drilled a hole for the bolt to pass through. I got the rubber as a block off of Amazon and cut it to size. IIRC I drilled the holes on the drill press first and then cut them apart. That made the block a bit more stable to drill.
2019 BMW C650GT, 2010 Spyder RT-S, 2009 BMW R1200RT,(sold) 2009 Honda Silverwing (Sold), 2009 Kawasaki 500 Vulcan (Sold)
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Better view of the underside:
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Rear mount with the rubber sleeve:
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Plate for bottom of rear mount:
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Better view of the rubber mounts for the rear:
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Cutting the rubber block on the bandsaw
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2019 BMW C650GT, 2010 Spyder RT-S, 2009 BMW R1200RT,(sold) 2009 Honda Silverwing (Sold), 2009 Kawasaki 500 Vulcan (Sold)
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Thanks, looks like you just ran the bolt through the slot for the rear passenger floorboards. Good to know.
I just had an idea. If you could trace your templates, or the finished products, and take a flat picture with a ruler on the long dimensions, I could just print it and scale it correctly. Probably easier than mailing it.
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This is the side with the brake pedal:
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I'll see what I can do about measuring the actual floor boards. At the time I wanted to get 1/4" diamond tread, but ended up with 1/8" which turns out was fine in terms of strength. Since the boards are supported on either end, there is no flex to worry about.
2019 BMW C650GT, 2010 Spyder RT-S, 2009 BMW R1200RT,(sold) 2009 Honda Silverwing (Sold), 2009 Kawasaki 500 Vulcan (Sold)
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This is the rubber block I bought off Amazon for the rear mounts:
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Carriage bolts are stainless, something like this should work:
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I'll try and get the measurements a bit later.
2019 BMW C650GT, 2010 Spyder RT-S, 2009 BMW R1200RT,(sold) 2009 Honda Silverwing (Sold), 2009 Kawasaki 500 Vulcan (Sold)
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