FrankenHindle

[SpyderWolf]

Well, the experiments with the rattling heat shields on my Hindle didn't go quite the way I had planned. :shocked: For some reason the bolts Doc sent me were too long for my Hindle, and I could not get them to work. I took it over to my father in laws and we worked on it for a while. We tried new rivets for the rear shield, but they would pop before even getting the shield tight. Frustration kicked in and we searched for a workable bolt, nut, and washer, solution. What we came up with was not pretty at all. :shocked:

Luckily my wife, Love2Ride, came to the rescue and did some modifying of it on her own which made it look a whole lot better than it did. :clap: It may not be the best looking Hindle around, but I can pretty much guarantee the heat shields will never rattle again.

 

[bjt]

... but I can pretty much guarantee the heat shields will never rattle again.

I wouldn't bet on it. dltang's heatshield was rattling but the rivets were on tight. The tabs that the heatshield is riveted to have broken off the muffler. :sour:

 

[SpyderWolf]

I wouldn't bet on it. dltang's heatshield was rattling but the rivets were on tight. The tabs that the heatshield is riveted to have broken off the muffler. :sour:

I almost took care of that situation last night. :gaah: I was going to break all the welds and just run it without the heat shields. I let my father in law talk me out of that one though.

I was hoping to make it last until I can get the HMF black and yellow carbon fiber can, but after the issue you have had with fitting it I am not so sure about that choice anymore either. :helpsmilie:

 

[Firefly]

Needs some lights on it......:roflblack:

 

[SpyderWolf]

Needs some lights on it......:roflblack:

I was too afraid they would melt. You notice the Hindle badging fell off it as well. :roflblack:

 

[Tripod]

See if you can contact TJ on the West Coast Spyders board. He did an awesome rebuild of a Hindle. If I remember right, he spec'd the screws, packing used, paint used, etc. I don't see it in the "How To's" anymore...the site has been hacked a few times and probably got lost. If you leave a post, I bet he'll get back to you.

Tripod :joke:

 

[SpyderWolf]

See if you can contact TJ on the West Coast Spyders board. He did an awesome rebuild of a Hindle. If I remember right, he spec'd the screws, packing used, paint used, etc. I don't see it in the "How To's" anymore...the site has been hacked a few times and probably got lost. If you leave a post, I bet he'll get back to you.

Tripod :joke:

The screws that Doc sent me were ones he got from TJ. They were very nice, and I wish they would have worked as it would have looked a lot better. Perhaps there is something different about my Hindle, but those bolts were too long for me to use. My heat shield brackets did look a little warped, and that may have been done by the shop that put the last set of rivets in it. :dontknow: