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Jim
Biglerville, PA, US, 17307
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Mechanical Designer
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Member Since:
05.04.2010
Bike 1:
Titanium 2008 Honda GL1800
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ITEM: WS187416
12.29.2011
3 Stars
| Concidering that most motorcycles are fixtured when they attach threaded studs, I would assume that these studs would be in the same location from one Goldwing to the next. But the back half of the belly pan is sloted for these studs. Odd since the pan had to be mounted as far forward as the slots would allow in order for the front half of the pan to fit somewhat correct. The onlt thing good about the front half is the dzus fasteners. Great idea for use with sheet metal that is to thin for the job. The only good fit are the dzus fasteners. The rest of the front pan had to be rebent and shaped to fit around the front of the engine so it didn't look like a peice of sheet metal falling off the bike. As a Mechanical Designer, who ever designed this thing broke the three cardinal rules of design, Form, Fit, and Function. |
ITEM: AO451806
08.23.2011
4 Stars
| As a Mechanical designer, I think if they rotated the lower 2 rectangular tubes on the H frame 90 degrees and shortened the bolt sleeves. They would completely eliminate the issue of the bolt heads interferring with the fender, without afecting the structural integrity of the receiver. For AO this means having to make one additional part (shorter sleeve for the bottom). Had I thought about it before mounting my hitch, I would have 3D modeled it and run a stress analysis on it to see what diferences there might be. All in all, pretty easy install on my 08 which only took about 1.5 hours. Waiting for the wires co come before pulling my trailer. |
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