Re: 1989 SE50 eliteR
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:23 am
Well with the wheels back on i had to tackle the center stand. Straightening it was well straight forward. i just placed it in a vice applied heat with a torch and a bit of brute force applied at the right place and presto it was almost as straight as new. Almost no drama.... almost. Somehow i managed to torch myself. Yes even though i wore big gloves and tried to be careful i managed to somehow get the flame under the gloves onto my wrist. Well now i have a nice scar to always remind me of this scoot. Silly me. Now i had to make a new pin. Easy enough just got myself a lag bolt at the hardware store took the old angle grinder to it then the drill press to make a hole for the pin and presto all done. The damage to the frame took a bit more thought. Finally i found a bar of bent iron and with a lot of playing around with the old angle grinder i managed to fashion 2 brackets that fit nicely under and around the frame. I placed 1 bolt on each to hold them in place. they aren't very large or strong but ate just there to keep the brackets from vibrating around and ending up in sorry shape. As you can see there is a nice wide slab of the brackets going under the frame to take up all the weight when the scoot is on the center stand. A bit of black paint to make them look prettier and all done