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1951 Black Shadow Restoration
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<blockquote data-quote="oexing" data-source="post: 132126" data-attributes="member: 1493"><p>After some investigations I have a better clue about that metalastic element. On Earles fork BMWs there is a horizontal plate welded to the upper frame that supports the bottom of the metalastic with two M 6 screws. So you´d have to provide bracketry on the Vincent to this purpose, plus a bracket for the pivot at the front. I´d think you can bolt a bracket to the two tank mounting screws for the front pivot and some more bracket for the metalastic at the rear. Maybe using the sidecar mounting tube, or when having a rear carrier frame on the bike use that for a cross tube between sides at the suitable place for the bottom plate to fix the metalastic. But then I can imagine you may have any type of Pagusa rubber seat, tension spring, compression spring, or metalastic, and weld a bracket on the rear frame for support.</p><p>I still need some more months to arrive at this stage for posting my setup, but anyway I´ll have a rubber seat for sure. Our prewar Guzzi had the Lycette type saddle initially but I binned that for the rubber type for maximum comfort. Before it was like :</p><p> Rolling, rolling, rolling,</p><p> oh Lord. my ass is swollen . . . .</p><p></p><p> Vic</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-r50-r100RS-70PS-Bobber-Umbau-Cafe-Racer-Custom-Bike/114334601971?hash=item1a9edf92f3:g:HvQAAOSwKDZfJnvO" target="_blank">BMW seat</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-R-50-2-TOP-restauriert-Seltene-Farbe-Bj-1967-89/353288088613?hash=item52419c6c25:g:zXQAAOSwlIZfsXpk" target="_blank">BMW saddle</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.motorrad-stemler.de/dcenter/down/r%2050%20bis%20r%2069%20s.pdf" target="_blank">PDF saddle,</a> scroll down page 62 for picture</p><p> Sorry, could not add pictures from links, copy protection ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oexing, post: 132126, member: 1493"] After some investigations I have a better clue about that metalastic element. On Earles fork BMWs there is a horizontal plate welded to the upper frame that supports the bottom of the metalastic with two M 6 screws. So you´d have to provide bracketry on the Vincent to this purpose, plus a bracket for the pivot at the front. I´d think you can bolt a bracket to the two tank mounting screws for the front pivot and some more bracket for the metalastic at the rear. Maybe using the sidecar mounting tube, or when having a rear carrier frame on the bike use that for a cross tube between sides at the suitable place for the bottom plate to fix the metalastic. But then I can imagine you may have any type of Pagusa rubber seat, tension spring, compression spring, or metalastic, and weld a bracket on the rear frame for support. I still need some more months to arrive at this stage for posting my setup, but anyway I´ll have a rubber seat for sure. Our prewar Guzzi had the Lycette type saddle initially but I binned that for the rubber type for maximum comfort. Before it was like : Rolling, rolling, rolling, oh Lord. my ass is swollen . . . . Vic [URL='https://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-r50-r100RS-70PS-Bobber-Umbau-Cafe-Racer-Custom-Bike/114334601971?hash=item1a9edf92f3:g:HvQAAOSwKDZfJnvO']BMW seat[/URL] [URL='https://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-R-50-2-TOP-restauriert-Seltene-Farbe-Bj-1967-89/353288088613?hash=item52419c6c25:g:zXQAAOSwlIZfsXpk']BMW saddle[/URL] [URL='http://www.motorrad-stemler.de/dcenter/down/r%2050%20bis%20r%2069%20s.pdf']PDF saddle,[/URL] scroll down page 62 for picture Sorry, could not add pictures from links, copy protection ? [/QUOTE]
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