steering stem hoop

[RoostRocket]

well today i was woking on straightening out my steering stem hoop for the third time when i noticed that it was totally fucked.... so does anyone have pics of how they gusseted theres? it looks like it will be a pain in the ass to do because of the gas tank. any help will be appreciated.

[samc]

man i need some help as well!

i took my steering stem completly off and still can get my tank to fit right!

[RoostRocket]

man i need some help as well!

i took my steering stem completly off and still can get my tank to fit right!

i tried the jack thing but with a floor jack coming from the front so it would move it the right direction and it worked!!!! i couldnt figure out how to get the hydraulic jack to fit. ill take pics in the morning to give you an idea of how i did it. it was 10 times easier than the ratchet strap i used before.

[samc]

yeah man deff get some pics!

thanks!

[FireHead]

Here is how I did mine on my Red Bike. BigRed also has some good pictures floating around here somewhere of what he did to one of his bikes. :thumbsup:

[RoostRocket]

Here is how I did mine on my Red Bike. BigRed also has some good pictures floating around here somewhere of what he did to one of his bikes. :thumbsup:

thanks. ive been looking for the pics of bigreds gussets everywhere.

[FireHead]

thanks. ive been looking for the pics of bigreds gussets everywhere.

If he asks, tell him that mine is better. :biggrin:

[CenCalBanshee]

I put mine in the same spot firehead did and had no lineup issues

[RoostRocket]

If he asks, tell him that mine is better. :biggrin:

yours looks good but does it keep the top bar in the right position? if i remember correctly bigreds went from the top of the hoop down to where the front of the tank bolts up... i might do both just for extra security. my bike has a tendency to roll all of a sudden for no apperant reason :shrug: so i would like to have all the support i can get.

[FireHead]

yours looks good but does it keep the top bar in the right position? if i remember correctly bigreds went from the top of the hoop down to where the front of the tank bolts up... i might do both just for extra security. my bike has a tendency to roll all of a sudden for no apperant reason :shrug: so i would like to have all the support i can get.

I appreciate the compliment on the looks of my reinforcement, but I personally I am not all that proud of it. It certainly gets the job done, but I could have done a better job. The original reason for me doing the reinforcement was that the frame was tweaked a bit in that area and needed to stick something in there to maintain strength after I bent the thing back. So far, it was worked very well. However, I am not sure I have flipped this bike or not. If I have, it was most certainly in the sand, which can be more foregiving.

 

BigRed's deal is definitely a bit different than mine. BigRed rides the crap out of his bikes and certainly needs some more strength in that area. If you don't ride as hard as he does, you may not need the same amount of reninforcement.

[samc]

i dont really understand what a gusset is and really what to do

[trail rider]

heres how i did mine,

[RoostRocket]

heres how i did mine,

looks good ive never seen any like that before :thumbsup: samc, a gusset is basically a piece of metal used to strengthen up a weak spot like the steering stem hoop. thats about the best i can explain it.

[samc]

i bent mine back today and my tank fits perfect!!

[FireHead]

i bent mine back today and my tank fits perfect!!

FYI: the reason folks do the gusset thing is so that the steering hoop doesn't quickly nebd back to where it was when it was bent the next time you go out riding. :geek: