It looks like it belongs; it follows the general taper of thin to fat as you move up the fork to the handle bars. "Fixing" it would probably be less pleasing aesthetically. Notice how you'd have to add material to the upper right-hand bolt hole; this would create an uneven border around the bracket.
Yeah, you are right bcware about fixing this bracket. If I was to redo the design it would be simpler, more like this...
Tried to get all fancy, adding the indent so I could paint it to match the tank colour etc, and I fucked it up basically, lol.
mad jealous. i wish i had the time and space to work on my bike like that. it is going to look amazing finished. have you decided color yet? cause right now that steel looks sexy
Thanks XS400D
I've not decided on colour yet. I keep going from liking a KTM sportsbike theme with orange frame and white tank etc, to leaving it all natural looking with the steel and aluminium. Also thought about having the frame and some other bits nickel plated but I'm not sure the frames nice enough for that. I just don't want to go with the normal black frame and then paint the tins. I think I want a colourful frame and the tone it down with simpler colours on the tank and mudguards. A bit like this, a lovely BSA I saw in a mag recently...
Really cool cad, I would leave it and maybe it will grow on you. Otherwise you always have something for next winter.
Thanks Jonathan, I know its not too bad, just pissed off with myself after all the effort finding somebody to machine it and then I mess up the design when it's my job to be accurate with CAD drawings
Are we going to see a roller with your bike soon?
yeah i do... i don't even have that much space. my gf would kill me if there was a motorbike in our room =)
My girlfriend was not amused by the motorbike appearing in my bedroom (in my defense it was wet and cold and a pain in the arse working on it in the street and worrying about my stuff getting stolen all the time).
I was given the ultimatum of her or the bike and I think to the surprise of both of us the bike won
Man...she was really cute as well, what a loser I am, lol....