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BDI, Don: Give me some head stay inspiration...

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sintax:

Any pics of how you guys dig it would be killer.

BDI:
 I made my head stay out of 1/8" steel, I don't think you would even need longer studs with a stock head. I thought you said you had the whole head stay thing handled :?

sintax:

my thoughts were that i'd need to place in longer studs in the front 3 to allow me to run some plate under the nuts, and then build a mount off of that plate.

Is that now how you did it?

don46:
I machined a piece out of solid aluminum, and I did use longer studs in the front three, they came from a 86-88 KX 500 cylinder. The newer bikes, the 06-08 450 or the 04-05 250f chassis will allow for the use of the rear head stay. I also thought about using stainless steel for the front mount, I bought the material but never got around to it.

The first one I  built out of the 99-02 chassis I had to soften the tank to allow for the spark plug clearance and it took quite a bit, the second one I used a newer 250 2t plug which has a shorter ceramic and I didn't have to move it as much.

Good luck

sintax:
Don: thats pretty much how I envisioned doing it.

BDI: Now you have me interested in how you did it. I saw a picture of your bike with the tank off, side shot, but could only see the brackets coming off the frame, not where it meets the head. Care to share some pictures?

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