Larry Fine
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Craig, if you don't mind rendering your opinion on this:
I just acquired a WJ5 that came with a mount for a 1982 CB750K:
My bike is a 1996 CB750SC, aka a Nighthawk 750. The bracket's four "shoes" are angled correctly to match my frame, and the oil cooler fits through the "window" of the bracket. But, the engine apparently sits higher in the frame than the older models, and the two center exhaust pipes prevent the lower shoes from reaching the frame.
When comparing the frame bends below the steering neck, between exhaust pipes 1 and 2, and between pipes 3 and 4, on the older frames, the bends are several inches above the pipes, but on the newer frames, the bends are just above the pipes.
So, my question is whether I can cut out the tubes between the lower shoes, and rely on the bike's frame to maintain the spacing and strength between the lower bracket tubes, more or less turning the bracket onto one configured like this one:
I just acquired a WJ5 that came with a mount for a 1982 CB750K:
My bike is a 1996 CB750SC, aka a Nighthawk 750. The bracket's four "shoes" are angled correctly to match my frame, and the oil cooler fits through the "window" of the bracket. But, the engine apparently sits higher in the frame than the older models, and the two center exhaust pipes prevent the lower shoes from reaching the frame.
When comparing the frame bends below the steering neck, between exhaust pipes 1 and 2, and between pipes 3 and 4, on the older frames, the bends are several inches above the pipes, but on the newer frames, the bends are just above the pipes.
So, my question is whether I can cut out the tubes between the lower shoes, and rely on the bike's frame to maintain the spacing and strength between the lower bracket tubes, more or less turning the bracket onto one configured like this one:
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