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Jackbequick
Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 08:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thread adapters:

http://www.edmundoptics.com/onlinecatalog/DisplayP roduct.cfm?ProductID=1378

http://www.thorlabs.com/NewGroupPage9.cfm?ObjectGr oup_ID=1745&pn=AP8E4E

Or, if those look a little expensive, you can buy a lathe and start making your own. I once needed a firing pin for a rifle and it cost me about $3,000.00 and two years of my life. I acquired a 12" bench lathe, a number of books, cutting tools and holders, taps and dies, and it just went on and on from there...

Jack
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Naustin
Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 10:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Jack, I ended up finding those same two sites last night! I don't know how this is going to work, but I'm certainly entertaining myself!

I'm ordering a bunch of Ram stuff today, and I'm going to check the hardware stores at noon for those thread adaptors. If they don't have them (doubt it) I'll order 4 or 5 from ThorLabs.
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Naustin
Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 10:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

PS) Here's the ME-500 Mount. It's rated 7.5Lbs Axial and 4Lbs Radial.



And the Thread adaptor...



PPS) That rifle story sounds familiar... LOL

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Borrowedbike
Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 11:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just a hint... If you never want to go back to stock mirrors 9(Or never had them) a Plug tap is about $5.99, or the bar material is a soft Aluminum and the Ram ball is harder. (For those who are willing to take a risk and don't give a crap when the thread pitch isn't carried out to the third decimal, on Non critical components of course...)

I've been running mine for since June and have had no issues with it.
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Naustin
Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 03:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Everything is ordered.... I'll keep you posted...
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Iamike
Posted on Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 02:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Nick-
I'm glad that they may work for you.

Those were between two steel plates that our mobile data computer docks were mounted to in our service vehicles. When we went to the Panasonic Toughbooks, they didn't require the cushioning.

I can't stand to throw anything away that may be useful, especially if it is something unique like those. I kept a handful of them but many of those high-dollar mounts went in the steel recycling bin.
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Naustin
Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 03:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

OK, I've got an update here. I signed up for photobucket and YouTube so I can make this image rich.

First of all, here's a picture of the Barry Vibration isolator, the Ram Ball and the thread adaptor.



And here they are all put together:



Unfortunately, the little rubber mount was completely overwhelmed by the weight of the RAM system. Apparently the “load rating” on the website was referring to the total force load, not the static weight. I suspected that, so I wasn't really surprised. A larger mount might work, but I'm moving on to test the RAM system mounted directly to the front fairing sub-frame rather than the handlebar.

Here is a picture of the RAM ball and the Hardware I'm using for the mount. This includes various washers, and 2 large rubber washers.



And assembled... The frame of the bike will be clamped between the two rubber washers.



Here's the fairing sub-frame. The hole that you can see is an unused, factory hole. It's a little close to the dash, but there is just enough space. You can see that the hole is larger than the bolt. There will be no metal to metal contact between the bike and the RAM system.





Here you can see the double RAM arm setup that will hopefully provide so extra vibration cancelation because of the extra ball and socket joints.



Stay tuned. I'm going to try to get a couple of short videos showing the vibration I was getting on the handlebar, and then move the assembly to the new mount and see what happens.
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Naustin
Posted on Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 04:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ok, here are the Videos.

Before, mounted on the handlebar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv6NUkTVtdE

After, mounted on fairing sub-frame – with double arm setup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34aCHaChu6g

It might be a little hard to see, but the “buzz” has been significantly reduced! It's only 19 degrees here today, so I'm going to have to wait for the chance to do a complete test ride, but at this point, I'd count the problem 90% solved.
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