{"id":56987,"date":"2016-05-26T14:53:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T05:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=56987"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:50","slug":"gs1200ss-muffler-bracket-fabrication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20160526\/everyday-events\/gs1200ss-muffler-bracket-fabrication","title":{"rendered":"GS1200SS Muffler bracket fabrication and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9240.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9240\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9240.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9240-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since the heel was hitting during racing, let&#8217;s fabricate a new bracket with a revised layout.<br \/>\n<!--more--><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9235.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9235\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9235.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9235-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two machined parts and one bent piece. We&#8217;ll proceed in a direction that&#8217;s straightforward and carries minimal fabrication risk.<\/p>\n<p>We have a bender, so a 180-degree bend is possible, but we need distance for a second bend, so we combined the bender with hand bending.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9238.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9238\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9238.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9238-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since it&#8217;s thick material, I managed to complete the joining after a while.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9242.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9242\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9242.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9242-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9244.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9244\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9244.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9244-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9245.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9245\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9245.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9245-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next is polishing and anodizing, but since there&#8217;s only one piece, the unit cost would be high, so we&#8217;ll hold off for now.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9231.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9231\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9231.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9231-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pink area was hitting the heel and bothering us, so<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9248.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9248\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9248.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9248-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we added a slightly thicker pipe wrap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9251.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9251\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9251.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9251-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think we&#8217;ve avoided the problem now.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9253.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9253\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9253.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9253-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The racer wants rubber covering on the step bar, so I&#8217;ll cut it using an RGB500 part we have on hand as reference.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DSC_9254.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_9254\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9254.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/DSC_9254-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> It&#8217;s quite difficult to cut it neatly. I&#8217;ll keep working on it. If there&#8217;s no anodizing, it might be ready by the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the heel was hitting during racing, let&#8217;s fabricate a new bracket with a revised layout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[62,166],"class_list":["post-56987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-gs1200ss","tag-production"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}