Monday, April 25, 2011

Why buy quality when you can buy cheap?

I'm in the process of doing one of my tail light setups on a customer bike and while removing the old I noticed the weld connecting the mounting bracket to the license plate back was cracked from top to bottom. This un-named unit has a two piece steel construction which is just a piece of 1/8" welded to a piece of 3/16". Herein lies the problem. Thin steel bolted way out back on a rigid framed bike (Sportster) in this case acts like a tuning fork. Hang 2.3lbs off that combined with half seam welds and shake it at lets say 5 beats per second and it's bound to break. The assemblies I'm producing have a full 1/4" 6061 aluminum construction and weigh just under 1.5lbs. They also have an 1 1/4" offset mount which moves the plate closer inboard reducing stress on the bracket as well as keeping your bike looking clean and not goofy.

You could spend $120 on a generic model A assembly, bolt it on, take a step back and say: "Nice! now my bike looks like every other guys!" Ride it, have it break and then spend another $120 or you could just buy quality to begin with.




4 comments:

  1. Good god I would buy the cheap one!!! That way I can impress all my friends on line and tell them how much money I saved! Yes, I can buy even more total crap made in china shit! Hell all I want is to ride it over to my friend's place that I met on the web site so we can talk about how cheap we can build a bike for. We don't really ride. Its all for show....now where did I put my matching sparkle helmet? Sorry Leo I don't blame you if you take this off....

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  2. C'mon bro delete it, no way. I love putting this shit on blast. I can't stand shitty weak parts.

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  3. no school choppers? my buddy bought one. it broke off on the freeway, at night, bouncing down the road by the tailight wires. sweet.

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  4. i just need to borrow the scale

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