When i replace the sport demons next time i will do this... if any is interested i will take orders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebaJatp8dgE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebaJatp8dgE)
Quote from: Old Rider on October 04, 2020, 12:03:01 PMWhen i replace the sport demons next time i will do this... if any is interested i will take orders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebaJatp8dgE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebaJatp8dgE)
Old Rider,
'Way more steps ( :biggrin: ) than I would use. One-piece design. See pix. Run laces through the lace tabs at the holes, and lace to fit. Run a heel strap from the lace holes if you want a heel strap (not needed). Glue a heel cup insole at the heel on the foot side, if desired, with Shoe Goo. I hate having something between my toes, with any sandals.
Great for the streets or muddy pathways, but you
will have black skid marks on the floors all over in the house, if you wear them indoors. D.A.M.H.I.K. Helps to be single, there.
:hi:
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I've got twelve old sport demon tires I'll send you to help get your business started. Most of them have been worn down to the threads so they won't scuff up your floors.
The Indian shoe walla wastes nothing. This is common practice and as you might well guess, they are as uncomfortable as fuck.
Red : im impressed with your advanced worksheet drawing :biggrin: have downladed it now ! this must be a more comfortable design i make this model an option when orders tikking in.
Quote from: T Legg on October 04, 2020, 03:50:52 PM
I've got twelve old sport demon tires I'll send you to help get your business started. Most of them have been worn down to the threads so they won't scuff up your floors.
T legg :Thats great i now see big money in this project i will make a pair for free for you.And yesi have seen pics of your worn to the core demons worn so they are
almost transparent .They must be great to use for making indoor slippers :good2:
I have now made a drawing of another simpler and easyer to make model that can be ordered .
I hate to tell you this but if you are planning to sell them here in the States most of us have five toes on each foot.
Quote from: T Legg on October 05, 2020, 04:34:17 AM
I hate to tell you this but if you are planning to sell them here in the States most of us have five toes on each foot.
I forgot that here in Norway motorcycle riders ride so hard with such great leanangle on the twisty roads that wee have only 4
Quote from: Old Rider on October 05, 2020, 05:36:28 AM
I forgot that here in Norway motorcycle riders ride so hard with such great leanangle on the twisty roads that wee have only 4
Here, we lean so hard rider's legs fall off....
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=666007737375990 (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=666007737375990)
Noel
If I could learn how to ride like a Norwegian I could get a few more miles out of my sport demons . I might give up a toe to finish off the unused sides of my tires but a leg is too much.
Quote from: ribbert on October 05, 2020, 06:42:57 AM
Quote from: Old Rider on October 05, 2020, 05:36:28 AM
Here, we lean so hard rider's legs fall off....
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=666007737375990 (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=666007737375990)
Noel
:lol: The rider behind must be happy he did not get that leg in the wheel spokes
Quote from: T Legg on October 05, 2020, 07:14:11 AM
If I could learn how to ride like a Norwegian I could get a few more miles out of my sport demons . I might give up a toe to finish off the unused sides of my tires but a leg is too much.
If i remeber the picture of your worn rear tire right i think you already are a toecutter :biggrin:
Quote from: Old Rider on October 05, 2020, 07:26:15 AM
Quote from: T Legg on October 05, 2020, 07:14:11 AM
If I could learn how to ride like a Norwegian I could get a few more miles out of my sport demons . I might give up a toe to finish off the unused sides of my tires but a leg is too much.
If i remeber the picture of your worn rear tire right i think you already are a toecutter :biggrin:
Speaking of which, does anyone here ride with the balls of their feet on the pegs, as opposed to the instep. I'm not talking about moving your inside foot back for the duration of a corner but both feet all the time?
Noel
Quote from: Old Rider on October 05, 2020, 03:13:43 AMRed : im impressed with your advanced worksheet drawing :biggrin: have downladed it now ! this must be a more comfortable design i make this model an option when orders tikking in.
Old Rider,
Yeah, that pattern was kinda quick-'n'-dirty. :blush: Actually, it would be better if each of the "laces tabs" were split into two narrower tabs on each side instead of one wide tab, so the sandal would be standing flatter on the floor. That's my last upgrade, though; after this, I may want money. :rofl2:
Have fun! :biggrin:
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Quote from: ribbert on October 05, 2020, 07:53:54 AM
Quote from: Old Rider on October 05, 2020, 07:26:15 AM
Quote from: T Legg on October 05, 2020, 07:14:11 AM
If I could learn how to ride like a Norwegian I could get a few more miles out of my sport demons . I might give up a toe to finish off the unused sides of my tires but a leg is too much.
If i remeber the picture of your worn rear tire right i think you already are a toecutter :biggrin:
Speaking of which, does anyone here ride with the balls of their feet on the pegs, as opposed to the instep. I'm not talking about moving your inside foot back for the duration of a corner but both feet all the time?
Noel
. Having the balls of my feet up on the pegs feels real cool for about two minutes but I usually wait untill I've smashed my feet into the pavement a few times before I pull them back.
Quote from: ribbert on October 05, 2020, 07:53:54 AM
Quote from: Old Rider on October 05, 2020, 07:26:15 AM
Quote from: T Legg on October 05, 2020, 07:14:11 AM
If I could learn how to ride like a Norwegian I could get a few more miles out of my sport demons . I might give up a toe to finish off the unused sides of my tires but a leg is too much.
If i remeber the picture of your worn rear tire right i think you already are a toecutter :biggrin:
Speaking of which, does anyone here ride with the balls of their feet on the pegs, as opposed to the instep. I'm not talking about moving your inside foot back for the duration of a corner but both feet all the time?
Noel
Yep, that would be me, but at under 5'8" tall and with a 29" inside leg measurement, I don't have an issue with cramped legs on a FJ :sarcastic: :sarcastic: My feet are only ever on the pegs at instep for changing gear, or operating the rear brake.
I have a one-legged friend, Neil (lost his leg when he fell off his RD 200 and went under a bus, many years ago), who had a problem on the way back from the Le Mans 24hr race, as a pillion on a friends FJ1200 back in the early 1990's.
Having got back to the UK, when going straight over a painted-on mini roundabout, he got bumped out of the seat and his false leg/foot came off the footpeg. It was inside his bib and brace leathers, with his boot on it. When the boot landed on the ground at about 30-40 mph, it got picked up, but because the leg was trapped inside the trousers, it just spun up behind Neil and came around in a big arc and hit the side of the rider's crash helmet....then dropped down to the road, got picked up again and spun around and hit him on the shoulder. An immediate emergency stop ensued :sarcastic:. Neil was creased up and crying with laughter, even though it hurt his stump like hell !!!!
I nearly crashed from laughing, riding behind them watching it all happen. The rider (Kim) was really pissed off because the boot left a big mark on Kim's (expensive) new-for-the-trip, Ron Haslam replica, Arai crash helmet......happy days !!
Win - Millietant.
What a fine bunch of FJ mates I had in those days - these photo's are from that 24hr race weekend, this thread got me thinking about digging them out......some might wish I hadn't bothered :rofl2:
Kim, the rider on his FJ, with some of the group (thankfully I'm behind the camera :sarcastic:)
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/11/6213_05_10_20_10_13_17_0.jpeg)
Who's going to get the cheap wine and beer??
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/11/6213_05_10_20_10_13_17_1.jpeg)
Me and Kim deciding how to get back to Le Havre
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/11/6213_05_10_20_10_13_17_2.jpeg)
Speaking of which, does anyone here ride with the balls of their feet on the pegs, as opposed to the instep. I'm not talking about moving your inside foot back for the duration of a corner but both feet all the time?
Noel
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99% of the time, except if I'm stuck on the interstates. Only way I'm comfortable. I get scared watching somebody in front with duck feet in the twisties...