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Originally Posted by
redbikejohn
Well done looks great. One question... the pipe you used for the tow hook on the bike looks suspiciously like electrical conduit? if so conduit isn’t very strong and or suitable.
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High Redbikejohn, well spotted, I originally used electrical conduit but the wall was so thin it was very weak. I basically used it to get all the measurements correct. Then I found a length of pipe in the stores at work that was miles sturdier. It is 20mm OD, 12mm ID really heavy duty and galvanished inside and out. I think it's for compressed air or something similar, it weighs alot but it's so much sturdier, I had trouble fabricating the hoop you can see, the pipe bender was ok but to flatten the ends where it mounts to the passenger footpeg I had to get it red hot with a blow torch and squash it with a hydraulic bearing press.
It ain't going nowhere now.
