My greatest gratification is fabrication. Riding across country the kickstand bolt fell out in South Dakota. I even know exactly where but thought I had run over a rock at an intersecton. It would have been easier to get a new factory bolt or one of the cool flat Nichols bolts but those are NLA and not being made anymore. So I decided to make my own. Thread in the kickstand mount is M12 x 1.25, fine thread, which is coincidentally the same as a 911 flywheel bolt.
Kickstand off the bik
Clean up with flywheel bolt
Will need a bushing
Mount media blasted, ready for the tumbler
The spring mechanism was plated with black zinc chromate. Stripped that and tumbled those
These thick washers from McMaster Carr were the perfect diameter.
Just needed to cut the bolt head down on the lathe and then pressfit them together with the press
Test fit here. I froze the bolt and heated the washer up to 450ºF
Even frozen and expanded, it took a lot of force to press the bolt into the washer. They are definitely one with each other.
Top and underside surfaces cut down on the lathe
