nearly at the end of this journey - I must admit there is a certain elegance to the bash plate if they can have any . I am looking into softer ali to cast from and possibly annealing it afterwards - not sure how far I am going to take this or if it is worth the journey .
The casting came out quite uniform in thickness 6mm on the flat areas , 8mm on the rim and 16mm on the thicker underside sections .
Strength wise I have hit it with various hammers and put a few dents in - there is slight bending , a more flexible ali might allow for more bending .
Weight wise - the bashplate weighs 1.52kg which is far away from my steel 7.3kg previous one
Improvements :
the top of the bashplate could be extended to make use of the engine mounting bolt points .
the stator side could be built up a bit to provide a bit more protection .
when fitting rubber could be used at the bottom between the bike frame and plate( could add a channel in the casting to accommodate this )
right then - who is for a cast aluminium helmet ?
