KK2 passenger floor boards on MK1?

[luvmy40]

Has anyone put the MK2 rear floor boards on an MK1?

 

I have been talking to Bongobobny about this as he did so many years ago so I know it's doable.

 

I just wanted to open up a discussion to see if there others who have done so to come with the best plan possible.

 

Here's one of the floor boards I have.

 

 

with the original peg mount removed, the front two wholes line up and the rear hole under the floor board lines up with the middle peg mount hole. The issues are:

 

1. The front bolts aren't long enough.

 

2. The rear bolt is a larger diameter and will not fit the mounting bushing on the floor board mount.

 

3. There is no mounting point for the muffler on the floor board mount.

 

 

1. is easy to remedy

 

2. I am going to try to find steel bushing inserts of the proper diameter and force them into the rubber mounting bushing.

 

3. BBNY fabed up aluminum hangers for the mufflers that attached to the frame. I'll probably do something similar.

 

 

So, if anyone else has done this; What did you do?

Edited June 17, 2018 by luvmy40

[gaj1917]

I added those to my 84 a while ago. No problem, but you will need mufflers from an 86+.

[gaj1917]

Here's a pic:

[luvmy40]

Got 'em done today!

 

I picked up a steel spacer the correct diameter for the M10 mounting bolt, 4ea. M8-1.25x30 bolts, 2ea. M10-1.25x20 bolts and dug up a piece of 1/8" aluminum sheet stock from the scrap pile.

 

I cut two bushing inserts from the steel spacer and replaced the insert in the rear mounting holes of the floorboard mounts. Then I made a couple muffler hangers from the aluminum stock and re-hung the mufflers from the point where the main frame, the rear sub frame and the saddle bag crash bars bolt together with the new M10-1.25 bolts in the muffler tabs. I mounted the floorboard mounts with the new M8-1.25 bolts in the front holes and the original M10-1.25 bolt from the peg mount in the rear hole with the new bushing. I had to use the thick washer that came off of the crash bar mounting bolt as the bolt was bottoming out in the frame before tightening on the bushing.

 

Before:

 

The raw materials:

 

The muffler hangers installed:

 

After:

 

Edited June 17, 2018 by luvmy40

[bongobobny]

There ya go! MacGyvering at its best!!

 

Your passenger will love them!!