New Head Steadys

comnoz · Aug 24, 2009

First twenty head steadys are nearly ready to ship. Just waiting on the last of the harware to arrive. Jim [PS The head steady on the bike is a blem]

Rob94010 · Aug 24, 2009

I am a bit lost. Are being made/sold by Colorado Norton?

swooshdave · Aug 24, 2009

Goes without saying, best looking head stead yet.

Hortons Norton · Aug 24, 2009

Very nice Jim, Are they all spoken for? Chuck.

comnoz · Aug 24, 2009

The head steadys are going to be on CNW's website soon. They can be purchased from them or you can buy directly from me. I think I presently have eight that are not yet spoken for and the next run of about 50 will be available in 4 to 6 weeks. Jim

swooshdave · Aug 24, 2009

comnoz said:
The head steadys are going to be on CNW's website soon. They can be purchased from them or you can buy directly from me. I think I presently have eight that are not yet spoken for and the next run of about 50 will be available in 4 to 6 weeks. Jim

And to ask the obvious... how much?

comnoz · Aug 24, 2009

PM me for pricing.

batrider · Aug 25, 2009

I see the engine ground wire is not attached. Will there be a tapped hole on the head steady or a good way to attach it somewhere? There isn't much room for the lug around the center allen screw where it normally goes.

comnoz · Aug 25, 2009

I have always thought that attaching the ground wire to the part of the motor that shakes the most was a pretty poor plan. I would advise attaching the red ground wire in the picture to the top bracket bolt and then installing a new ground wire. [10 gauge] from one of the oil filter mounting bolts up to the lug near the battery. This will eliminate vibration failure of the ground wire. Jim

Coco · Aug 25, 2009

comnoz said:
$295.00 with stainless hardware

I may have one of these set aside already for me by Matt at CNW. This is the last piece to my MKIII puzzle that is missing.

nortonspeed · Aug 25, 2009

Ludwig, what exactly is so hopeless on this type of headsteady?

swooshdave · Aug 25, 2009

nortonspeed said:
Ludwig, what exactly is so hopeless on this type of headsteady?

He believes that the motion of the engine/drivetrain should move in a purely vertical motion and that any of these link type head steadies introduce an arc to the movement (despite this being virtually null).

How was that?

nortonspeed · Aug 25, 2009

Swooshdave, see what you mean. But what difference in (tenth of) mm are we talking about at the end of the arc and will this influence the steering?

swooshdave · Aug 25, 2009

ludwig said:
swooshdave said:

nortonspeed said:

Ludwig, what exactly is so hopeless on this type of headsteady?

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He believes that the motion of the engine/drivetrain should move in a purely vertical motion and that any of these link type head steadies introduce an arc to the movement

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the arc movement is there , but purely theoretical and totally irelevant .
I tried to explain earlier that everybody with basic metal working skills can make a perfect , one piece headsteady in an afternoon for less than 5 dollars .
What does this headsteady do : it prevents lateral movement while allowing vertical movement , using an existing fixing point of the frame .
You can achieve exactly the same goal without using heim joints .
But apparenty , if it doesn't look high tech , It isn't shiney and doesn't costs a lot of money , ( some ) people just can't believe it will work .
Trying to convince people of an alterative seems futile and hopeless..
Having said that , this new headsteady looks very nice and well made .
It shure looks strong enough to moore an aircraft carrier .
I am convinced it will do an exellent job , but IMO it is a typical case of overengineering .

But the advantage of the jointed head steadies is a lower coefficient of friction that neither isolastics or your design provides. Am I correct?

comnoz · Aug 25, 2009

Ludwig, I would love to see your design. Putting up with the load is easy. I put a lot of miles on my bike and have found dealing with the pounding from the vibration is not. Jim

swooshdave · Aug 25, 2009

comnoz said:
Ludwig, I would love to see your design. Putting up with the load is easy. I put a lot of miles on my bike and have found dealing with the pounding from the vibration is not. Jim

From ludwig's posting on Britbike

I think it's an interesting concept. I don't like the fact that it's set up with a clearance (PTFE) to make it work and I hope the offset design isn't a problem. But I'm not an engineer.

comnoz · Aug 25, 2009

I guess I have seen that before.

Keith1069 · Aug 26, 2009

My own homemade mount is similar to the new offer above, based on the Taglieri version, mounted from the standard steady position. Question I have is what do the experts think about lack of support with these designs? On and Off the wheels there is noticeable vertical movement (at least 1/10") since the original exhaust rubbers and the Norvil ISO provided some added support as did the spring device on Mk3's. Mine works well but I wondered what the opinions are out there?

splatt · Aug 26, 2009

Keith,I made the same head steady but mounted a couple of springs off it, unfortunatly they dont pull straight up so I don't know how effective they really are and I didn't notice any difference with or without the springs,steady works well though.

pelican · Oct 15, 2009

Received mine today. It's really well built. Wasn't expecting the rubber seals...

New Head Steadys

comnoz

Rob94010

swooshdave

Hortons Norton

comnoz

swooshdave

comnoz

batrider

comnoz

Coco

nortonspeed

Guest

swooshdave

nortonspeed

Guest

swooshdave

comnoz

swooshdave

comnoz

Keith1069

splatt

pelican