Yaffe Rake Install

[slothy]

here are some pics for people wondering how to "rake" your bagger - pics are from a bike we just did. This is using the yaffe rake block kit.

 

[slothy]

more..

 

[slothy]

the bike sorta put together showing rake - i sent him a msg to post up on here - this is hes bike

 

[Bill]

Sweet!!!

 

[AddictJ]

thats one cool looking bike!! lol

 

[slothy]

thats one cool looking bike!! lol

ya i heard the owner is a prick

 

[AddictJ]

yea he is, i meet him before lol

 

[AddictJ]

just dropped my tank off to get coated, will have it back next week

 

[slothy]

same place as where i dropped mine off?

 

[AddictJ]

same place, 140 caused he had to blast inside cause of the oil in there

 

[slothy]

maybe thats what i paid, i thought it was 100ish

 

[InMotionJosh]

Cool looks like it's a bit further along than mine.

 

[Sonic69]

I have a couple of bikes on my phone that we raked the necks. Can I send them somewhere to post them up?

 

[slothy]

send them to [email protected] (0's are zeros in sL00thy) and ill get them up for ya

 

[QuikHD]

So what keeps the neck in alignment with the frame while welding it up? It seems like a 1/4 of a degree out of plumb up at the neck could really throw things off down at the bottom of the forks.

I noticed you have a large gap that has to be filled in. I assume you are reusing the factory neck? Any reason you choose this one over the HHI kit? IMO the HHI kit seems like it would give you a little better alignment tolerances.

 

[slothy]

the yaffe tubing is what keeps it aligned, we use a level to check before and after. On the first one we did (mine) we purposely reefed on it to see what would happen - didn't move - using the painters tram gauge to measure points on frame to neck (hes a frame straighten guy at work). the gap in center gets and around filled in with sheet metal, the pieces on bottom are about 3/16" thick. the oem neck is no more then thick sheet metal with a 2nd layer of sheet metal "folded" inside. As for the hhi, the cost is why we don't use it. not saying its better or worse - just the yaffe one works and very easy/quick to do and allows for custom stretches if they want it.

 

[stupid_rope]

maybe thats what i paid, i thought it was 100ish

you get nickel plated inside or what?

 

[slothy]

no, lifetime guarantee coating/sealer....

 

[Gdub]

You know you yahoos don't have to cut your necks anymore. All you need is the raked trees we have. They go together easy as stock and have been road tested to 100 mph +!

So you say, post up some more info. Who's trees, is it a double neck?

 

[InMotionJosh]

Not to say they are the same as yours but I saw a bike for sale on ebay that had no rake, just trees and I think it was a 26 and it looked really strange.