I've read the many threads on here for inspiration on how I wanted to do my hydration system.
I have the RTIC bottle and the YETI mount that many use, and was trying to come up with a way to mount to my R1250GS.
I'm lucky enough to have a long time really-good-friend named Joz with a machine shop in his home garage and here's what we came up with:
We started with the yeti mount, the rear foot peg with the rubber moved, and a big chunk of aluminum:
Essentially our goal was to turn the block of aluminum into a mega-foot-peg
The tricky part is the 25 degree rotation that foot pegs have built into them between their mount and the "flat platform"
We both had flashbacks to grade school (is anyone else old enough to remember that Ditto or mimeograph smell?
) as Mark painted the metal up so we could etch our cut points:
...and then Joz began milling the block down to our needed thickness:
First dimension complete:
...now the fun begins. we need a 25 degree cut out of the block to get the desired flat:
A rough cut test fit - it is starting to look like it will work!
Some drilling and tapping of the 25 degree holes, and then most test fitting
Bolting the frame to the footpeg
And Voila!
It fits PERFECTLY. The thing is so strong you could lift the bike from it
I copied someone here and used a RAM mount for the upper connection.
The placement ended up perfect. Here you can see the gap to the foam that is there to keep any bouncing around from scratching the panier:
My paniers & racks can completely release without removal of the hydration system (one of the reasons I bought the racks I use - they quick release with quarter turn fasteners).
- it looks dumb hanging out there and for shorter riding days I don't want it so I simply pull one pin and undo the RAM arm and Voila!
I've run about 1500 miles with it so far (half of that dirt) and it is working perfectly.
Very happy with how it turned out.
Thank you to those on here that have shared their setups so I could plagiarize some of your ideas!
I have the RTIC bottle and the YETI mount that many use, and was trying to come up with a way to mount to my R1250GS.
I'm lucky enough to have a long time really-good-friend named Joz with a machine shop in his home garage and here's what we came up with:
We started with the yeti mount, the rear foot peg with the rubber moved, and a big chunk of aluminum:
Essentially our goal was to turn the block of aluminum into a mega-foot-peg
The tricky part is the 25 degree rotation that foot pegs have built into them between their mount and the "flat platform"
We both had flashbacks to grade school (is anyone else old enough to remember that Ditto or mimeograph smell?
...and then Joz began milling the block down to our needed thickness:
First dimension complete:
...now the fun begins. we need a 25 degree cut out of the block to get the desired flat:
A rough cut test fit - it is starting to look like it will work!
Some drilling and tapping of the 25 degree holes, and then most test fitting
Bolting the frame to the footpeg
And Voila!
It fits PERFECTLY. The thing is so strong you could lift the bike from it
I copied someone here and used a RAM mount for the upper connection.
The placement ended up perfect. Here you can see the gap to the foam that is there to keep any bouncing around from scratching the panier:
My paniers & racks can completely release without removal of the hydration system (one of the reasons I bought the racks I use - they quick release with quarter turn fasteners).
- it looks dumb hanging out there and for shorter riding days I don't want it so I simply pull one pin and undo the RAM arm and Voila!
I've run about 1500 miles with it so far (half of that dirt) and it is working perfectly.
Very happy with how it turned out.
Thank you to those on here that have shared their setups so I could plagiarize some of your ideas!
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