Looking for some help from someone smarter than me.
My aux tank is mounted to a plate which takes place of my passenger seat. To add additional security over the three pin connection points designed for the seat and not a 50 pound fuel tank, I added four 1" x 2" aluminum flat bar tabs bolted down to the frame of the bike at each corner that run across from left to right of the plate.
As the plate is on a downward slope from the rear of the bike to the front, the two front tabs will not sit flush with the plate, the rear are fine and flat, but the fronts will not sit flush, only the very front edge of the tab will contact the plate because of the slope of the plate.
Any idea what I need to do to get the tab to at flush? I'm assuming I need to bevel the hole for th bolt on the tab but not certain that is the best or even a correct approach.
My aux tank is mounted to a plate which takes place of my passenger seat. To add additional security over the three pin connection points designed for the seat and not a 50 pound fuel tank, I added four 1" x 2" aluminum flat bar tabs bolted down to the frame of the bike at each corner that run across from left to right of the plate.
As the plate is on a downward slope from the rear of the bike to the front, the two front tabs will not sit flush with the plate, the rear are fine and flat, but the fronts will not sit flush, only the very front edge of the tab will contact the plate because of the slope of the plate.
Any idea what I need to do to get the tab to at flush? I'm assuming I need to bevel the hole for th bolt on the tab but not certain that is the best or even a correct approach.