From: Ian McKiver <ianmckiver@...>
Subject: Re: TSS: Re: Longer battery retaining strap
To: 2StrokeSmoke@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 1:16 PM

Efrain,
          no need to use glue.  Take two cuts through an inner tube.  Open them both out to a circle shape and fit one circle inside the other (so you have an 'o' inside an 'o').  Obviously the fit is not exact (the inner one is a little bent), but that doesn't matter once it is in place.  Take one metal end loop from the existing strap - the loop isn't 'welded', so you can tease it out with a pair of pliers.  Fit it to the 'extension'  Make a new metal loop (I used coathanger wire) and use that to join the 'extension' to the original battery strap.  Does that make sense?
Ian.

Efrain Baus wrote:

Ian, thanks for your comments. I was looking your pictures and your explanation and I don't get your "put one inside the other" part. You glued the two cuts of tube with the metal loops in the middle? Sorry to bother.... --- On Tue, 6/9/09, Ian McKiver <ianmckiver@yahoo. co.uk> wrote: From: Ian McKiver <ianmckiver@yahoo. co.uk> Subject: Re: TSS: Re: Longer battery retaining strap To: 2StrokeSmoke@ yahoogroups. com Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 11:20 AM Efrain,           make sure you use a double thickness of inner tube to get enough tension to hold the battery firmly in place.  I didn't show it in the pictures, but my plastic wheel cover still fits nicely over the top of the strap. safe riding, Ian. Efrain Baus wrote: Great job Ian. Thanks for the pixs. I need a longer strap and will have to try your solution. Thanks again. Efrain --- On Tue, 6/9/09, Ian McKiver <ianmckiver@yahoo. co.uk> wrote: From: Ian McKiver <ianmckiver@yahoo. co.uk> Subject: Re: TSS: Re: Longer battery retaining strap To: 2StrokeSmoke@ yahoogroups. com Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 10:22 AM Efrain,            not ignoring you Bro.  Couldn't find my camera and when I did it needed charging.  Then couldn't find the charger.  Finally got my act together and the photos are in an album called 'Battery Strap'. Cheers, ian.  Efrain Baus wrote: Sounds great. Can you post a picture pls?! --- On Sun, 5/24/09, Mick Lynch 2 <mick_lynch@ntlworld .com> wrote: From: Mick Lynch 2 <mick_lynch@ntlworld .com> Subject: TSS: Re: Longer battery retaining strap To: 2StrokeSmoke@ yahoogroups. com Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009, 6:18 PM  Nice one!   Mick L ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian McKiver To: 2StrokeSmoke Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:57 PM Subject: TSS: Longer battery retaining strap So no one seems to make them.  I took two cuts through a bicycle inner tube (inch or so wide) and put one inside the other to make an extension.  I removed one of the metal loops from the original strap and fitted it on the extension.  I made a connecting loop using a length of metal coat hanger to join the extension to the original strap.  Job done. Cheers, Ian.   Ian J McKiver "Beyond words lies experience; Beyond experience lies Truth. Make this Truth your own" "Memorial" - Star Trek Voyager   I use BullGuard to keep my computer clean. Try BullGuard for free: www.bullguard. com   -- Ian J McKiver "Beyond words lies experience; Beyond experience lies Truth. Make this Truth your own" "Memorial" - Star Trek Voyager -- Ian J McKiver "Beyond words lies experience; Beyond experience lies Truth. Make this Truth your own" "Memorial" - Star Trek Voyager

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Beyond experience lies Truth.
Make this Truth your own"
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