AjaxTheDog
New member
I have sent my bar mount to Ilium for rework/replacement
After a couple of back and forth emails with John, the owner of Ilium, he told me to ship the mount back for rework/replacement. I did so today. Unfortunately he is going on vacation today through August 22nd. I feel badly that I probably screwed up the guy's vacation, but I suppose that cannot be helped. His email auto reply late today said to contact Ron at 888-431-6669, or email ron@iliumworks.com. Probably a good idea to cc john@iliumworks.com too on anything you send as he is filling in while John is on vacation. If you send a photo of your swingarm rub mark I am sure they will get the picture, but probably you should talk to them before returning anything.
I am thinking now that they need to re-engineer this part to be further out from the frame and far away from the swingarm. I suppose my bracket could be rebent but that is way beyond any tools I have. I tried a 1/16" spacer to move it out and that didn't work, and grinding on the mount is just a guess at how far up the swingarm can go, which may or may not work. I think it is also likely that the swingarm travel will increase as the suspension wears and probably a little different from bike to bike. I'm not sure but I don't think there is anything limiting suspension travel beyond the shock and spring, is there?
I'm not thinking this is going to be solved very quickly.
After a couple of back and forth emails with John, the owner of Ilium, he told me to ship the mount back for rework/replacement. I did so today. Unfortunately he is going on vacation today through August 22nd. I feel badly that I probably screwed up the guy's vacation, but I suppose that cannot be helped. His email auto reply late today said to contact Ron at 888-431-6669, or email ron@iliumworks.com. Probably a good idea to cc john@iliumworks.com too on anything you send as he is filling in while John is on vacation. If you send a photo of your swingarm rub mark I am sure they will get the picture, but probably you should talk to them before returning anything.
I am thinking now that they need to re-engineer this part to be further out from the frame and far away from the swingarm. I suppose my bracket could be rebent but that is way beyond any tools I have. I tried a 1/16" spacer to move it out and that didn't work, and grinding on the mount is just a guess at how far up the swingarm can go, which may or may not work. I think it is also likely that the swingarm travel will increase as the suspension wears and probably a little different from bike to bike. I'm not sure but I don't think there is anything limiting suspension travel beyond the shock and spring, is there?
I'm not thinking this is going to be solved very quickly.