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[Tinman's Busa]

Short answer, no. They weigh very little. I made these 3D Printed ones specifically for my Fatbar setup, where vibration was not an issue. The extra weight of the stock bar-ends, or even my old Brass ones was unnecessary. With my old setup (Helibars, Genmar tall riser) I rode for many years with the very heavy Custom Brass bar-ends shown here. Those babys are vibration killers! But as I said way overkill with my new setup. These will work on a stock bar certainly, but if your after vibration reduction its a no.
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Wow great job. Looks great Thank you

 

[Tinman's Busa]

The one I have is the Monoprice Maker Select Plus. I love this printer! It has had a number of upgrades to things like the frame supports, Fan shroud, spool holder etc. That is the cool thing about these things is you can just print better or new parts for them that vastly improve even the stock performance (sound familiar? ). I paid just over $300 for mine several years ago and it seems like the price is pretty much the same now even on Amazon! The only thing I really wish it had that some of the newer printers have is a self leveling bed! If I want good prints I have to check the level before every print. This is just down to the coil spring mounting of the bed and as I said as long as you level it it works superbly!

I print mainly in PLA and PLA+ material, mainly because I have it sitting in an armoire in our living room for thermal stability and sound reduction, though the latter is not really much of an issue. If I was to switch to ABS I would take it to the garage! ABS is foul smelling stuff and I would not recommend printing with it in an enclosed area you occupy! The PLA is actually a corn starch based material and doesn't really smell at all.

If you are looking for a good entry level printer the Monoprice MP Select Mini 3D Printer V2 is an excellent choice as well. For just over $200 it is a well respected printer with the caveat that it is limited in Build volume!

I should note that both of these machines are virtually identical to the Wanhao Equivalents, but priced lower. Every part that is made to fit the Wanhao duplicator i3 plus is a perfect match to mine! Made by the same people and everything, same goes for the mini listed above. You will find more information on the Wanhao machines simply because they have been around longer but the price point is much higher!

The sky is the limit from here! There are printers now that you can print in Sintered Titanium if you want to! If I had to bet I would say that we will be 3D printing structures on the moon within the next decade.

As far as scanning parts that is something I have never done in my private endeavours. But it is becoming far more simple now. There are softwares available that basically turn your cell phone into a 3D scanner, though I have never used them.

I seen a picture of a passenger foot peg replacement camera mount that was made by 3D printer. I stumbled across it when searching for a GoPro exhaust hanger mount I have seen one time as well but can't seem to find it anywhere. I know that it was bought in a store and it screws right into the exhaust hanger that is no longer used when you have shorties. This guy that made the rear footpeg camera mount ironically doesn't sell them.

 

[bigoltool]

I seen a picture of a passenger foot peg replacement camera mount that was made by 3D printer. I stumbled across it when searching for a GoPro exhaust hanger mount I have seen one time as well but can't seem to find it anywhere. I know that it was bought in a store and it screws right into the exhaust hanger that is no longer used when you have shorties. This guy that made the rear footpeg camera mount ironically doesn't sell them.

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Can't imagine that would be very stable.

 

[Tinman's Busa]

Can't imagine that would be very stable.

Apparently it is very stable and works quite well.

 

[Bumblebee]

How does the video look from that angle.