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Then I used my big 220v welder for gluing the two 1/4" pieces together. It has very good penetration, so I'm very confident with the strength of the whole switch housing now.

Drilling and tapping was next...

And then grinding down the plate to match the contour to match the same shape as the M/C.

Another angle...

Phenomenal - holy crap, that's awesome......

And with the M/C bolted to the switch housing.

And mounted up on the headset, this is what it looks like. By far, the most difficult part was just making sure that I had the M/C in the exact position that I wanted it. I made it so that it has the exact same offsets and (fore/aft, up/down, and side to side as a standard PX disc lower headset.

Awesome job! That is going to be a fun ride now.

Sharp eyes will notice that I rotated the 1/4" plate before I welded it in. By doing that, it makes WAY better ergonomics for the wrist. I didn't measure the exact degree that I rotated it forwards and down, but probably 15~20 degrees? I'll have to measure it at some point.

And with it finish up, i think it came out great. My goal it to have it nice enough that I don't have to use any sort of filler to hide any scratches before it gets painted.

The whole master cylinder mounting project was pretty fun. Nothing was difficult, except that I like to have locked in a game plan before I start fabricating stuff, but there was no game plan on this. I couldn't find any sort of documentation online about anyone doing the same thing to an Allstate headset, but I'm sure that at some point over the years there has been some crazy European who has done something like that before. But here in the US, those type of mods aren't as common.

dang mad skilz whodat not an allstate front no more.

Mad Skillz!!! I was going to suggest giving an angle to the plate but you already beat me to it. Did the same on my P. I always found the stock PX B.M.C. position very strenuous on the wrist and that's probably why you get a "wooden" feeling from the brake. I guess they did it this way for the levers to be symmetrical with each other...

That is some fine work WDC! Good to see something like this done a different model with the split headset. Unique and cool!

Very nice indeed.
That's gonna be one sweet allstate

Thank you for the compliment SaFis. It sounds like great minds think alike! I've never liked the angle of the stock PX hydro MC. I never though the reasoning could have been for symmetry? I rolled the master cylinder on my T5 waaaay forward, and it's absolutely spot on with the dropped headset. But looking it now, yes, the symmetry is way off then the gear change tube is in neutral...but is spot on when flat out in 4th!

Also, thanks you everyone else for the compliments. Perhaps it will give others inspiration and ideas for their projects as well?...because I only got motivated to work on my Allstate again after seeing everyone else here wrenching in their Allstate's. So if it wasn't for all the Allstate projects happening on MV, mine could still be under a cover for the next 7 years!

So I couldn't stand looking at the PX's hydro lever. It's just way too out of place on the old scooter. The old lever is in the left, the PX on the right.

I cut about an 1" off the end, sanded down the profile a bit, then polished it up a bit. It's a much better shape now.

I didn't want to have too sharp of a point at the end of the lever, just some that didn't look too out of place. So this is close enough for me.

I'm not kinda switching gears and an hoping to sort out the front fender. The blue one was on it when I got the scooter, but it needed to be shimmed to get it to fit over the PK fork. That shimming caused the fender to not be centered over the wheel. I was planning on "going the easy route", so I bought a PLC fiberglass fender that is design to fit the PK fork, and it kinda looks like crap from the front....

....and the view from the rear rhymes with "fleece of spit". I'm not really sure how that it's even possible to build a fender so poorly.

...so I bought a another (different) fender from SIP. I wanted to start fresh with a bare steel fender so that I wouldn't have to sand any paint (and or filler?). My plan is to create a bulge (for shock clearance) on the PK fork so that I can have the fender completely centered over the wheel.

That lever will go through your thigh now with almost no effort at all!!

Seriously nice job.

I looked a Craig's PLC mudguard on the weekend (though his was for a Zip fork in a smallframe), and you're right. It's horrible. It's made from fibreglass, so how damn hard is it to make sure the seam molding looks like a proper seam?! He said it was hard to rub down for paint because it flexed a lot, and that painting actually stiffened it up! Does make me question their other products.

Hahahaha.
Uh huh.

All looking good and nice work on the brake lever. Much better looking, and dangerous. Perfect.

Not sure the plan for getting it sprayed - but I had some good luck with one of those custom color match spray cans for some touch up recently. $20 for a can. Not bad.

Enjoying watching u bring this into ur own.

I'm kinda half tempted to try out their Smallframe ET3 shaped fender that's designed to fit a PK fork? http://www.plccorse.com/?page_id=1581 It might fit a PK fork much better since it's actually built to fit around the shock. ...but i hate being the guinea pig. Plus i don't know how well it would fly in the scooter community to bolt on a ET3 fender to an Allstate. I do have a spare PKXL fender that i could easily bolt on though. I can hear the cry's from the purists already!

Ahhh....the spray plan. The problem is with paint, i'm either all or nothing. I used to work in a body shop, so i'm a stickler for having the paint spot on. I don't have a spray booth, nor do i have a way to control the temperature in my cold shop. Being in wet, cool Oregon, outdoor painting season was over with 1.5 months ago! Plus automotive paint is uber expensive! I currently have 3 (or 4?) scooters that i'd like to respray, so if i did them all the same color, it should save me a few bucks, right? I think paint materials would cost close to $1500 for all of them, but then i think that the same $1500 could just buy me another scooter. It's a vicious cycle...

I did get a small can of touch up paint from the previous owner. It's PPG "Concept" single stage paint. I think there's enough there for a few touchups. I don't know if there's enough to spray a fender as well though. In fact, I don't even know if PPG still sells a catalyst for that line of paint.

Hope you DONT MIND asking, where abouts in OR? I'm in
South Oregon, perhaps we can coordinate paint schemes? Im flexibles, working on a Rally 200. Your're doing good work!!!

I'm up North, sorta near PDX. My painting days are all but over. It was fun, but stressful fun. I sprayed quite a few of my friend's cars and trucks on the side (making about $3 to $5 and hour), but quit doing that about 10+ years ago. I only spray for myself nowadays, and only small things. Once the paint got to be really expensive, it kinda took the fun out of doing it. My main trade for work is carpentry, and that's what puts the scooter money in my pocket....briefly

Every time I see a pic of an Allstate in that blue in that condition I want to repaint my 58. I love the patina, but I also love that shade of blue. It just looks so good.

Excellent work with the m/c. The dropped lever look is a bit (a lot) Lambretta. Don't not like it.

Long shot question anyway so no worries! Just thinking out the side of my rear LOL.! But like you said, paint is expensive!! Prolly just rock what I got for the foreseable future Good luck up there! Hope to see you at one of the OR rides some time.

Who care what they think - they will just as likely baulk at the braking mod as the mudguard - its your scooter do what you want with it

Now that you bring it up, it does look very Lambretta-esque having a large out of place hydro master cylinder attached to an old Italian scooter. But I still think it might be a little less out of place than having a semi-hydro MC strapped to the lower fork? Plus a full hydro system is just plain more effective.

I'm pretty sure if I installed a PK fender on the Allstate, after I die, I would be punished by being sent back to relive the year 2020 for eternity...

It's been a little while since I've messed with my Allstate project. I was busy prepping another brand of motorcycle for a long thanksgiving weekend dirt bike ride...and now my ribs are still REALLY, REALLY sore two weeks later.

I did buckle down and installed a pair of TD-Customs luggage loops and a TD-Custom floor support. I've used them both before in the past and have been pleased with their products, and the latest design of their luggage loops have a taller loop, so it's now easier to fish a strap through it.

And what the reinforcement plate looks like. It's made out of stainless steel, so it won't rust.

I like those, loops if you need them, and would cover up my chipped paint from stand removal previously. They really should have washers under the screw heads from the factory.

That plate is what I was thinking of a thicker version of for taller tires, so the center stand would reach the ground.

I like that reinforcement plate for the stand. Didn't know someone made one for that. Both are definitely on my list now as the floor warps a little if I load the bike up too much and put it on center stand. Great stuff!

Very nice luggage loops. I might have to check them out for the P200.

And ribs - bummer. Was this on the 640? My kidneys used to take a beating, even with a kidney belt. But this was back in the day in the Mojave desert on an XR500R.

I just saw these extended centerstand feet on SIP. It might be the simpler way to go about doing it? https://old.sip-scootershop.com/en/products/stand+feet+kr+automation+_10572100