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Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 07, 2012, 20:42:19 PMyou guys are hung up on clothing...must be a thing with you all down south. My seal skin pants and coats are more then warm enough in all weather..........
Posted by pcarrell
- December 07, 2012, 20:26:54 PMQuote from: Drift1 on December 07, 2012, 20:23:24 PMForget that....lets work of fabricating some clothes!....let's work on the next one....fabrication of that snow shovel,so your not whistling why you work
Posted by pcarrell
- December 07, 2012, 20:25:21 PMThis is the link to the boards I used: http://www.jcwhitney.com/emgo-universal-highway-floorboard/p2006697.jcwx?filterid=c14701u0j3 (They've gone up a bit in price sice I bought them) They are aluminum, so you could paint them black or have them anodized (powder coating wont stick). I dressed mine up with some leather trim, but used the stock mounting points with my custom brackets. http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Drifter/Pipes.jpg
At the very least, it's cheap enough that you could try it and if you want to later invest in something more you'll know if it's worth the investment. Those $200+ dollar ones do look nice though.
Posted by Drift1
- December 07, 2012, 20:23:24 PMThink PC's rout is the way to go,RATMAN.That's easy enough to do,plus Realy the only real cost your looking at is the floor boards...now that you have that fabrication solved let's work on the next one....fabrication of that snow shovel,so your not whistling why you work
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 07, 2012, 19:46:49 PMwell here is a thought, for all oyu 1500 riders who have the solo seats and ride alone take of you rear floor borads and mounting hardware and send it to me to adapt for my 800....
$200.00 for them does sound like a lot, so it is somehting I will wait till I win the lottery as I have removed 3 people from my list of winners I will have more then enough money to spend on the boards......
Posted by 49Reo
- December 07, 2012, 19:43:33 PMForget the floorboards, you sitting on the bike makes it look so much different than the norm! Save the money, man!!! 
Regards and such,
49Reo
Posted by pcarrell
- December 07, 2012, 19:39:37 PM$200+ dollars seems like a lot to spend for something used so seldom.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 07, 2012, 19:29:49 PMtHanks Phil, this is just an idea right now because I normally ride alone, so it is not ahuge issue, but I just think it would make the bike look so much different then the norm. Starting this weekend on my lift for the 800, and going to be in the back room with an angle grinder and chop saw to do the work. I'll have to post pic's for 49 to follow along.....
Posted by pcarrell
- December 07, 2012, 19:20:59 PMYou know, I don't have a lot of metal shop type tools available to me either, but I've found you can do a lot with a hand held angle grinder, a few good grinding disks and a few good cut off disks. I made new custom mounts for some generic floorboards using just those tools, and they've been on the bike for 4 years now with not a single issue. I used 1/4" Aluminum bar stock, shaped into a "T" shape with my $30 handheld grinder, then drilled a couple holes, added a couple bolts and some $50 generic highway bar mounted floorboards that I just left the back half of the bar clamp off of. A little black paint (that needs touched up after 4 years of use now), and that's it. I don't have $75 wrapped up in the project, and they're strong enough I can stand all of my weight on just one of them and they don't move a bit. And yes, they fold up.
Here's a link so you can see what I did: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Drifter/Passenger%20Floorboard%20Brackets/IMG_2467.jpg
Something lick this may open up a lot more possibilities for you........food for thought.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 07, 2012, 19:05:25 PM 
ok found me a set....
http://www.hac-products.nl/product/30/69/passenger-floorboard-foldup
price is average comparied to any other site I have been to......
Posted by Drift1
- December 07, 2012, 18:21:06 PMI'll keep searching for you as well,bud.I'm sure you'll get it figured out.Keep tract of your work and re
member the picture thing.I'm sure there's other 800 riders are running into the same dilema.I'm actualy going to see if Pauly Designs can custom design both,driver and passenger set for Ma-Deuce.....when I can find time to get over there.....
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 07, 2012, 18:06:55 PM oh I am not done yet, by any stretch of the imagination........just will take time, I unfortunately do not have access to a metal shop anymore so I am forced to pay to get things done or try to do the bolt on thing....but I will get my boards one way or another.......just have to keep looking at pictures
Posted by Drift1
- December 07, 2012, 18:05:36 PMHuh,you would think with as much accesories out now a days something as simple as a floor board you could pick one up at your daily coffee shop....would have never guessed it would be this difficult to locate this particular item.....
RATMAN,looks like some fabrication is in order,my man.REMEMBER,"SAFETY FIRST"...GOGGLES,GLOVES...."CLOTHING!!!!!don't want to see you burn, ahhhhh you know,while using the torch & welder.....OUCH 
Posted by pcarrell
- December 07, 2012, 16:48:45 PMThere were few accessories back when Drifters were still in production. Now that we're 7 years out from the last 800's rolling out of the showrooms it's getting much tougher. But you know what they say....customization is king!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 07, 2012, 16:29:09 PMI spent about 3 hours during my rather slow day at work ......looking and sent an email to one place called dreamcycles.....here is their reply...
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I can"t find anyone that makes a rear floor board for your Drifter. Cobra does not offer one and Kuiryakyn who uses splined adapters to fit dozens of bike models to allow floor board conversions also does not list one for your bike. The Drifter in both sizes was one of those bikes that very,very few accessories were made for.
seems a lot of places make the boards but it is the mounting bracket that is the issue. So I am going to continue my hunting...time will tell.