| Author | Message | ||
     Phelan |
It's been a while since I've shared my changes on BadWeb, so I thought I'd bring anyone interested up to speed. Those of you that are friends with me on Facebook have probably seen these. Anyway, so I decided I wanted a very different look for my Uly. I realize that some would say I should have sold this bike and bought a bike closer to my goals instead, but this turned out to be more intimate and cost effective. I picked up a headlight/fairing setup from a KTM 640 Duke II and a flexiglass front fender to start the most obvious changes. The fender and fairing are painted with Rustoleum 2x Ultra Cover rattlecan paint, but with proper prep work, several layers on black and clear, and a good cut and buff, they came out fantastic IMO. I built my own brackets and moved around everything behind the fairing to get it to fit. I still may change up the top mount as well, to make a better assembly/disassembly process for the fairing and dash, which I need to build a mount for still as well. I changed to a Kick Ash airbox cover, which I ordered new from Surdyke, as it ties into the new color scheme I have planned, which won't include blue anymore. I never liked the OEM brake master cylinder and the Pazzo levers weren't my preference, so I switched to a Nissin radial master cylinder, a Yamaha clutch perch, and ASV shorty levers. I modded both perches and hardware a bit to fit the OEM handguards as well, though those will be modified later. I also sectioned the perch a bit to reuse the dial cable tensioner, for more finite adjustment. The bike is just starting to take shape, but there is still much to do cosmetically. I'm going to change out the tail to a short Lightning tail, swap the forks and shock for Lightning Long pieces, modify and/or build new handguards to my plans, and of course paint everything according to my new top secret color scheme. Here's the pictures of the fruit of my labors.           | ||
| Arry |
That is looking good! The brake reservoir looks a bit out of place, to me. Keep the photo's coming, as it evolves. | ||
| Phelan |
Yeah I'm not sold on the reservoir, but it came with the MC. I bought the MC, clutch perch, and levers used on eBay, though the brake lever was new, just cheap overstock. I plan to replace the red with a nicer piece once I decide what kind I want, and will move the mount to the mirror mount on the back of the lever once I find a bolt the right size. I'm relocating mirrors into the handguards on the outer edge, and I plan to switch to Throttlemeister bar ends/throttle lock, so I'm going to ditch the handguard perch on the bar end. So still lots to do even up front. | ||
| Pedalpimp |
I really like it, the angularity of the fairing matches well with that of the frame. Good work! | ||
| Phelan |
Thanks! | ||
| Glenn |
Fantastic, super job!! | ||
| Phelan |
Thanks man! | ||
| Arry |
Again, looks great. I assume the radial brake master cylinder gives a performance advantage. (?) I hate to admit my ignorance, but what is the difference? Does it perform better? | ||
| Phelan |
Radial master cylinder repositions the brake piston and cylinder so that the lever give more leverage on the piston, increasing brake performance and modulation. This unit is an 11/16" bore, approximately 17mm. For me, I did it so I could get a smaller, remote reservoir to free up handlebar space, since the integrated square res takes a bit more room. | ||
| Falloutnl |
Usually it's nigh impossible to do better than the original design when you start messing around with the headlight, but this actually looks really cool. Well done, Phelan. | ||
| Thumper1203 |
Hey that actually looks pretty cool! Some blue accent to tie it in might look neat.. maybe the whole center section? or small blue "Buell" letters or a pegasus? Kudos for originality  | ||
| Phelan |
I'm not adding any blue because the blue will soon all be gone. A friend of mine has bought the other blue accents no longer on the bike and has bought or sale pending on all the rest of the blue components. I'm replacing the tail, chin, and wheels with non-painted pieces and will repaint them according to my new plans. | ||
| Sharkguy |
I think that it will look great, especially if you change that out that chunky rear end. And yeah, that pea cup is pretty obvious. Probably because of the yellow color. That bike ought to look great once you are done with the color and all. Good job! | ||
| Phelan |
Thanks man! | ||
| Phelan |
I decided against a Lightning tail, as I don't believe it will give me the balance of width and size I'm looking for. A Firebolt tail is much closer IMO, so I have a complete Firebolt tail less passenger seat on the way from Paul. I'm going to try it out and see how I like it. My backup plan, and what I still may end up doing, is retrofitting a Ducati 998 tail to the bolt subframe and seat. If funds allow it, that's probably my game plan anyway later. We'll see. (Message edited by phelan on January 03, 2016) | ||
| Phelan |
So if you visited the "What did you do to your Uly today?" Thread, you've seen that I pulled the frame off mine. What you haven't seen, is that I also pulled the top end,and I'm pulling the swingarm and everything else off and apart. There's method to my madness- I'm replacing my output shaft bearing. It's been suspect for a while. I'm also planning to paint the frame and swingarm, and switching out a lot of parts along the way. This bike essentially will be a new, custom Lightning Long by the time I'm done. | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
I kinda like it. | ||
| Phelan |
Thanks EG! Still a bit to do, but getting there! | ||
| Boyd |
DIG IT | ||
| Phelan |
Thanks Boyd! I'm eager to see it once I get it put back together with all the different stuffs I have  . | ||
| Phelan |
Today I ordered a bunch of new parts for it . Trans output shaft bearing, fork seals and caps for the SS forks, taper roller bearing conversion for the steering head, rear isolator, plug wires, 2010 LED lightning/bolt taillight, new air box decals, Rooke risers, and a carbon fiber right side scoop. I'll bring my cases to the shop next week to split them and replace the bearing and seals (which I still need to pick up). Shooting for an March 31st finish date on the rebuild. I had bought an EBR front wheel a few days ago, but I decided the money I dedicated to that would be better spent on other parts so I have a better chance of reaching my finish date. So I sold the EBR wheel the next day. | ||
| Phelan |
Lots of stuffs in and on the way. I finally received my 2010 LED taillight (which was on backorder), my new rear pulley (which is actually the same as my previous), and my new air box decals, which I'm keeping under wraps for the moment (they were also not in stock). I bought a different FlexiGlass front fender (the one with scoops) and some black brand new 1125CR forks from the EBR garage sale, and I have another exhaust on the way. I apologize that I haven't posted a lot of pics, but I just got back from Florida yesterday in the wee hours of the morning. I was there for a little over a week doing some wrenching on my client's bikes, as well as some site seeing and good eating on the ocean with my wife while we were there. If you look in my other thread, "What did you do to your Uly today?", you can also see my recent post about rebuilding the bottom end of my motor. I'm hoping to have this bike back together and running in 2 weeks. If you look I | ||
| Phelan |
Made good progress today. Finally finished modding the firebolt tail to fit the Uly frame, albeit I also drilled and tapped 2 new holes in the frame flats to fit it. I trimmed the undertray a little to fit the extra wiring bulk, and installed my EBR turn signals (same as 2010 Buell) and 2010 XB R/S LED taillight. Gotta pull it back apart for various holes for mounting wiring, ECM, BAS, etc, as well as paint, but at least now that's out of the way. Tomorrow I'll put the top end and cams/cover back on the motor so I can reinstall the frame on the motor for now, so I can move forward with assembly. Hopefully I'll also have time to install the new steering head bearings (tapered roller bearing conversion) and replacement swingarm bearings.    | ||
| Phelan |
Made good progress today. Finally finished modding the firebolt tail to fit the Uly frame, albeit I also drilled and tapped 2 new holes in the frame flats to fit it. I trimmed the undertray a little to fit the extra wiring bulk, and installed my EBR turn signals (same as 2010 Buell) and 2010 XB R/S LED taillight. Gotta pull it back apart for various holes for mounting wiring, ECM, BAS, etc, as well as paint, but at least now that's out of the way. Tomorrow I'll put the top end and cams/cover back on the motor so I can reinstall the frame on the motor for now, so I can move forward with assembly. Hopefully I'll also have time to install the new steering head bearings (tapered roller bearing conversion) and replacement swingarm bearings. | ||
| Phelan |
And the accent color is....  And yes I'm going to paint the tail lol | ||
| Falloutnl |
This is going to be fantastic. Very cool, Phelan! | ||
| Phelan |
Thanks man! I just about have the motor back together; if I get home soon enough I'm going to install the swingarm and frame on the motor and then I'll post my updated pics. | ||
| Sagehawk |
That's looking great, Phelan! What year are the triple clamps and forks? | ||
| Phelan |
Triples are stock, but I milled the lower risers off and painted them black. I have some Rooke Risers (they look like Chess Rookes) that I'm going to use with my Fatbar setup. The forks that I have on the way now are 2009-up 1125 CR forks (the factory black anodized ones). They should look awesome with the rest if the stuff. | ||
| Phelan |
I did get the motor reassembled. I got further along than this picture but I forgot to take pics. I was excited and eager to try out DK Customs rocker lockers, but upon reassembling the motor, I realized that I forgot to order them. Not wanting to wait to order some in, I made my own out of some .015" steel. So I should hear a bit less clatter in the top end .  |
