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Gearheaderiko
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 08:48 pm: | 
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Nice Job! Very well done. |
17blast
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 09:01 pm: |
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Ezblast
| | Posted on Friday, March 17, 2006 - 10:37 pm: |
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Hey - I like that and since no current NOS bottle or Turbo resides in that area - that may be the perfect place - lol - probably after the SLO ride! Thanks! GT - JBOTDS! EZ |
Gearheaderiko
| | Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 09:53 am: |
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17b: Why did you get a progressive shock for a 919 instead of just a Progressive (or Worx or Penske) shock for a Blast? |
17blast
| | Posted on Saturday, March 18, 2006 - 10:13 am: |
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Progressive does not make a Blast shock and I needed the extra hight to match the R1 forks. With the stock shock it was like sitting on a chopper. |
17blast
| | Posted on Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 07:07 pm: |
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It’s been warming up here but the rains are coming. And you don’t want to be caught in the rain around here this time of year. (Lots of hail and heavy winds) I have managed to get some miles on my Blast though. Going slow and not too far at first, things are looking good. I’ve been checking the bike over every time I get back from a ride and nothing is cracking, missing or moving where it’s not supposed to.
Stability at high speeds was an issue for the bike before the conversion. The small tires would easily follow any crack or groove in the road surface. With the larger tires, this is no longer an issue. The bike appears very stable when I have had it on the freeway and my top speed so far has been 85 mph.
The wheel base is 55.25 in. and the rake is 23.5 deg. The suspension seems well balanced. Before, the slightest ripple in a hard turn would force me to slow because the bike would get unstable. So far, it feels well sorted in turns though I haven’t been able to push corners too hard yet. There is still plenty of sand on the roads. |
Ezblast
| | Posted on Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 07:30 pm: |
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Cool - keep us informed when you can really wick it up in the turns - we are all curious about how well the bike will handle. Also thank you for keeping us informed - your custom work is much appreciated.
GT - JBOTDS! EZ |
Gearheaderiko
| | Posted on Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 09:51 pm: |
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Just for the record a Blast does not have to be converted to 17" wheels and bigger tires to handle better. It can handle and be stable with the 16" wheels and stock size (not Dunlop) tires.
I like what you've done with your bike and admire your modifications, but people tend to assume too quickly that these things must be done to a Blast for it to handle. |
Naustin
| | Posted on Friday, April 07, 2006 - 09:34 am: |
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17- I hear you on the rains... I'm only about an 90 minutes north of you, and we're under a flash flood warning this morning and got 4 inches of rain in some areas overnight.
nick |
Jprovo
| | Posted on Friday, April 07, 2006 - 11:28 am: |
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Looking Good. Your bike is definitely one of the Better 17" Conversion bikes. I'm intrested to see how Matty's is progressing...
BTW, Thanks for the drawings, that was cool of you.
James |
17blast
| | Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 10:04 pm: |
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Almost finished. |
Naustin
| | Posted on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 11:33 pm: |
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That thing is Phatty. Have you thought about having the rear sprocket powder coated black?
So, what do you have left to do??! It looks pretty finished to me. :tup:!!
Have you thought about riding it up to the FSSNOC meet this saturday?
BTW: THe headlight bracket looks way better black. 
(Message edited by naustin on June 22, 2006) |
17blast
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 09:34 pm: |
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The swingarm and rear set plates are back from the powder coaters. I got them installed and took the bike out for a test ride. Every thing was feeling great, the low seat moved me back and down 2 in. and helped put more weight on the rear tire. The new rear set side plates moved the pegs down 3 in. This new combination puts the seat height at 32 ½ in. and the seat to peg distance at 16 ½ in. This is still a little tight by modern sport bike standards but much better than before. Just when I was getting ready to do some real testing the carb boot ripped. So it’s going to be at least a weak before I can get it back running. But while it’s down I’m fabricating a new carburetor bracket so I don’t rip another boot. I am also making a new under tail with L.E.D. lights. So with any luck I should have the 17” Blast back on the road in a couple of weeks. |
Gearheaderiko
| | Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006 - 10:40 pm: |
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32 inches! That is more jacked up than it looks! Should be more comfortable than stock height when the rear pegs are moved up and away. And it still looks good. Perhaps how the Blast should have come factory, if it had a few more ponies! |
Buellistic
| | Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 10:31 am: |
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17blast:
How about the "SPECS" on REAR wheel axle and spacers ???
What Make, Model, and Year front end did
you use ??? If if did not BOLT right up,
what amount of IMPROVISING did you have to do ???
How did you "IMPROVISE" the swing arm for
adjusters for rear axel ???
In BLASTing
LaFayette
00 BLAST(1/2 XB9) |
Jprovo
| | Posted on Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 12:35 pm: |
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Buellistic,
Look in the Archive through march 17th at the top of the page, there a lot of info there.
17 Blast,
Looking good!! |
Berkshire
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 06:19 am: |
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There is a picture of the rear axle in the archive, but it doesn't say which axle was used and what machine work, if any, had to be done to make it work.
I'm interested in using XB wheels, but the XB axle looks really bizarre! |
