| Author | Message | ||
     Cgent |
How about this bracket ??? From a good source ... any comments ??? http://www.ebay.com/itm/130836698195 | ||
| Buellistic |
"i" put on my BLAST off a 1998 S3, HARLEY-DAVIDSON PN 16219-79B and the same as BLAST PN L0500.T ... | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
It's a bad idea. Any time you put steel parts on a Harley product that originally came with rubber you're asking for vibration cracks. The original part was exactly like the other 2 tie bars with a shorter threaded rod. To that end it's a much better idea to buy a stock tie bar and cut it down. Not hard, you just need a hack saw and die. Tuber Buell tie bars can also be used instead of Blast tie bars and are stiffer in design. XB tie bars are fixed length and are much more work to modify to use. Some Harley tie bars can also be used. I'd use the solid heim joints in the ad on a 'track only' blast in a heartbeat. But on a street Blast you're asking for stress cracks. The solid ones will also start to rattle when they wear from vibrations (whether they have the nylon insert or not). | ||
| Indybuell |
Concur with ErikO | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
L0499.T is the stock part number that the ebay'd (Dans) heim joint replaces. They are long unavailable, but I'm sure there are a few out there in obsolete parts bins! L0500.T is the part number for the Blasts other 2 tiebars. As I mentioned they can easily be cut down to add the 3rd tiebar up front (I've listed the correct length elsewhere on Badweb). They are $23. At $30, the solid one is a good price, but a bad idea. Sorry Dan. Dont mean to bag on your part and I appreciate what you do. But after 30 years of riding and working on Triumphs, Harleys and Blasts, solid mounting anything that was originally rubber mounted is a proven bad idea. Buell Tuber tiebars are about $50.  Desirable and expensive. |
