| Author | Message | ||
     Mrbuells1 |
I saw it in a long past issue of battle twin, a blast with 17" buell wheels and a stock pulley. Got info? | ||
| Ezblast |
 This? GT - JBOTDS! EZ  | ||
| Mrbuells1 |
By jove, I think you found it!. Now, who makes a kit or has info on doing this? | ||
| Rockbiter1 |
Basicly, its a do it yourself project. Crossroads performance had to modify thier swingarm and convert to chain final drive. You also have to (obviously) buy two 17" rims, possibly change brakesand have custom brake adapters made (as shown in above pic), and figure out clearance issues. I've heard its basicly a $2000+ job. On the good side, you have a (supossedly) better tire selection, more gearing choices, and it looks cool as hell. I *think* the front fender will fit fine as is, but the back will definately require swingarm mods. Contact Crossroads Performace to ask how they did it, they shared the info with me a long time ago... And why someone would go thru all that and keep the boat anchor exhaust is beyond me... | ||
| Xgecko |
Rock, If I remember that bike it was set up for racing uphill from Reno to Tahoe. I think they were racing in a class that require stock engine but tires etc could be moded | ||
| Ezblast |
Yeah - also it is belt drive in the pic above - GT - JBOTDS! EZ | ||
| Mmelvis |
What advantage would 17 inch other than tire selection ? | ||
| Rockbiter1 |
make your wallet alot lighter? | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
There are minimal advantages to going to 17" wheels and the disadvantages heavily outweigh the advantages. From reports its just destroys the handling negating the advantage of better rubber selection. The only advantages I can think of is if you are building a bike for a specific purpose:Hillclimbing,dual sport,motard,coolness,etc. You're better off IMHO widening the stock rims and increasing swingarm clearance(without lengthening) than going to 17s.Probably cheaper too. | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
PS You also can get the stock rims modified into wider 17" rims and possibly retain the stock wheelbase and belt set-up (Minimum $1000) | ||
| Jeffb |
I have done this and it certainly doesn't help the handling. I used S1 inverted forks wheels and brakes. I modified a Blast swing arm to include axle adjusters and used a chain drive. I had to make a new neck for the tripple trees. The Blast is about 1" longer than other Buell's. Here's a picture. If you really want to do this, I can sell you the parts. I have switched mine back to stock so I can sell it.  | ||
| Mrbuells1 |
Jeff B, email me with a cost minus wheels, brake, and brake rotor.I was trying to stick to a mod like in the picture from battle twin, but...... mrbuell@earthlink.com | ||
| Kuuud |
I have seen several examples of the 'tuber' rims on the Blast, over the years. Now that I've picked another one up, I was thinking about the conversion. It looks more expensive/complicated, than I had hoped. I did however, just see a pic of a Blast with XB wheels...anyone have any knowledge? Is that conversion just as difficult? | ||
| Lake_bueller |
I'm not sure if anyone has some pictures from the Homecoming this year. There's this guy (Julio) that races his Blast. It has the stock Blast rim on the front with castalloy rim on the back. He had to widen the swingarm and convert to chain drive. It looked cool but I'm not sure it's worth the trouble. | ||
| Matty |
Kuuud, Where'd you see that photo? The XB rims are just as difficult to fit as the tuber rims - same space and packaging issues. The swingarm needs to be stretched, otherwise the 17" tire/rim combo will hit front of the swingarm. | ||
| Ezblast |
Unless you where staying with the stock size tires/wheels and only wanted the option for gearing changes. GT - JBOTDS! EZ | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
The stock rims can be converted to 17" for about $475 each, they can also be widened for a little more money at the same time (or just widened for $475). Stretching the swingarm or adding chain drive (with non Blast wheels) is not all that hard. You can use a chain tensioner instead of an axle slider.A lot depends if you can find someone to do the swingarm right. The bad news is you're probably going to destroy the handling of the bike converting to 17's. Maybe looking for a Buell twin frame that somebody is parting out or has stolen the engine to build a chopper, might be cheaper. |
