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Xbr323
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

just wondering anyone can recomend a good bike stand for a buell xbr one where u can still remove the tire.
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Swordsman
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Pit Bull and T-Rex are supposed to be good. You'll need a triple tree front lift, since the XB forks are unequal lengths.

~SM
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Zac4mac
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"since the XB forks are unequal lengths. "

huh?

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Xl1200r
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My front tire is pretty straight, so I don't think the forks are unequal lengths.
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Staffn
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

if you get down and look at your forks the r/s is longer than the left, prob because the brakes are mounted on that side

staffn
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Xl1200r
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 11:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Well I'll be damned... They are different lengths.

Actually, the left side is longer than the right. Looks like it's for the pinch bolts that hold the axle - on the right side there are none because it just threads in.
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Jdorp_
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 12:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

no wonder i had a b*tch of a time getting the axle back in. (i had it lifted on the bottom of each fork)
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Luxor
Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 04:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Buells have to be the most asymmetrical bikes on earth. They look completely different from right to left. The front wheel is offset due to ZTL. One fork is longer. The swingarm is also different, when I put the rear up on my Pit-Bulls she sits just out of level. And many, many more.

Now, with that said, the bike is the most precisely balanced machine, both longitudinally and latitudinally, I have ever seen, or ridden.

Erik Buell is a true "form follows function" engineer in the purest sense.

Gotta love it.
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Sam_07
Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 12:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://www.cyclegear.com/spgm.cfm?L1=&L2=&L3=&L4=& item=PBU_F0028-000&tier2=73#
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Swordsman
Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 01:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

HA! For ONCE I knew what I was talking about!

~SM
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Nik
Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 04:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Buells have to be the most asymmetrical bikes on earth.

Vintage Vespas have the engine offset to one side on the order of inches. You have to lean when riding straight!
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Azxb9r
Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 04:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Pitbull are the best made, if you can afford them.}
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Birdy
Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 04:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

for lite duty the T-Rex will work for less than half the price of a Pitbull. I got one just to change a tire...maybe once or twice a year. IF I were using the stand weekly or at the track I'd got a Pitbull but for what I need the T-Rex works fine.
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Jos51700
Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 08:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You should look at the front to rear tire alignment of an FL Harley sometime.

The rear wheel is offset by a considerable amount, so the bike goes straight.
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Slaughter
Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 09:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I use the Pit Bull front stand adapter.

That way I can also use it to lift directly on the forks of others bikes in the pits. 2 pins and the adapter comes right out. Buy as a complete unit or just buy the adapter (that's what I did)

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Bcool83
Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 01:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You CAN use a regular fork front stand, you just have to be careful with it. Or, even better, some front stands have pins that are just bolts, do you can thread one out more than the other...
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