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Gonen60
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 04:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Photoshopped?...Yes.
Pretty cool all the same...Radiator and cooling fans under seat !!!
Someone should figure out how to do this, and start offering them.
Like Buell did With HD engines and his home made frames back in the day...



lituplighters.com
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Spiderman
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 04:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

well if you are willing to front the money for a motor and XB to chop apart I am willing to Build it.
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Gonen60
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 06:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

that would be a fun project for sure
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Tedk
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 08:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That's what I'm talkin' about!!!
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Buckinfubba
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 08:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

only one lil problem...where ya sticking the water at
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Tedk
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 09:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

under the seat...
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Davegess
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 10:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Sorry guys this only works if the bike gets 10% bigger and 20% heavier.

Dave
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Newfie_buell
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 11:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Nice thought but 10% bigger and 20%heavier would sort of defeat the whole XB thing.
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Glitch
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 11:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Sorry guys this only works in PhotoShop!
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Gonen60
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 12:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

FROM ANOTHER BOARD...

I've read varying figures on how much heavier the V-Rod engine is
than a standard XB engine. one post said the engine
weights were almost equal, but this didn't take into account the
cooling system. Does anyone have hard data on this?

since the XB frame is already set up
for rubber-mounting the engine, the balance shaft(s) and gearing
could be left out of the V-Rod engine for a substantial weight
reduction. You
could also leave off the fins on the cylinder heads for a couple of
pounds.

I'd bet a good engineering team (like Buell's) could get the V-Rod
powerplant close, if not equal in weight to the air-cooled XB engines.
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Glitch
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 12:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The fit with the XB engine is a tight one.
I think the V-Rod Engine even without the cooling system, is physically larger...
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Mikej
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 12:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just rotate the V-Rod engine farther forward to clear the frame and then extend the forks to recover the ground clearances.
It's simple when you think about it.
;)
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Jim_m
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 01:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

screw the VRod engine, go with a streetable, sportier VR1000 engine, if you're going to go the h2o route.

edited by jim_m on September 11, 2003
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Glitch
Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 02:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm with Jim_m!
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