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Phelan
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 02:31 am: | 
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Dammitquikgentry
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 03:32 am: |
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An s1 with xb wheels?? |
Rich
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 06:26 am: |
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S2 |
Dammitquikgentry
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 06:37 am: |
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I stand corrected! Lol I'm squinting into the blackberry |
Dammitquikgentry
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 06:38 am: |
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Still looks like a tuber rear wheel. How hard is it to convert to an xb front on an x1?? |
Brinnutz
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 08:49 am: |
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Notice no caliper. =)
You just need to get spacers for the wheels, and a bracket for the caliper. |
Ready2ride
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 09:34 am: |
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Let me guess...
Yer gonna build a FXS1WG WideBuellGlide?
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Phelan
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 09:39 am: |
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I haven't put the rear on yet, but I have it, and the spacers from Hals to put it on. Notice the the forks are stock. To fit the XB front wheel on a '99-'02 tuber is easy. Press in tube frame wheel bearings into the XB wheel, run two left side axle spacers and a washer on each side. You'll still have to build an adapter forthe caliper though. On an earlier tuber like mine, it's a bit more difficult but still doable. The speedometer drive gets in the way. I am going to shave down one side of my speedo drive and a left axle spacer and see if I can center the wheel up like this. I did also have to notch the wheel for the speedo drive so I can use it. |
Texastechx1
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 12:59 pm: |
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mmm, i like pics of progress.
when i first opened it up it thought you were going to mate an S2 with an old HD! 
i would like to see how you are going to get the speedo drive to work on the front wheel... PICS!  |
Phelan
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 01:17 pm: |
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Nick, I will post pics when I get it working  . My Dad's bike is coming along too. We just got the rear fender back from painting yesterday. |
Maru
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 05:00 pm: |
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Looking good Ross. Planning on using the 6 piston caliper or the 8? |
Phelan
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 05:41 pm: |
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6 piston til I can afford the 8 later. I would also like to eventually upgrade to wave rotors. |
Littlebuggles
| | Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 02:16 am: |
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Silly me, I thought you were gonna hack up a chopper and put a big twin engine in your S2 |
Jos51700
| | Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 10:26 am: |
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I figured you'd rob the Delphi EFI off the BT, and retrofit to your bike... |
Phelan
| | Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 10:30 am: |
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Lol, where ya been John? I lost funds for the Delphi project, and the BT in the back is a '93, so no Delpjin there haha. One day, I will have me some Delphi... |
V74
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 05:43 am: |
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hi ross,when you get the adapter plate sorted for the caliper can you post pics and dimensions as i would like to do the same mod to my M2,or if anyone already has pics and dimensions please post,thanks |
Phelan
| | Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 - 02:41 am: |
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Well, so much for my "bolt-on affair" on the rear. Apparently the spacers I have are for a later tuber conversion with an aluminum swingarm, because they make my setup about 3/4" too wide otherwise. I have a couple options from here. Either I can have custom bearings machined to fit the wheel with the stock spacers, or I can cut the spacers down to the size I need. I sent a couple quote requests to some bearing manufacturers, via GlobalSpec, to see what it'd cost to have them make the bearings I need. If that doesn't work, I'll cut down the spacers and the brake mount until the spacing is satisfactory. I still haven't messed with the front yet, but there's plenty of time.
Ross |
Phelan
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 10:28 pm: |
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Well, I got one of the spacers and the rear caliper bracket cut down and the rear wheel on, but I still need to trim the bracket a little to get the brake to work. Once that's done, I'll get back to work on the front. Sorry for the terrible pic; it was dark already when I quit working.
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Cyclonemduece
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 09:09 pm: |
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nice very cool |
Puddlepirate
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 09:44 am: |
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Ross, you need to chop that cam cover.
Sorry the rear spacers didn't work. I didn't know or I would've told you. You should have no problem getting your money back out of them.
(Message edited by puddlepirate on October 01, 2009) |
Phelan
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 10:18 am: |
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No worries, Rich. I wouldn't want my money back anyway as I cut of of them like crazy to make it fit. I'd love to chop my cam cover- thing is that I don't wanna mess with my cams til I have to. |
Bluzm2
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 11:02 am: |
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Chop the cam cover? Hell, chop the damn picture so it's not so big!
XAT is good.... |
Phelan
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 11:36 am: |
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Sorry. The picture looks small from my iPhone. |
Texastechx1
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 11:49 am: |
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nice progress Phelan! should be done with my front next week. |
Phelan
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 12:02 pm: |
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Kewl... Maybe I'll work on mine today and beat you to it  . |
Texastechx1
| | Posted on Thursday, October 01, 2009 - 10:10 pm: |
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lol, you just may...funds are tight. |
Phelan
| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 12:59 am: |
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Just messin with ya bro. I know the feelin, funds are tight here too. I got the rear brake working today, but I f***ed up the speedo drive trying to trim it to fit. It think I am going to turn down the spacing on the new I buy to 25 mm and put an XB bearing in the left side. That way I can eliminate one spacer, gain 2 mm back from the different bearing, and hopefully shave enough off the inside of the fork lower to make it fit center. That's the plan anyway. I shaved about 2 mm already off the inside of the left fork lower today- I'm thinking the previously mentioned stuff and another 2 mm should do the trick. |
Lemonchili_x1
| | Posted on Friday, October 02, 2009 - 06:00 pm: |
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Looking good |
Phelan
| | Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 02:46 pm: |
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No real news, but a new pic (daylight). I f***Ed up the speedo gear trying to trim it to the size I need and lost a wheel spacer trying to trim it down, so I decided to ditch the original plan of using the stock speedo and I've got 2 spacers (one for a spare in case I loose one again or cut it too short) on the way from Dan @ NRHS. Once I find a deal on one, I plan on using a Veypor VR1 or VR2 mounted in a custom built dash with an iPhone mount next to it. I use my iPhone for my GPS anyway and I don't like the positioning options of my RAM mount. I'd rather have it click into the dash. Plus I'm wiring in a charger so my phone can be charging while I'm riding, so no worries of a dead battery on 16 hour riding days like my trip back from Detroit. |
Phelan
| | Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 02:47 pm: |
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Oops . Forgot to include the pic
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