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Rick_a
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 10:57 pm: | 
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The Tilley Buell race team used dual carbs on their Pro Thunder bike. The carbs can deliver a stonger, cleaner signal, for a small performance gain. The downside is weight, expense, and they can be tough to tune...from what I've heard. They ran two CV carbs.
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Buellistic
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 09:15 am: |
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IMHO, with a FUEL/AIR Gauge that HARD TO TUNE situation would be SOLVED !!!
"AND" could be TUNED in the REAL WORLD of the RACE TRACK rather than a DYNO !!! |
Easyrider491
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 12:08 pm: |
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Like suggested I'm going to look for an older frame. I saw a few on ebay and from what I've been reading from a Buell History Book a pre-XB might work with some/alot of modification.
What I'm trying to do is build a bike with the functionality similar to a BMW GS1100. Allowing me to handle long off-road as well as highway situations when need be but with that Harley appeal and sound. |
Dinuns1
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 02:53 pm: |
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i have an m2 frame clean title pm me for details |
Rick_a
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 07:25 pm: |
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Natexlh1000
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 08:55 pm: |
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If you plan on taking this proposed bike off-road, I would really really suggest against it. Tubers are fine for the street but you really need a strong frame to handle the abuse.
Remember that Buell tuber frames use the engine as part of the frame structure.
I doubt that ironhead castings would be strong enough for a street application.
Ironheads have a hard enough time holding together as an engine without also holding a bike's chassis together!
Have you ever tried to polish an ironhead's cases? I have.
FULL of little voids and cavities. That's the reason it's so thick. It's the only way to get any strength at all.
My opinion is to copy that orange bike above.
at least in that you should start out with an ironhead frame.
Sorry to be all negative about your proposal but I would feel badly if I stayed silent and allowed you to spend money on something that most likely wouldn't work out.
~N
P.S. My 1979 XLH has been apart now for 4 years. Next year.... Next year..... |
Easyrider491
| | Posted on Friday, January 14, 2011 - 10:55 am: |
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I appreciate the concern and maybe I should have said the bike would be used 95% of the time on the highway but have the ability to under take a dirt or gravel road if need be. |
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