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Xl1200r
Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2011 - 10:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

On tubers, does the hub area of the wheels match up with those on a Sportster? I know the rear pulley is interchangeable, so I was curious if the brake rotors would be as well, and if the hubs would have the correct spacing.

Don't be afraid - I have a project in mind but I'm not looking to put Sportster wheels on a Buell : )
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Firemanjim
Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2011 - 11:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Rear pulley not interchangeable,Sporty has smaller dia center hole.Doubt any Sporty rotor is same.
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Xl1200r
Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2011 - 12:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So would a sportster pulley on a sportster hub fit on a buell axle with buell bearings??

I don't care if the rotors are the same, only asking if a buell rotor will fit onto a sportster hub.

*edit* looks like at least one guy had to have cutoms hubs made to make it work. I'd like that modifying stock sporty hubs and maybe adding spacers or something should work as well...
What I'm trying to find out is how to get a set of laced wheels on a tuber. I know it's been done before I can't find out how...

(Message edited by xl1200r on November 02, 2011)
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Helltaco
Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2011 - 01:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You may have to measure a Buell to compare but here are the measurements for Sportster hubs:
Brake rotor and pulley both 5-hole, 3.5" BCD, pulley bolts size 7/16x14, brake rotor bolt size 3/8x16.
1999 & earlier hubs have 1.986" locating diameters on both sides (the lip that centers the rotor)
2000+ hubs have 2.208 locating diameters on both sides
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Sleez
Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2011 - 09:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

there are companies who will make a laced wheel for a buell, but pricey!
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Xl1200r
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 - 09:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'm thinking that, at a minimum, I'd need to have spacers made up to bolt to the XL hubs, especially on the rear since the wheel (and therefore the distance between the pulley and rotor) is so much wider. I'd think these would be much easier to make than an entire new hub.

I did email an old BadWeB member who had put laced wheels on an M2 and he put me in touch with the company that made the hubs for him. I've sent an email to see what the cost would be like.
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Jayvee
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 - 03:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Can anyone divulge what Company makes a laced wheel and/or hub for Buells?
Not post a link, but at least the name.
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Sleez
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 - 10:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

let me see if i can find it, had it years ago.
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Sleez
Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2011 - 10:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

pm sent to Jayvee and Xl1200r
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