| Author | Message | ||
     Trojan |
At last, we have just about finished our project XR1200 (apart from the belly pan that is yet to arrive). We are extremely pleased with the results, and it has transformed the feel of the bike from good to excellent  Front brakes are upgraded with floating wavy discs, braided lines and an R1 master cylinder, whilst the suspension gets fully adjustable Bitubo rear shocks (raised on blocks by 2" to quicken the steering). Exhaust uses the stock header pipes but minus the Catalytic cvonvertor. This is mated to a locally made 2-1 link pipe and a HP muffler originally destined for a Yamaha FZ1. Airbox is enlarged and a free flowing Pipercross filter installed. Nightrider.com XIED's take care of the fuelling in closed loop mode and so far it runs fine with the stock ECU. Weight has been reduced by around 25kg from stock, although it is still a heavy bike! Once we get it run in I'll have a look at the power, but from first ride it is definitley improved over stock      | ||
| Bcordb3 |
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous. | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
WOW. Now that's what HD needs to make more of. Any idea how much weight you shaved off? | ||
| Trojan |
Any idea how much weight you shaved off? Around 25kg but there were a couple of parts that I didn't weigh when I swapped them over. Still heavy to wheel about but feels light on the move, and changes direction so much quicker than before | ||
| Beachbuell |
WOW! I want one soooooooooooo bad! Your creation looks awesome! | ||
| Spiderman |
looks good except for these blocks, they look almost like an after thought or, "Crap we need these now!" type event. Are they temp?  | ||
| Trojan |
The blocks are just the prototypes, as I wanted to make sure they are strong enough and to see how it handled first before spending more money on machining. The production versions will be bevelled each side to get rid of a lot of material. | ||
| Ducxl |
Cool look.Are the CF pieces merely "covers"? Or (like the fuel tank) are they really weight reducing,real deal parts? I anticipate a racer's response  | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
Trojan, if you painted or powder coated them black and shaved the corners round, you would barely notice them. Nice work. | ||
| Bill0351 |
NICE JOB! I really like the stock bike a lot from the magazine articles, and I like the way it looks stock. Yours is even better. I hope HD brings that bike to the states ASAP. Bill | ||
| Trojan |
The fuel tank cover is a cover for the plastic stock tank (although still weighs considerably less than the stock plastic cover). All the other carbon parts are replacement parts rather than covers. The carbon parts save around 3kg over the stock plastics. A lot of the weight was saved by just getting rid of unnecessary parts such as rear footrests, exhaust heat shields and the whopping great original muffler & catalytic convertor. | ||
| Xl1200r |
Matt - I see you painted those upper rocker covers - looks really great. 2 things - can we see a pic of the new headlight that hides behind the number plate? Also - Why were the blocks used? Could you not just use a longer shock? | ||
| Trojan |
I'll try to get the headlight pic later. We used the blocks simply because it was a lot easier than getting custom 2" longer shocks made. I took the idea from the Spanish Xr1200 race series as they have done the same thing. It apparently has less flex than longer shocks, and we didn't need any extra travel, just ride height. | ||
| Swordsman |
Dead...... sexy. That new tail really sets it off! ~SM | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Very nice indeed, Matt. I wish I had suspenders like that on my Harley FXDX. If I might take the liberty of making observation, somehow a splash of orange might be nice, just for old times sake. Or maybe not.  | ||
| Aeholton |
Beautiful! I want one. | ||
| Trojan |
...+ superb as always axle sliders/paddock stand bobbins by Dark Horse Moto (Sorry Keith I forgot to give you a mention) | ||
| Ducxl |
Still an outstanding job  | ||
| Jespo_m2 |
Very Nice! This is the Sportster that should in all HD dealers. | ||
| Court |
Matt: Great looking project and your exhaust solves one of my major objections . . the out of synch stock exhaust. Nicely done. Court | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Gorgeous, completely impractical as a street bike US side... damn D.O.T. | ||
| Bob_thompson |
Absolutely great job Matt. Kind of cafe racer look that I love. Do they ever go out of style in GB? I think not. Bob | ||
| Ar15ed |
that is beautiful! good job! | ||
| 00nastym2 |
that exhaust is pretty sweet were did you get it i have been wanting to do a side convershion on my m2 for a long time (Message edited by 00nastym2 on September 29, 2008) | ||
| 2008xb12scg |
the exhaust is in the wrong place, silly rabbit it goes underneath the bike. All kidding aside that's very nice. Very nice indeed. | ||
| Trojan |
that exhaust is pretty sweet were did you get it i have been wanting to do a side convershion on my m2 for a long time The exhaust is a 'Bitsa' combination of parts and isn't available as a complete pipe I'm afraid. The headers (as far as the 2-1 join) are stock, cut off from the catalytic converter and with the heat shields removed then polished. The 2-1 link pipe as far as the muffler was made up locally by a guy who is a bit of an exhaust wizard, and that was made to mate with the Hot Performance muffler that was originally listed for a Yamaha FZ1. I am very happy with the finished pipe though (Message edited by trojan on September 30, 2008) | ||
| Trojan |
This bike is now for sale at GBP10250 (US$15800 approx) If you fancy shipping a unique bike to the US and having the first US XR1200 outside the factory give me a call. |
