| Author | Message | ||
     Kdogshirow |
Look what Xopti is up too , building a Super COOL Single Sided Swing Arm/Oil Tank for his XB ! Talk about Trick !    I WANT ONE !!  | ||
| Reepicheep |
Clever, and some nice welding. I wonder what donor bike the swingarm came off of? | ||
| Andymnelson |
Are you sure that's xopti's project? Looks an awful lot like loose1's swingarm... | ||
| Ronin1 |
Its a Triumph wheel. Jim | ||
| No_rice |
it does look like loose's, but if it is its on a different bike. http://www.buelletinboard.com/forums/showthread.ph p?18101-A-Duc-rear-ended-me-biggrin&highlight= | ||
| Andymnelson |
lol, that's not on a bike:  But you're right. I saw Matt's bike at a local bike night a month ago- quite the engineering feet to see! His was a Duc arm and wheel. It's been done, but it sure is a task to accomplish!    | ||
| Kdogshirow |
Its Xopti's , I exchanged Emails with him about it , saw his name on the pictures , etc , and there are clear differences between the two . | ||
| Kdogshirow |
And Yes , it is a Triumph arm and wheel .  | ||
| Greg_e |
Definitely different around the same concept. | ||
| Xoptimizedrsx |
Hey guys Loose and I both got together on a few ideas mid winter and we each started these arms around the same time once we figuring out what path would be best. Mine Just got a little delayed while, I was working on the Triple tree setup first(loose made me some bearing inserts to mount the new tree I had to extend) and a stay as well as a new tail section. He and I collaborated in a different forum while we were doing these in a private room. We are working on a few more tricks... More pics will surface eventually. Just ask Matt he will tell you the same. we will continue to do more projects. North meets South... lol I used a 2007 speed Triple arm. these have more sprockets available and the wheel looks more like the front this way. It's welded with two different types of wire... | ||
| Kdogshirow |
Xpoti's job seems alot cleaner , with the oil tank side cut-off following the curve of the wheel , and the Triumph wheel seems a closer match to the Buell XB front wheel , than the Duc rear is . IMO | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
very cool xpoti | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
I love how the remnants of the original swing arm make a little hugger around the front. | ||
| Xoptimizedrsx |
Ha haaaa... More parts on the way... time for more weld wire... | ||
| Skully |
Nicely done! | ||
| Xoptimizedrsx |
gearing up for last prep and paint on arm and frame. I have a bit more welding to do on slider mounts and gizmo's for the full body kit. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
A suggestion: If you paint that arm, deliberately mask off the cut side on the left to draw more attention to it. Perhaps pain the "cut" white and the rest a contrasting color. | ||
| Littlebuggles |
So VERY !!!COOL!!! I love the way the left side cut follows the line of the tire. Beautiful. Loose1's is cool too, just not quite as aesthetically pleasing. | ||
| Xoptimizedrsx |
My frame is in Primer all reworked on what I wanted to change. Back in School (again) Full time. However the project will inch forward at a snails pace but get done eventually. | ||
| Xoptimizedrsx |
Project has moved forward 2 inches. My green and white bike will get torn all apart to Build the new one. The old white frame and swing arm will move to storage with a few of the other parts not used. this will keep moving forward but as stated slowly. I have all the pieces going this route and can always start a next project later if needed or desired having 3/4 of a bike from the merger as extras. | ||
| Kdogshirow |
FORWARD !  |
