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Author Message   Interex2050 Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 02:39 pm:        Everytime I wash my bike I keep noticing that there is a familiar symbol on the swingarm near the pivot. And recently I have realized that it looks just like Brembo's logo. Could it be that the swing arm is manufactured by Brembo?   Whodom Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 02:50 pm:        I think that was confirmed in the recent Cycle World article on the Ulysses. The 06 swingarms are from a different (Japanese) manufacturer.   M1combat Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 03:40 pm:        The older swingarms are Brembo.   Interex2050 Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 04:13 pm:        Not too shabby at all. This bike has suprizes right and left, its like christmas everyday.   M1combat Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 04:43 pm:        The wheels are Enkei... High quality all around.   Socalbueller Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 05:45 pm:        The wheels are Enkei... High quality all around. Yeah if you call an uneven finish and drips high quality. Not that their junk but I'm not impressed with them.   Interex2050 Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 06:11 pm:        Socalbueller do you by any chance live in/by los angeles, if so you want to go up to the canyons sometime? As for the wheels, maybe yours came from a bad batch? The only place where my set seems to have drips or an uneven finish is between the ribs on the rear wheel, even so its not very evident.   M1combat Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 07:14 pm:        Enkei didn't do the powder-coating... Just the wheels themselves as I recall.   Interex2050 Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 07:26 pm:        M1, as far as I am aware the wheels are painted (arent they?). I wish they were powder coated then I wouldnt have to baby them as much (spend like $8 on .5 liters of that s100 stuff)just to get the brake dust off without risking a scratch.   Cruisin Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - 10:50 am:        Speaking of swingarms...one guy in our BRAG club has a XB9S...he went to change the tire and someone (not the dealership - they never had the tire off) had written BAD on the inside of it. Makes you wonder...   M1combat Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - 11:11 am:        I'm fairly sure they were powder coated but I could be wrong.   Kowpow225 Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 - 12:10 pm:        I'm an Enkei fan, but it appears as though the rims on my bike have been 'ground' 'grinded?' in places along it. I don't know if it was caused by a casting technique that needs the excess trimmed off or what.   Pwnzor Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 12:56 am:        the paint on my rims wasn't very good. and it definitely was paint because it had runs and drips and bubbles in it. but i wouldnt be surprised if some production runs were powdercoated instead. case in point: the '05 service manual has information regarding early production year fuel pumps and late production year fuel pumps. I eliminated my paint problem with my wheels, I had them polished:

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