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Froggy
| Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:25 pm: |
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After about a month of rotting in my garage, I finally got my blue rims with wave rotors and lyndall gold pads installed! Im so excited! Here are a few teasers, its too dark to get really good shots She is almost done
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Rpm4x4
| Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:37 pm: |
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I love the blue wheels. Looks really nice. |
Ulywife
| Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 11:56 pm: |
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Lovin it Froggy! Can't wait to see it in person. |
Bads1
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:09 am: |
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What are you doing with the old set ??? |
Froggy
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:17 am: |
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Bads1, they will be up for sale shortly. I need to clean them off, they are filthy. Tires are shot on them. The front has 18k miles, and the rear has 11k on it. God the rear is so square that if the kickstand broke, it wouldn't be an issue |
Boltrider
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:18 am: |
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Absolutely fantastic! |
Bigredwood
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:22 am: |
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Love the Update . . . Nice Wheels! Powdercoat? You should try out those 'trick' black rims and ATV tires . . . would look great with the bug guts on the flyscreen and hand guards! Big back the Fat Cat!! p.s. What kind of exhaust are you running? |
Bads1
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:28 am: |
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Froggy would you trade for some Amber ones??? PM me let me know?? |
Froggy
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:31 am: |
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They are the Buell Hero Blue rims, they are in the accessories catatloge, and are stock on 08 cityx and artic white 08 firebolt. I was at my buddies house doing the swap, those are his ATV wheels and junk, i know i just ordered a set of mud tires to throw on those rims. The exhaust is Micron, I have had it on for about a week, there is another thread here in the Xboard about it. Ignore the black smudge on the header, thats whats left of my front fairing...
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Naiguy
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:52 am: |
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i bet with some clever ness you could find a way to keep the rear pegs and the number plates.....just an idea. |
Bigredwood
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 02:17 am: |
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Sad about the fairing and the black on the header... But the bike is definitely a looker. I am in the middle of jazzing up my STT and I was considering blue and white. This helps with the mental image of blue on STT. Thanks a lot! Very NICE! Thanks for the updates and info |
Badlionsfan
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 08:30 am: |
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Looks much better, less busy. Great job man! |
Tq_freak
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 10:07 am: |
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Froggy, Don't know if you have them or not yet but I got a set of Number plates I'm willing to part with for your project Bike looks Killer by the way, Love what you have done with it. |
Jettdawg
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:11 pm: |
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Freakin' Sweet! Looks great They REALLY should've been available in that color scheme from the factory... |
Froggy
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 12:21 pm: |
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Jettdawg, I'm going to personally kick Erik's ass if they do that for 09... Tq_freak, I got them already, i just need to get them painted or something. I took them off because i had this ghetto Captin America theme going on.
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Tq_freak
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 02:23 pm: |
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Oh ok, Just thought I would offer Captain America, Captain Caveman 6 of one, half dozen of the other
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Rb70383
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 05:28 pm: |
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Looks good. Where did you get that stand? I'm looking for one for my 9R. Thats an Ss right? Think one of those will be our 2nd bike. |
Moosestang
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 06:11 pm: |
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Is mounting motorcycle tires something you can do yourself? They don't need balancing like car tires? |
Froggy
| Posted on Friday, July 11, 2008 - 07:50 pm: |
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Mounting can be done yourself assuming you had all the right stuff. They do require balancing just like cars. Mine were done by my dealer. The stands are T-rex universal mounts. We had a issue with the front one, you can't take the axle off while on the stand because the stand blocks the hole. Thats why we went ghetto and used a few blocks of wood. I believe the pitbull stands clamp on below the headlights so they don't have this issue. |
Bcool83
| Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 10:58 am: |
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Friggin sweet, makes me want the blue rims badly again! You say you can't use the T-Rex stands to remove the front wheel? Are you talking the fork stand, or the triple tree stand? |
Froggy
| Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 12:24 pm: |
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They were fork stands, I do not know if they offer a triple tree version. Here are some more pics in daylight, these are the last time is saw the bike! Its been in the shop because of issues with the exhaust.
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Itchybro
| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 11:22 am: |
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Are those PIAA's next to the headlights? Do you dig em? How are they wired? (into the high beam perhaps?) Also, what brake pads are you using? Do they get rid of the "grabby" feel? |
Itchybro
| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 11:23 am: |
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P.S. Where did you get those mirrors? (are they from Ducati?) |
Froggy
| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 11:58 am: |
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The mirrors are off an Aprilia Tuono. Its part numbers #AP8104921, #AP8104922. You can snag them from a Aprilia dealer or American Sport Bike sells them now. The PIAAs came with the bike when i bought it, but i moved them to next the headlights with a Gary Light Bar. They are nice and bright. They are wired in using the relay it comes with. You can see my switch in that last photo under the seat behind the heated suit plug. |
Clarkjw
| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 12:53 pm: |
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Hey, how do you find that pipe? I heard it adds 7 pounds to the right side of the bike. |
Itchybro
| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 03:45 pm: |
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Did you have to drill out your lower triple trees for the bar to mount? do you have a link for "Gary's light bar"? Thanks much! |
Froggy
| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 03:56 pm: |
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There are 2 holes in the trees that the beak screws into. It mounts with that. Here is garys profile, send him a PM http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/boar d-profile.cgi?action=view_profile&profile=gme-user s So far i like the pipe, but i have had a few issues with it, but i dont know if they are related to the pipe itself of installation. The front headers exhaust flange broke off, and also the bolts that hold on the chinfairing vibrated out, but as far as looks and performance, i am happy. |
Junglestud
| Posted on Monday, July 21, 2008 - 03:15 am: |
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Those pipes look great w/o the chin fairing - looks like you can remove the chin fairing brackets, too? Does anything hold up that exhaust can, or is it all hanging from the heads? |