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Firebolt020283
Posted on Friday, January 09, 2009 - 07:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I mentioned in another post about putting a new handle bar set up on my bike, well today I got the final piece and just finished putting them all on. I got a top clamp from Precision Engineering, Buell traction grips from American Sport Bike, and some superbike bars from ebay. Also I bought a new choke cable from American Sport Bike, replaced the breather filter I had with a coke can that my wife painted black for me, and lastly I put a clock on my dash so I know what time it is when riding. Here are some pictures of this stuff.










Unfortunatly I can not ride it until tomorrow because when I was putting my carb back on I broke one of the head breather bolts.
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Friday, January 09, 2009 - 07:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

sorry for the fuzzy pictures they came from my phone I will take some better ones of the hole bike tomorrow with my real camera
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Lovedabueller
Posted on Friday, January 09, 2009 - 09:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hey man dont throw away those crossroads you had. let me take em and ill make you a new plate, you know so you have a spare set of bars. trying to ride on sunday. however i need some linkage parts. mine broke.
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 04:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yea I have to go when the Harley shop opens to see if they have head breather bolts because I twisted the head off of them. So If they don't have them I will try kays in nolanville If not then I have to order them.
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 04:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

also I have another plate for those bars but it is for the s1 type tank so I was going to put the bars on that plate and see if anyone wanted to buy them on here or I was going to put them on ebay.
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Lovedabueller
Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 09:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

well then still hold that bent plate and i can use it for a template.
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 09:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

no problem
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 05:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Some better Pictures:















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Reducati
Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 08:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

hey firebolt...where did you get those turnsignals...me kinda likes em!
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Guell
Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 09:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The more i see the bolt fairing on a m2, the more i like it. Do you have any pics of how its mounted?
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 10:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yea I do and all it is is two metal rectangle plates with 4 screws drilled in to it two for the s3 mount on the frame and two for the xb bracket.




as for the turn signals the back ones are from a stock sportster. The front ones im not sure were my dad got them from they were in the his garage. Here is a link were I found them on j&p's web site. http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/476 23/427894.html?1231685723
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Guell
Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 10:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks firebolt! I went out and looked, i assume the s3 mounts are the two tubes welded onto the kneck of the bike. How do the headlights compare?
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 10:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

yes those two tubes are for mounting the s3 front end as these are the same frames. I never had the m2 head light so I do not know. I bought the bike like that. I know these head lights look just like my old 2003 firebolt I had several years ago.
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 01:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I just took a little 15 minute test ride and I must say this set up is so much better for me than the crossroads bars were. I don't have to suport my self at all with the handle bars. In fact I barley had any pressure on them at all except to turn. Turning seemed easier. The bike felt almost like I was riding a dirt bike. I feel like I could ride it for ever with out the pains I felt before. I should have done this with I first got the bike. All I can say is WOW!
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Hugie03flhr
Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 - 06:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nice Job! Are the mirrors XB? They look alittle tipped up and I saw some extra holes around the mounting base.
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 - 07:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

no they are for a ninja. the extra holes were from some funky mirrors that was on it when I got it that you could not see anything out of.

that looked like these:



eventually I plan to get a better firebolt fairing and some xb mirrors but for now the stuff I have on there will hold me until then.
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