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Jolly
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 12:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I finally completed my 1996 S1 "restoration"...

remember this bike? Made a good deal with the PO, motor ran strong, just needed some TLC to bring it to its full potential...and I needed another project (ok not really...)


1996 S1 day one
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Jolly
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 12:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Work completed:

1) Swap forks to X1 Showas, for some reason the front forks were like pogo sticks, maybe little to no oil? or other problem? I decided to just go ahead swap to new forks and sort these out later...winter project maybe?

2) Complete all recalls, had 6 or 7 still open

3) replace oil pump drive gear with new hardened one from American Sport Bike

4) Check primary chain tensioner, it had the new one installed

5) Relocate license plate..I know, some purists think it should have stayed stock, but the good news is I kept the stock rear hugger and can go back if I decide to later (but I prefer the slim look of the plate moved under the light

6) Clean motor as best I could without pulling it and breaking it down and media blasting it.. it was covered in scale, somewhere in its life it lived outdoors.. used 00 steel wool to clean motor and fins

7) Drummer exhaust

8) Ceramic coated the stock header

9) Integrated tail light turn signal set up

10) Remote reservoir front brake (just for fun, Phelan had one for sale so I figured WTF?)

11) Powder-coated primary cover and cam cover, they were in really rough shape so decided to go texture black

12) Undercut cam cover

13) Converted handlebar set up to Renthal Fatbars, had to work with machinist to design the block

14) Powder-coated heat shield

15) Powder-coated gauge mount face plate

16) Full fluids change including brake fluid

17) Billet shift and brake set up

18) Frame brace

19) NRHS round hurricane intake (black)

20) New clutch cable

21) ASV clutch and brake levers

22) The rims were in really bad shape so took the PM wheels off the S2 and moved them to the S1 (bought used 3 spoke white wheels for the S2 - white frame - photo to follow)

23) Wave rotors front and rear with new bearings in wheels

24) XB rocker box cover

25) Catch can

26) Custom swing-arm brace

27) Pulley cover with CF center disk

28) New right side switch gear (was bad)

29) CRG lane splitter bar end mirrors

30) Front exhaust mount update

31) Steering dampener (JefC73 had a score on one NIB, and passed the deal on to me, thanks Jeff! (currently en-route in the mail

32) Zippers collapsible push rod tube assemblies with billet bases and stock push rods (purchased through NRHS)


(Message edited by Jolly on November 04, 2014)
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Jefc73
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 12:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Uhhhhhhh pics??
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Jolly
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 12:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


S1 F1



S1 F2



S1 F3



S1 F4



S1 F5



S1 F6



S1 F7



S1 F8



S1 F9
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Dammitquikgentry
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 12:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Badass! Where do you get the cap that screws to the front pulley? And is it easy to make a catch can? Rebuilding my X1, how do you know if you have the updated chain tensioner? Nice work sorry for all the ?'s
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Jolly
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 12:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The pulley cover is from American Sport Bike with a CF center disk insert. the Swing arm brace is from me...(well my design, but its really from the machinist I work with...)I think it works well with an undercut cam cover.

how do you tell if you have the upgraded primary chain tensioner?? Take the cover off and look is the only way I can tell...the old ones had a very thin block and the new upgraded ones are thicker, (the bent mount plate the block connects to)

thanks for the compliment!! it fits in well with the other ones!
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Jefc73
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 01:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Looks awesome. Love the red snap.
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Brother_in_buells
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 01:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wow you take the restorations to a whole new level mister!

Very nice!
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Jolly
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 01:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


2xs1
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Hootowl
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 02:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That is a sexy beast.
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Jolly
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 02:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


the line up
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K12pilot
Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 10:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

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Kalali
Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 07:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Looks great and very tastefully done. Definitely needed a snap red in the lineup.
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Jolly
Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 09:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks!!!

I do love that snap red!!, some claim yellow is faster, but I do like the look of the red!!

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Dannybuell
Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 09:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wow! I see a Buell Museum in your future.
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Lander_x1
Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 09:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



wow , the Drummer looks great!!
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Jolly
Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2014 - 10:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The Drummer is an outstanding exhaust (IMHO), I have not put it on a dyno, not really interested in the actual number at this point, but it does make that 96 pull like my 98 S1W, and the fit and finish is excellent. (WELL DONE Kevin) I do recommend it to anyone!

yeah Ive been thinking that I am ending up with a Buell shrine here..maybe (uh oh ... rabbit hole..) ... maybe a westwind to the collection..you know, just for posterity...and I would want an RSS instead of the RS.... but ouch expensive!
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Andy350
Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 10:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Beautiful bike!
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Kalali
Posted on Friday, November 07, 2014 - 07:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Great collection. Quick question, is the engine with the ridged fins stock? Love the look.
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Jolly
Posted on Friday, November 07, 2014 - 08:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks Kalali, I've had a great time building each bike, tracking down parts, developing some of my own, and solving each bike's worth of particular issues with help from folks from the forum through each build. I'm already in a bit of a "panic" since I don't have a project in the garage.... but I do have my first child due any day now so I suppose a break from bike projects might be a good thing...but....a 97 S1 comes to mind (then I would have an S1 for all three years), another S2 comes to mind (one with bags and one as a hotrod)..another Triumph Bonnie platform comes to mind to build a street tracker, then I would have a hopped up Thruxton, it's sister, a 2004 Bonnie and the Street Tracker! (have you seen some of the Triumph Bonnie platform street trackers built by Mule motorcycles??? WOW).... or...

Neither engine has been diamond cut, for some reason when I take a photo of these bikes at "just the right angle" then compress it for the 50k size limit it makes the fins look diamond cut.
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D_adams
Posted on Friday, November 07, 2014 - 09:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Don't compress the pics. Put them up on another site that doesn't require compressing them (Google+ works well) and then use the \ imagelink { } tag.
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Fahren
Posted on Friday, November 07, 2014 - 10:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Beautiful.
Did you do a plastics swap, or a full re-paint over the yellow?
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Jolly
Posted on Friday, November 07, 2014 - 10:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have two sets of HVY, the really rough stuff that came off the bike and a really good set sitting on a shelf, I originally tried the HVY good set that I have, but for this bike I pulled the red set off the shelf...

long term, this bike may go back to HVY if I buy a third S1 then I will do a white frame and snap red body....
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Kalali
Posted on Saturday, November 08, 2014 - 08:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Diamond cut was the term I was looking for.... You may need a priest to drive the Buell demons out of you....
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Gobadgers
Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 01:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nice work Jolly. Looks beautiful. May I ask, is the timing cover something that is still available somewhere?
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Jolly
Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 10:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The timing cover was from ebay. I had it "saved" but hadn't bought it. I think it was from a private seller/machinist possibly, it has the orientation for the screw holes for an s1 era exhaust (11:00 and 5:00 positions) but it says X1- LIGHTNING from the 9:00 to 7:00 position so I was a little less than interested since it really didn't fit an X1 as claimed, however my wife surprised me with it.. ; ).... and its been hanging on the wall for about a year. when I finished this S1 I got to looking at it, and the rear cylinder exhaust header pipe perfectly covers up the X1 LIGHTNING..so I bolted it on!

It could easily be reproduced by the machinist I work with for other parts,

or

If anyone here wants to reproduce it without the script, I will gladly unbolt it and send it out to those of you with the tools to reproduce, and even buy another one from you.

PM me if you want to use it for measurements, (though the screw hole orientation is off slightly so its a little canted, looks like it was set up to screw directly into the posts, instead of into the backing plate/internal cover that the outer timing cover is normally riveted to) or if you want me to have it reproduced.

I was going to send it off and have the design altered slightly, then reproduced, my guess would be about 125.00 since I had a one off custom timing cover designed for a buddy as a joke, and it was about 125.00 if I recall correctly (funny story!!).

(Message edited by Jolly on November 09, 2014)
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S1owner
Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 01:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Had a custom brass timing cover from ebay that sad 1 BADASS S1 probably the same guy Dutch boight mine.
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Mhlunsford
Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 03:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nice how did u change the color ?
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Mhlunsford
Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2014 - 07:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Nice how did u change the color ?
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Jolly
Posted on Monday, November 10, 2014 - 09:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

this photo was taken before I did much work, I was just sorting the color at this point.


color swap
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