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 Topic: Installing a 160/80-16 Rear Tire |
jmstrand
Replies: 3
Views: 4300
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 Forum: Front / Rear Ends and Shocks Posted: December 15, 2009, 12:46 pm Subject: Re: Installing a 160/80-16 Rear Tire |
| Gary Poh makes offset countershaft sprockets. Takeas a little while to get them done due to heat treating them. Richard Pollick has stated you can gain as much as .100 of an inch with stock setup by ... |
| Topic: Rear Sprocket |
jmstrand
Replies: 82
Views: 44214
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Forum: Drive Posted: November 3, 2009, 7:34 pm Subject: Re: Rear Sprocket |
| Sorry. For some reason I was thinking stock was a 36 tooth. Working on to many bikes!! Lol. I'll look around for a 31 tooth drive sprocket fir HD. I know Sprocket Specialties goes down to like 17 and ... |
| Topic: Rear Sprocket |
jmstrand
Replies: 82
Views: 44214
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Forum: Drive Posted: November 3, 2009, 2:57 pm Subject: Re: Rear Sprocket |
| Sounds like a lot of work just to get me in the ballpark. LOL. Well I am going to have to get a custom sprocket made for this bike anyways and I'm OK with just getting it close and can always fine t ... |
| Topic: Rear Sprocket |
jmstrand
Replies: 82
Views: 44214
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Forum: Drive Posted: November 3, 2009, 11:50 am Subject: Re: Rear Sprocket |
| Sorry typo, the rear i'm running is a 160-60-18. |
| Topic: Rear Sprocket |
jmstrand
Replies: 82
Views: 44214
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Forum: Drive Posted: November 3, 2009, 11:46 am Subject: Re: Rear Sprocket |
| Pardon me for being slow. I am switching out my rear tire and rim for a 160/80-18 setup for my track/street bike and would like to know what size rear sprocket would put me at the same gearing as sto ... |
| Topic: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
jmstrand
Replies: 17
Views: 13781
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: October 23, 2009, 6:54 am Subject: Re: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
| Thanks for posting. That's a great tip |
| Topic: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
jmstrand
Replies: 17
Views: 13781
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: October 22, 2009, 5:59 pm Subject: Re: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
Mellow:
No FZR rotors or any that I'm aware of will "work" on a XS. They are bunches of rotors (FZR included) that will "bolt up" to any year XS front wheel, but the rotors have different offset ... |
| Topic: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
jmstrand
Replies: 17
Views: 13781
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: October 22, 2009, 5:57 pm Subject: Re: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
| Thanks for the link, wish the pics would come up. I was just gonna get my rotors spaced out from the wheels to allow room for the 4 piston Brembos to even go over the floating rotors, once thats done ... |
| Topic: radian swing arm |
jmstrand
Replies: 27
Views: 31367
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Forum: Front / Rear Ends and Shocks Posted: October 22, 2009, 5:30 pm Subject: Re: radian swing arm |
Pics wont come up. Trying again. And I got sidetracked, but the Radian swingarm will bolt right on except the wheel.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv17/73novaguy/DSCN0711-1.jpg |
| Topic: radian swing arm |
jmstrand
Replies: 27
Views: 31367
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Forum: Front / Rear Ends and Shocks Posted: October 22, 2009, 5:12 pm Subject: Re: radian swing arm |
| On my tracker project. off a Radian. I'm using a Harley hub so I machined out the Radian axle blocks and am also using the Harley axle. I machined that down because it was to long and threaded the ... |
| Topic: special sprocket? |
jmstrand
Replies: 2
Views: 2185
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Forum: Drive Posted: October 13, 2009, 4:53 am Subject: Re: special sprocket? |
| Sprocket Specialties. They'll make you anything you want and for pretty reasonable. I'll be doing the same when I get my rear HD hub. |
| Topic: 130/90-18 rear? |
jmstrand
Replies: 4
Views: 4683
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: October 5, 2009, 5:33 pm Subject: Re: 130/90-18 rear? |
| I use to run a 130/90 16 on my old stuff (mag wheels on a 78) and never rubbed anywhere. Maybe the bigger rim makes it closer to the typical rub spots. Don't know much about the stock setup though. |
| Topic: Found a big brake kit for mags |
jmstrand
Replies: 2
Views: 2444
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: October 4, 2009, 9:06 pm Subject: Re: Found a big brake kit for mags |
| Sorry bout the posts, I am just hoping that some of you can get some cool brakes without the labor of doing them yourself. Just seems he could be a little more polite. He'll Richard Pollock makes the ... |
| Topic: Found a big brake kit for mags |
jmstrand
Replies: 2
Views: 2444
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: October 4, 2009, 8:55 pm Subject: Re: Found a big brake kit for mags |
| If you read his question and answer section he seems a little... Well you make the call. But he doesn't make just the caliper bracketsnd watch out for his shipping costs on Ebay. $80 bucks to ship and ... |
| Topic: Found a big brake kit for mags |
jmstrand
Replies: 2
Views: 2444
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: October 4, 2009, 8:03 pm Subject: Found a big brake kit for mags |
| Hey guys, was bombing around eBay when I ran into this. This guy is making big brake kits for XS's running mag wheels. Won't work for my track bike cause I'm running spokes. Www.fishheadbigbrakes.com ... |
| Topic: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
jmstrand
Replies: 17
Views: 13781
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: September 16, 2009, 6:14 pm Subject: Re: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
| Yes. FZR has lower steel triple clamp and upper is aluminum. And if you go FZR route you'll have to run a clipon bar or put some form of handlebar clamp on top tree. You prolly also want to cut off th ... |
| Topic: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
jmstrand
Replies: 17
Views: 13781
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: September 14, 2009, 9:23 am Subject: Re: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
| Well I scored some 4 piston Brembos and Brembo master cylinder off Ebay this A.M. from a 2000 Ducati 748, and I also won a 1979 XS650 19 spoked rim that I only need the hub to lace out to a WM3 Sun An ... |
| Topic: Stripping wheels? |
jmstrand
Replies: 5
Views: 3084
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: September 10, 2009, 5:50 pm Subject: Re: Stripping wheels? |
| If you're looking for them to be silver you can use a product called ZipStrip made for airplanes to remove paint from alluminum. You're still gonna have to sand though. Or you could shove a rag in the ... |
| Topic: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
jmstrand
Replies: 17
Views: 13781
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: September 10, 2009, 11:37 am Subject: Re: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
| I geuss no matter which way it goes, I either have to space the rotor out or caliper one way or another, or both. Plus I want a set of Brembo calipers and radiall master cylinder, so I'll have to mak ... |
| Topic: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
jmstrand
Replies: 17
Views: 13781
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: September 4, 2009, 9:25 pm Subject: FZR forks and rotors! What calipers? |
| I've put a set if FZR forks on my XS650 by changing the trees and using FZR trees and stem and races and XS bearings. I also have a set if FZR floating rotors to bolt to a XS front hub (which I'd love ... |
| Topic: Mag Wheel interchange |
jmstrand
Replies: 4
Views: 2747
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: August 21, 2009, 5:15 am Subject: Re: Mag Wheel interchange |
| I just hopped on and saw this thread was gonna trade someone my mags. Ive got a set of mags off a 78 Special with real nice back tire and newer front. I need a spoked wheel for the front and a lil c ... |
| Topic: FZR600 4 pot Caliper adapters |
jmstrand
Replies: 22
Views: 30650
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: August 19, 2009, 3:48 pm Subject: Re: FZR600 4 pot Caliper adapters |
| I'm just looking to see if anyone knows where you can get the bracket pictured. I have the FZR front end on my xs650 already and looking to do a pair of Brembos on both sides for a street tracker bui ... |
| Topic: FZR600 4 pot Caliper adapters |
jmstrand
Replies: 22
Views: 30650
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Forum: Wheels, Brakes and Controls Posted: August 19, 2009, 12:09 pm Subject: Re: FZR600 4 pot Caliper adapters |
| Any links to these machined caliper brackets? |
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