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Rick_in_PDX Full Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Pacific North West
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Posted: December 5, 2009, 2:51 pm Post subject: Tripple Trees....... |
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I want to use a 16" rear mag I have on the front.... anyone have a diagram of a set of trees I can machine? that will work with the stock forks and stock stem? I dont want a harley front end I want to keep it as yamaha as possible ~plus I have the parts ~
_________________ Some people will say that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this,,,,, Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube,That is why God made fast motorcycles—Hunter S |
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Rick_in_PDX Full Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Pacific North West
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Posted: December 24, 2009, 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Bump....................
_________________ Some people will say that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this,,,,, Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube,That is why God made fast motorcycles—Hunter S |
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mrkil Full Member
Joined: Oct 04, 2009 Posts: 24 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 1:01 am Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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it'll be a little small no?
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Rick_in_PDX Full Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Pacific North West
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 2:36 am Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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the stock trees are not wide enough for the 16" mag wheel. I would wrather make new trees than mill the rim center and use a skinnier tire. I want a fat tire on the front as well as the rear
_________________ Some people will say that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this,,,,, Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube,That is why God made fast motorcycles—Hunter S |
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dpmphoto Full Member
Joined: Apr 18, 2007 Posts: 485 Location: syracuse NY
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 2:46 am Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Seems like way too much work for the results your gonna get. Didn't Hunter S Thompson commit suicide?
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danno Full Member
Joined: Mar 04, 2006 Posts: 212
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 4:01 am Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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dpmphoto wrote: |
Seems like way too much work for the results your gonna get. Didn't Hunter S Thompson commit suicide? |
Yes,but it was unlikely that it pertained to an XS650 front wheel swap.
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Srinath Full Member
Joined: Sep 10, 2009 Posts: 343 Location: Charlotte NC
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 11:53 am Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Making new trees is far too much work. I'd try fitting a katana FE ... 17 inch sport tire for braking and handling cannot be beat.
Cool.
Srinath.
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Rick_in_PDX Full Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Pacific North West
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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dpmphoto wrote: |
Seems like way too much work for the results your gonna get. Didn't Hunter S Thompson commit suicide? |
if you think making your own one off parts is too much work for ANY result, then you missing the entire point of building a chopper/bobber.
I think it would look better with the fat front tire
Hunter S Thomson: Thompson died at his self-described "fortified compound" known as "Owl Farm" in Woody Creek, Colorado, at 5:42 p.m. on February 20, 2005, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
_________________ Some people will say that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this,,,,, Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube,That is why God made fast motorcycles—Hunter S |
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Srinath Full Member
Joined: Sep 10, 2009 Posts: 343 Location: Charlotte NC
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Man I have to look very very close and I still dont see where you cut and shortened the spine. Looks very nice though.
Cool.
Srinath.
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Rick_in_PDX Full Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Pacific North West
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Srinath wrote: |
Man I have to look very very close and I still dont see where you cut and shortened the spine. Looks very nice though.
Cool.
Srinath. |
its very subtle but it makes a huge illution, IE: makes my forks look longer, and if you look the engine has a slight fwd tilt now, I think it give the bike a moving wile sitting still feel....... and the tank that being built is over the top crazy
_________________ Some people will say that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this,,,,, Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube,That is why God made fast motorcycles—Hunter S |
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Srinath Full Member
Joined: Sep 10, 2009 Posts: 343 Location: Charlotte NC
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Man that above pic is what it looks like now right ... looks good and best of all, looks like it was always that way. The lower pic looks too much like its a bat man bike.
Cool.
Srinath.
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Rick_in_PDX Full Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Pacific North West
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Srinath wrote: |
Man that above pic is what it looks like now right ... looks good and best of all, looks like it was always that way. The lower pic looks too much like its a bat man bike.
Cool.
Srinath. |
the bottom pic is the one sent to me by the fabricator, during his mock-up. it should be done in the next few days after the Christmas top pic is my scooter as it sits right now
_________________ Some people will say that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this,,,,, Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube,That is why God made fast motorcycles—Hunter S |
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Srinath Full Member
Joined: Sep 10, 2009 Posts: 343 Location: Charlotte NC
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Please dont do that ... It needs a tank ... a tear drop or a peanut, but those angular things are just stupid.
Cool.
Srinath.
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Rick_in_PDX Full Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Pacific North West
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Srinath wrote: |
Please dont do that ... It needs a tank ... a tear drop or a peanut, but those angular things are just stupid.
Cool.
Srinath. |
Dare to be different bro!, if I wanted a sporty tank I would ride a sporty.. this tank being made is not like anything ever seen.....the pic of the mock up isnt near what it really is going to be
_________________ Some people will say that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this,,,,, Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube,That is why God made fast motorcycles—Hunter S |
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Srinath Full Member
Joined: Sep 10, 2009 Posts: 343 Location: Charlotte NC
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 5:24 pm Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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900 eli peanut dude ... totally the way to go IMHO.
Cool.
Srinath.
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Rick_in_PDX Full Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Pacific North West
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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I know, and I do have one here for the "just in case" senerio
_________________ Some people will say that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this,,,,, Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube,That is why God made fast motorcycles—Hunter S |
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Srinath Full Member
Joined: Sep 10, 2009 Posts: 343 Location: Charlotte NC
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 11:30 pm Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Y'know I've been thinking ... if I end up keeping this XS into next winter ... my mod will be to goose neck it and fit an upper frame rail that humps up almost like the upper line of the tank. That way the frame can be far enough away form the motor and the tank can hang from the frame and I can lift the head and pistons off with the motor still in the frame.
6 inches oughta do it, I'll check when I put my rephased motor back in ... and if I mod it that way, I can overbore it wihtout taking it off the frame.
Just remove head and cyls and swap pistons, bore etc etc and done.
Cool.
Srinath.
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Rick_in_PDX Full Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Pacific North West
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Posted: December 26, 2009, 3:54 am Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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well that would be different for sure!. hats off and kudos!
_________________ Some people will say that slow is good – but I’m here to tell you that fast is better. I’ve always believed this,,,,, Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube,That is why God made fast motorcycles—Hunter S |
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yamaman Support Staff
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 1638 Location: Perth Western Australia
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Posted: December 26, 2009, 4:34 am Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Well Srinath, if you replace the case studs while you've got it apart, you can then get the head etc off insitu thereafter!
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Srinath Full Member
Joined: Sep 10, 2009 Posts: 343 Location: Charlotte NC
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Posted: December 26, 2009, 10:30 am Post subject: Re: Tripple Trees....... |
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Oh yea great, but I've heard it would be bad cos they will vibrate loose ?
I am all for doing stuff like that. Kawasaki's eliminator motors are that way. Dunno what else is, but those definetly are.
Cool.
Srinath.
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