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 Topic: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
locoleon
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 Forum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways Posted: October 22, 2009, 1:09 pm Subject: Re: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
| FORKS ARE SOLD!!.. Thanks everyone for the interest!! |
| Topic: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
locoleon
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Forum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways Posted: October 20, 2009, 5:00 pm Subject: Re: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
This is what it could look like..not a xs650..my triumph.. but you get the idea...
[img]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/noelocol/My%2070%20Triumph/IMG_2825.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i132.photob ... |
| Topic: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
locoleon
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Forum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways Posted: October 20, 2009, 4:58 pm Subject: Re: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
More Pics...
Oh..yeah.. the forks are located in Toronto
[IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/noelocol/71%20XS650%20Bobber/IMG_2841.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/no ... |
| Topic: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
locoleon
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Forum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways Posted: October 20, 2009, 8:28 am Subject: Re: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
Hey guys.. I just recieved some preliminary pics back...
here is the xs650 donor bottom tripple that the neck was extracted from:
[IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/noelocol/71%20XS650%20 ... |
| Topic: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
locoleon
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Forum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways Posted: October 5, 2009, 5:38 pm Subject: Re: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
oh yeah..for sure...
I'm told I'll get them back in about a week...
There will be lots of pics posted as soon as I get it back!!.. |
| Topic: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
locoleon
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Forum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways Posted: October 5, 2009, 5:23 pm Subject: Re: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
I was just going to use a stock XS1 drum brake front wheel.
I was thinking about $500ish + shipping.
Its costing me $240+ to have the upper and lower tripples machine out then to weld an xs650 neck ... |
| Topic: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
locoleon
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Forum: A place to clean out your garage - Give Aways Posted: October 5, 2009, 4:06 pm Subject: FS: Girder Forks w/ XS650 Neck |
Just gauging the interest in a Girder front end that will be up for sale very soon.
Its at a machine shop right now having the neck replaced with an XS650 neck so that you can use XS650 steering b ... |
| Topic: Front Brake Shoes XS1/XS1b |
locoleon
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Forum: Drive Posted: October 1, 2009, 3:14 pm Subject: Front Brake Shoes XS1/XS1b |
Anyone know where I can get a set of brake shoes for my XS1?
Apparently MikesXS claims that they are no longer avaliable...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! |
| Topic: thinking about a springer with a stock rake but don't know |
locoleon
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Forum: Front / Rear Ends and Shocks Posted: August 31, 2009, 9:09 pm Subject: Re: thinking about a springer with a stock rake but don't know |
[quote="MN_TX650"]you will need the tapered neck bearing set that mikesxs sells, and 1" tapere trailer bearings from what I have read. Basically use only the bearing races from mikes set.[/quote]
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| Topic: start of my new frame |
locoleon
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Forum: Chopper jobs Posted: August 31, 2009, 8:49 pm Subject: Re: start of my new frame |
| [quote="timber"]its an old school p&p hd set up girder. got it used from an indepenant shop for a steel. in fact i just sold that whole set up to a guy down in bama. i copied everything on that girder ... |
| Topic: Girder forks for a stock XS frame? |
locoleon
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Forum: Did you say Bob? No I said Bobber! Posted: August 31, 2009, 8:45 pm Subject: Re: Girder forks for a stock XS frame? |
| [quote="Phred"]Here's the deal. The Yamaha and the Harley necks are different (duh!) The Yama neck is longer than the Harley, but the bearings go in the Yama neck and the Harley uses bearing cups th ... |
| Topic: arg more springer ??? |
locoleon
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Forum: Frames Posted: August 31, 2009, 8:04 pm Subject: Re: arg more springer ??? |
Ok so I bought a set of 1 inch trailer axle bearings.
I found that although it fits the stem, the outer diameter of bearing is too large: 50mm. The steering neck inner diameter needs to be 48mm.
m ... |
| Topic: arg more springer ??? |
locoleon
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Forum: Frames Posted: August 31, 2009, 8:36 am Subject: Re: arg more springer ??? |
[quote="xsleo"]The bearings in the set from Mike's fit the 650 stem. The lower bearing has a 30 mm hole, the upper bearing has a 25 mm hole. This matches the 650 stem.
Your 26 mm stem is 1 inch, rea ... |
| Topic: arg more springer ??? |
locoleon
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Forum: Frames Posted: August 30, 2009, 10:05 am Subject: Re: arg more springer ??? |
[quote="xsleo"]On a set of trees I have here from my 75 the stem measures 8 inches between the trees. is this how you measured your stem?
As for the bearings you will need a set of the tapered rolle ... |
| Topic: arg more springer ??? |
locoleon
Replies: 41
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Forum: Frames Posted: August 29, 2009, 11:32 pm Subject: Re: arg more springer ??? |
| yeah.. that true.. I could have the bottoms shortened... hmmm... |
| Topic: arg more springer ??? |
locoleon
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Forum: Frames Posted: August 29, 2009, 9:16 pm Subject: Re: arg more springer ??? |
[quote="xsleo"]locoleon your forks are not a springer fork, it's a girder front end.
If you look at the pic of the springer and yours you will see that on yours the whole front end moves up and down ... |
| Topic: arg more springer ??? |
locoleon
Replies: 41
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Forum: Frames Posted: August 29, 2009, 5:41 pm Subject: Re: arg more springer ??? |
hey guys.. This is a great thread..
Im just starting my XS bobber build and just wondering about the springer front end that I have...
Im guess Im a little confused about length, 2"under..etc..et ... |
| Topic: Stator and Rotor |
locoleon
Replies: 24
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Forum: Electrical Posted: August 19, 2009, 1:28 pm Subject: Re: Stator and Rotor |
[quote="islanddave"]Surprise.....surprise..............I made a mistake!!
I re-tested my stator and rotor and both resistance values went down after the rotor came into contact with the stator. T ... |
| Topic: XS British style racer |
locoleon
Replies: 11
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Forum: Cafe Racer Posted: August 19, 2009, 10:19 am Subject: Re: XS British style racer |
[quote="bryant"]a $1500+ gas tank donated? nice!
i guess that wheel looks like an 18 inch now that i look at it again.[/quote]
heres the build thread on my site:
http://dotheton.com/index.php? ... |
| Topic: XS British style racer |
locoleon
Replies: 11
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Forum: Cafe Racer Posted: August 19, 2009, 8:12 am Subject: Re: XS British style racer |
[quote="bryant"]locoleon: looks good! what tank is that? 19 inch rear wheel?[/quote]
thats a good question. Ive never really looked. The tire was new when I got the bike. I just assumed that its s ... |
| Topic: XS British style racer |
locoleon
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Forum: Cafe Racer Posted: August 18, 2009, 10:03 pm Subject: Re: XS British style racer |
Here is my 71 xs:
[IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/noelocol/My%2071%20XS650/IMG_2314.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/noelocol/My%2071%20XS650/IMG_2329.jpg[/IMG] |
| Topic: XS1 Front Brake shoes.. |
locoleon
Replies: 3
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Forum: Drive Posted: August 18, 2009, 11:43 am Subject: XS1 Front Brake shoes.. |
Anyone know where I can get a set of front brake shoes for my 71 XS650?
MikesXS shows that they are no longer avaliable!!..
What is everyone using here as an alternative?
Thanks |
| Topic: Stator and Rotor |
locoleon
Replies: 24
Views: 8461
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Forum: Electrical Posted: August 17, 2009, 3:53 pm Subject: Re: Stator and Rotor |
| [quote="islanddave"]No the old parts are long gone...........I am pretty sure the stator is at fault with all of that damage even though it still measures within spec......don't think that Mike's woul ... |
| Topic: Stator and Rotor |
locoleon
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Forum: Electrical Posted: August 17, 2009, 8:41 am Subject: Re: Stator and Rotor |
[quote="islanddave"]Well........if I trade the reg/rect in order to get the stator and rotor then I would have to buy another voltGE reg/rect LOL
PM ME AND WE WILL DISCUSS HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR ... |
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