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5th November 2022
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Loxahatchee, FL (S. FL)
Posts: 2,110 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 2003 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1981 Other Motorcycle Model: FXDC Other Motorcycle Year: 2013
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lol
That's the good (and bad) thing about living in the Keys
when I was a kid my Uncle on Conch Key would say "I start to build a couple lobster traps but after the fourth beer...I just go down to JoJo's"
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'81 Andrews "Y" cams, K. Black 9-1 pistons
'03 1250 NRHS stage two Lightning heads, SE536 cams, mik flat slide 42
'01 Cyclone stock
'13 FXDC 96" stock
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5th December 2022
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: On a big rock in the Florida Straights
Posts: 510 Sportster/Buell Model: XL 1200 S....X Sportster/Buell Year: 1999 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XR-1000 RX Sportster/Buell Year #2: 83 Other Motorcycle Model: SOLD - RZV500R/R1 hybrid Other Motorcycle Year: 1984
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had to put a new starter on the pig... and while the hood was up I tossed a new 130/70-18 Dunlop K404 front tire on and a new set of EBC brake pads... so the trailmax rear on the front was a good idea for a while but it did not like the braking loads and cupped quite badly... I gotta say the XR1200X brake set up is very good... Nissin calipers... great selection of brake pads... their not as good as the Yamaha/Sumitomo Monoblocks but superb none the less... one finger braking and two finger stoppies are back... ill post some pics in a bit..
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1999 XL 1200 Sport RX, SE 7500 ignition, SE air filter, DynoJet, K&N, Cone Engineering 2:1 pipe, Storz Steering damper, with 2012 XR1200X perf forks, 3.5 x18" wheels front and rear, Galfer stainless lines, XR1200 4 piston front calipers, 18" Dunlop D404 130/70 and Dunlop trailmax mission 140/80-18 rear XR1200X perf shocks, 19/48 530 chain conversion, Dart Flyscreen, Antigravity LiFePO4 battery
1983 XR-1000S to XR-1000RX Project Build Thread
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5th December 2022
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pottstown PA.
Posts: 15,898 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH stroker Sportster/Buell Year: 1960 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 883 C Sportster/Buell Year #2: '03
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the first time i saw those tires on your bike i thought they looked like tires for on/off road use?
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6th December 2022
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: On a big rock in the Florida Straights
Posts: 510 Sportster/Buell Model: XL 1200 S....X Sportster/Buell Year: 1999 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XR-1000 RX Sportster/Buell Year #2: 83 Other Motorcycle Model: SOLD - RZV500R/R1 hybrid Other Motorcycle Year: 1984
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yeah the dunlop trailmax are a great tire.. just no front in 18"... they hook up great on dirt and gravel roads... the rear is wearing like Iron with Great on and off road grip... the rear will hang out a bit on pavement if ya want however its pretty controllable...
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Greasemonkey
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Join Date: Dec 2022
Location: Yuma County, Az.
Posts: 117 Sportster/Buell Model: Sportster Prototype Sportster/Buell Year: ? Other Motorcycle Model: Ducati CR900 Other Motorcycle Year: 1996
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Nice work.
Is the steering damper location the only place they'll mount on the model bike you have?
One good fall and that damper rod is going straight under your left kneecap. Not even a fall, just a decent near-highside or tank slapper would do it.
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XL FORUM TEAM MEMBER
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: On a big rock in the Florida Straights
Posts: 510 Sportster/Buell Model: XL 1200 S....X Sportster/Buell Year: 1999 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XR-1000 RX Sportster/Buell Year #2: 83 Other Motorcycle Model: SOLD - RZV500R/R1 hybrid Other Motorcycle Year: 1984
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MODO SIKLER
Nice work.
Is the steering damper location the only place they'll mount on the model bike you have?
One good fall and that damper rod is going straight under your left kneecap. Not even a fall, just a decent near-highside or tank slapper would do it.
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It's OK ive already fallen with this bike and since I lost half of my left kneecap in a 1976 mishap it missed anything vital... that was the day I learned that you need to get away from that 2 wheel pile of kinetic energy when you cant save it..
Steve Stortz at Stortz Performance Sells these italian dampers and brackets for XL sportsters... its important to have the damper adjuster on your clutch hand so you can still make adjustments WFO.... for serious work Id use only Ohlins... On my XR I made a bracket that mounts the same damper on the right side but it was a quick and dirty and ill TIG up a bracket that moves it to the proper side when the final assembly starts... |
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