Recent content by SurlyBoy

I'm in

Wha? I just read the tech stuff. There was drama? I missed it?

Very nice work

I need parts. Thanks

OK. I'll PM ya

What size carb boots are on the XS filters?

The damper rod slides inside the inner tube and won't go through the bottom. It then bolts through the end of the lower fork leg. That's what limits the travel of the tube inside the leg. It doesn't look like it in the diagrams in the manual

A clevis can be adjustable as well but I think a Heim will work better because there's not a not of room between the shifter arm and the engine case. I can thread the hole and bolt on the Heim on the outside. I'm looking at this Mac X-MAC-TOR exhaust setup. It might just be cheaper than...

Small bit of progress. I made the shifter shaft arm and started to fit a connecting rod. I was thinking of just doing 90 degree bends at the ends with some cotter pin retainers but I think there'll be too much play and the front will end up running on the side case. I'll either do a clevis or a...

I have one from an XS1B. I'll snap a pic and send it to you

This is a brand new set of Joe Wiseguy clip on's. Powder coated black. Never used, just mounted once for a mock up. They fit 34mm and 35mm tubes. Maybe even 36. The clamps are very beefy. I don't see them on his website anymore but I think he was getting $115 plus for them. I'll let them go...

I thought about running the shifter like this, with a reversed pattern. This is a shorter GS550 lever. The position was right but it looked too simple. Probably the best solution, and the common way of doing it back in the day, but not what I had in mind It did give me a good idea on where I...

Speaking of the peg mounts, I didn't like the way I had made them with the mounting boss being the same diameter as the rod. It looked too spindly when the thicker peg mounts is bolted on. So I cut it off. Instead of doing a butt weld I ground down the ends of the mounts to about a 1/2"...

I started on the rearsets. This is one of the pegs I got. The mount is about 1" round with a 10mm threaded post. I turned it down the inner 3/4" down to 5/8" This let me slip on a 5/8" ID/ 3/4" OD bronze bushing And then a steel collar fits over the bushing. The base of the mount sits...

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