Mooneyes Moon Discs - anyone tried them?

emzdogz said:
I remember Scott Summers! He could actually pick up and hold his entire bike.
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Holding the ~320 pound XR600:

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And the (relatively, ~270 pound) light XR400:

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The boy was tough. I watched him wear out Steve Hatch at a GNCC; he plain old outlasted him, even riding that big heavy hog of a 600 thumper 'trailbike'. Hatch was riding a Suzuki RM250, they ran neck and neck for 4 11 mile laps until Hatch just couldn't take it any more.
 
i know this mainly started on front wheels to help break the timing light in races. back in the day before electronics got better a fraction of a second could be lost because the light would pass thru the rim and break on the body of the bike. alot of fellow hillclimbers use them still.
 
Looking to get a set of these mooneye covers for a 78 16"" rear mags with disk brakes. Anyone know the dimensions of how much to remove from center? For both sides. Thanks.
 
jdizon said:
Looking to get a set of these mooneye covers for a 78 16"" rear mags with disk brakes. Anyone know the dimensions of how much to remove from center? For both sides. Thanks.
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you need to enlarge the 7" hole to about 8.25" for the drum brake, the other side is 6.25" and it fits on the sprocket side without modification.
 
@James

Since I'm running disks, I'll order one side 7"" and the other 6.25"". I appreciate the info.

@slither wow you bike looks badass! I really like the touch with the blacked out fork cover. I'm looking to do something similar and trying to find a set online.
 
As far as I know nobody is offering the fork covers. You might be able to get someone to make you a set. The guy that built this set only has done a few because it was time consuming to make them.
 
gruff54 said:
According to the old H-D crowd(they used to be an option way back when), the bike gets blown sideways in crosswinds. Even the newer models with the solid aluminum wheels are that way. That's on a heavy bike. I imagine it'd be worse on an XS.
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I've ridden with the covers on a goldwing and while you will notice a bit in really windy conditions it's nothing to be concerned about
 

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