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Hey folks, just some advise. I'm asking OR Best Offer. If you want to know what I would like to get, don't ask because I'd like to get more than you're going to offer. JUST MAKE THE OFFER!
Purchased a couple years ago. Starting taking parts off and got to the point where I needed tools I didn't have or time. Honestly, want to sell the entirety outright. It wasn't running when I bought it, it it was a complete bike and I still have everything I took off. Serious buyers only. Best...
Does anyone know another "new age" yamaha's that would make this task easier, at least for the rear. I've got a good understanding of the front (I think). I definitely want to do mono shock, but which yamaha swing arm would be the best to do it with?
I am located in Bedford, VA. Thanks for the info, however I would like to stick to Yamaha parts. I know there are probably easier ways of doing it, but I'd like to keep everything as yamaha as possible.
Yeah, I know the triples wont fit the R1/R6 tubes for the front end. I think the XS is a 32mm tube and the R1/R6 are 43mm. My plan was to do the stem swap and use the donated upper and lower triple. Thats where Paul's thread is going to come in handy.
I definitely want to do the monoshock...
OK, so just to get my head around the front end... You swapped the stem from the XS into the R1 triples? I understand you have to grind the weld off the bottom of the XS to get the stem out.
After you got the stems out and placed the XS stem in the R1 triples, there was that -.10mm gap on the...