I wonder how many can say that. My first XS650 was a TXA in 74 when I left school. The family were all Triumph and Norton riders. I also rarely saw another then, as now. There are no XS's within 200 miles of me. I think I saw more in a 2 week Netherlands holiday in 2010 than during the whole of my life.
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Anyone run with just a FL rotor?
- Thread starter FloppaEnjoyer8067
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You're absolutely right about the Netherlands, Yamaha 650 was a popular bike over there back then. I was surprised the first time I visited in 1980 just how many there were over there.
When I bought my new 650C back in 1976, I definitely wanted a traditional twin over a multi cylinder bike. The Norton Commando was out of production, BSA ceased a few years before. So it was either a Triumph Bonneville or the XS650. I needed the bike to be reliable get to work each day transport. That ruled out the Triumph. I never saw another one during my ownership.
I guess national pride at its best or worst, depending on how you look at it.
And yet NVT, then Tony Hall, brought us the Ascot with Rickman/Metisse adding to the mix.I guess national pride at its best or worst, depending on how you look at it.
On my '77 tracker project I had an issue with the wheel where a rotor bolt bottomed out and snapped off in the hub. We tried many different ways to remove it with no success. In the end, I bought a left side caliper and mount from an SR500 and just flitted the rotor to the left side. CAVEAT I have not ridden this project yet, but the brake works just fine pushing it around the shop.
FloppaEnjoyer8067
XS650 Enthusiast
Your moment of inertia of the whole wheel will be off. It is likely insignificant at wheel speeds, but at a past job it had to be taken into account when designing high speed electric motor shafts
