Airwolfie
XS650 Guru
A HUGE thanks to Ants on the UK forum, who has helped me getting this sorted! He has a machine shop close to him that was very helpful, and only cost £90 to do.
Basically they pressed out the R1 stem, enlarged the hole on the bottom tree, added a sleeve with a lip to it, pressed the XS stem into that, and welded it up at the bottom, and then made another sleeve for the top to reduce the size of the hole and made me a nice collar to go over the top! HOPEFULLY it will just be a matter of slipping the bearings on and tightening the nut. I will do this at some point this weekend and report back on this!
Here are some pics to show what they did....
Bottom tree with the sleeve...
Top tree with the sleeve..
And the collar on top..
And the whole assembly....
Basically they pressed out the R1 stem, enlarged the hole on the bottom tree, added a sleeve with a lip to it, pressed the XS stem into that, and welded it up at the bottom, and then made another sleeve for the top to reduce the size of the hole and made me a nice collar to go over the top! HOPEFULLY it will just be a matter of slipping the bearings on and tightening the nut. I will do this at some point this weekend and report back on this!
Here are some pics to show what they did....
Bottom tree with the sleeve...
Top tree with the sleeve..
And the collar on top..
And the whole assembly....