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1982 Maxim Hardtail Question

Discussion in 'XJ Modifications' started by NGDI, Jul 9, 2010.

  1. NGDI

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    Hey guys. Newb here. I bought my first bike, a 1982 Maxim 650, a couple of years ago and that's when I found this site. I lurked around for about a year and gathered some great information. I ran into a few problems and ended up parking the bike after one summer of riding. Luckily the problems weren't with the motorcycle itself, but because of a clerical mistake (vin typo) on the title that was done in another state. Still, it was enough of a headache to make me park it and I haven't been on it since. Mistake...I know. I've since decided to resurrect it. This leads me to my question (the reason this intro is in the Modifications section).

    I want to hardtail my Maxim and was wondering about how much tubing I would need to do this. I have a friend who is a machinist and he thinks he can get me some 1" OD 11GA tubing but I didn't know how much to tell him to get.
     
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    between top rails, bottom rails and cross members I think I used about three meters. Bottm line is you'll use more than you think and it depends entirley on your design.

    Good luck
     
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    10 foot stick should do it.
     
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    Thanks guys!
     
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    Dido... I burnt up almost 10' but its plenty to make a few mistakes.
     
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    My buddy got me 10' from his work. I'm not sure when we'll be able to start working on it because he works 3rd shift and I work 1st, but we'll figure something out. I'm planning on doing a military theme bobber. I'll post pics as soon as it's finished. Thanks again everybody!
     
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    we dont just want finished pics, we want the whole storey pics, lets see the progress as you go through it.
     
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    Oh I've already started taking pics of the disassembly. I'll try to document the best I can. I've got another question -

    This site has pod filters listed for an XJ 650 as 54mm. I think I read a thread somewhere on here that said 52mm. Do I need to get smaller ones since I'm going to be hardtailing it?
     
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