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82 XJ650 project underway

Discussion in 'XJ Modifications' started by zimmet, Jun 24, 2008.

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  1. zimmet

    zimmet New Member

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    Just pick'd this one up the other day....
     

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    looks better already
     

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    I was checkin out your gallery what material and what length did you use for the solid struts on your black bike.
     
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    Its not my bike but he used 1'' square tubeing.
     
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    Just curious - which St.Thomas would you be in? (just south of me?)

    Nice work - not my taste, but still an excellent project shaping up there!
     
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    How long are the struts if you have a general idea.
     
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    Ya your not that far from me its like 15 mins....And I'm not sure what size he cut them at, I will find out.... And does anyone know where I can find a used rear tire just the rubber? I cant find one anywhere
     
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    Hey the black bike is my seca 750. Zimmet is my buddy. we found this bike just down the road from me. The over all length of the struts are 9 3/4 inch. eye to eye is 8 3/4 inch
     
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    I dig it. What else ya gonna do?
     
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    There is alot more to come with these 2 bikes...we havn't even got started really. Next we are designing forward controls for them instead of buying pre-made ones, and then tearing down my bike for paint. We will post pictures as we get further into the projects.
     
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    I second that thought! and maybe after these two there might be more.
     
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    most likely i'm looking on kajiji right now ....lmao
     
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    helped a buddy do that exact same thing... a tip you might find helpful, ball joints(about 8 bucks at a hardware joint) help make buttery smooth braking and shifting action... helped alot with the functionality of our forward controls.
     
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    I demand pictures!
     
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    Pretty cool.

    That rearend frightens me.

    Keep the pics comin!
     
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    Thanx for the advice but the rearend wont be that low I'm trying to design some kind of strut without have it look like just a normal chunk of steal...
     
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    thanx for the heads up and the rearend wont be that low I'm trying to design somthing alittle better looking then just square tubeing as my struts..
     
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    cut and finished seat and made some temporary struts..
     

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    How about doing some struts like these - that way you can adjust up or down as needed. Just found this pic on the net - but should be able to find everything to do it @ a good hardware store.

    [​IMG]
     
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    Are you representing "88"?
     
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