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one arm bandit
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Re: My budget build
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Reply #60 on:
July 19, 2012, 11:39:42 AM »
good work them LL look very clean and tidy, did you make the yokes??
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skiprat
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July 19, 2012, 12:05:53 PM »
I picked them up cheap as very basic blocks of billet, the previous person had cocked them up proper job, I reworked and finished them, by the time I had finished it would have been easier to have made new ones, but the billet is so expensive that it was the cheapest option to fix them ones
the tops are blind, so the fork legs screw into them
2" billet top and bottom, will be polishing them as well as other parts when the rebuild and powdercoat
theres 250mm gap twist the fork legs, the 250 tyre on my car rim pulls in to 240mm wide so gives me some room, but starting to think that the 180 looks big enough for now
save both car rims with 250 tyres for a bike build.
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one arm bandit
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July 19, 2012, 03:32:46 PM »
i think the proportions look spot on to be fair
... id like to go the 160/180 route on mine but keep the telescopics. also im not keen on changing from big 1100cc twin disc setup as its outstanding braking performance
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skiprat
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July 19, 2012, 04:14:43 PM »
I havent had a front brake for 8 months LOL I never reached for it or needed it, I ride on rear brake on bikes too
Im slowly thinking that the 180 looks right too, wondering if the 250 will fill it too much and not look to scale
front will be a 330mm disc with large 4 pot brembo, so will offer more than enough stop, but doubt it will ever get used, except by MOT man
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one arm bandit
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July 19, 2012, 04:23:10 PM »
ive linked all mine through a heel brake as im crippled in me right arm, but must say it very easy to use and very effective, keep 180
on LL its apparently best to use a flat profile tyre, but they look sooooooo much better with a curved profile back bike tyre, any over all picks skip, im intreagued
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steven brock
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July 19, 2012, 04:42:25 PM »
Quote from: skiprat on July 19, 2012, 04:14:43 PM
I havent had a front brake for 8 months LOL I never reached for it or needed it, I ride on rear brake on bikes too
Im slowly thinking that the 180 looks right too, wondering if the 250 will fill it too much and not look to scale
front will be a 330mm disc with large 4 pot brembo, so will offer more than enough stop, but doubt it will ever get used, except by MOT man
That's a big disc! wots that off?
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Re: My budget build
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Reply #66 on:
July 19, 2012, 04:47:30 PM »
Very tidy front end. Good to see it again.
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triker_Chewie
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Re: My budget build
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July 20, 2012, 08:11:18 AM »
the tyre thats on it look fat as (in a good way) much larger and i dunno
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skiprat
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July 20, 2012, 08:41:41 AM »
I popped the front wheel out and put the 250 in place l;ast night, just sat to see what it looked like, loked stoopid LOL
sorry my error the front disc is 310mm not 330mm, was thinking of the discs on something else
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