| Author | Message | ||
     Sd26 |
Ok, I've raced a few bikes. But they have all been bikes that had metric fasteners. Given an XB, what standard tools are necessary to do trackside maintenance and some other necessary maintenance? Thanks in advance? | ||
| Neb25 |
Super Dave what you racin? Actually there is not that many needed for the average trackside stuff. I run the endurance swingarm so only a 1" socket is need to change the rear wheel. Make sure you have the allens for front wheel changes which require the removal of the front brake. Also the front axle tool for axle removal. If the front brake has been converted to the 8 piston install a 8" longer brake line to allow the caliper to rotate down for wheel changes. Makes for a fast front wheel change. If it's your first time on that bike you may be changing gearing which is easy but will require an impact for the front sprocket or torxue(?) for the rear. Some allens on the bike are metric and some are not which you will find out when moving your forks up and down. If you are on a bike already setup for racing by someone else then many of those things may have changed. Not many tools are really needed. After a highside at Road America I replaced about everything and I only have one small toolbox. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
Dave on a Buell? You gonna pit in Buell Alley? Like Joel said, just your basic tools. Are you running a stock belt swing arm or the chain conversion? Some of the fateners are standard. Some are metric. | ||
| Rocketsprink |
BTW, changing oil, being the muffler is under and placed directly in the path of the out going oil, use aluminum foil to keep it off the muffler. Just form it to the muffler and pull the plug. | ||
| Slaughter |
T27 Torx!!!!! And the assortment of usual sockets and combination wrenches. TRY (when it's cold) to see if with a wobble socket you can pull the rear plug on a hot engine. I ground a notch in the top cross-member on the chassis to get to the rear plug but you ought to check it out yourself on a cool engine to see what I'm talking about. If you have adjustable pushrods, you really ought to be able to re-adjust a pushrod if it loosened. | ||
| Alessio66xb12r |
the best is... when you mix inch and mm ex. front end and brakes in mm and all the rest in in. . even better when you replace the stock firebolt swingarm with the longer uly one ...(i used a customized wp to adjust the height of the bike with 30 mm up and down register ). "necessary maintenance"..chain conv. on track is better. the maintenance of a track bike means a lot of work ...personally i like it. maybe i'm a little paranoid but i usually carry a lot of stuff with me on track days and i'm sure when i will need something it will be the only one thing i miss. and i really don't know how's the engine life ....i like to think that a complete change of fluids and filter(using first quality products) and a complete ceck....(tps,afv,primary,timing,chain,spockets, everywhere...) will preserve me from rebuilding. i start to work on the bike on my free time during the week-end and i finished tonight to have a track day on thursday 07 august (Misano of course) ....A LOT OF WORK...just for maintenance but once on track is a real big FIESTA . bye Alessio | ||
| Sd26 |
Super Dave what you racin? Well, just racing my GSXR750 right now yet. But I'm lookin'...  I had some talks about Buell's in 1994 or 1995, then again in 1999/2000. The GSXR is for sale, if you know anyone. We'll see where this all takes me right now. | ||
| Sd26 |
Dave on a Buell? You gonna pit in Buell Alley? Will you guys let me in?  | ||
| Smoke |
have fun Alessio, that looks like a beautiful track to play on. tim | ||
| Schmitty |
Everybody's welcome in Buell Alley! Even an ex-Suzuki guy!  Schmitty} | ||
| Sd26 |
Everybody's welcome in Buell Alley! Even an ex-Suzuki guy! LOL! It's more than that. I've raced Honda, Kawasaki, MZ, Suzuki, and Yamaha. From 1967 models to present. I think that pretty much makes me a •••••... Is that so bad? LOL! | ||
| Gearheaderiko |
What I do is everytime I work on the bike, I take those tools, set them aside and throw them in the racebox. As said earlier, you'll find you dont need a very big toolbox and most everything you need will fit in it. Of course if you've got a big ol' toy hauler, then you can have a bigger tool box with more of the 'luxury' tools  A couple of things I noticed that always seemed to be borrowed are drill bits for safety wiring and an air tank. |
