| Author | Message | ||
     Doz |
I had this thought as I rode last Sunday that wouldn't leave me alone, so I stopped at two stores, bought some stuff and a half hour later I had axle sliders for both front and rear for 20 bucks! First stop was Target and picked up some skate board wheels,($10) it even came with a wrench. The second stop was Home Depot for some 5/16 threaded rod, assorted washers, nuts and a hacksaw blade.($10) I took the bearings out of the skate board wheels, ran the threaded rod through the axles and simply bolted them on- right in the parking lot! The first six wheeled XB! (priceless) | ||
| Pso |
Pics please | ||
| Njsxb9 |
Someone did this already and posted picks in another thread  | ||
| Buelltroll |
This is "discovered" AT LEAST once a year for the last 4 years I've been here. (hell one year it was me who discovered it)They will eventually fade and look like crap. | ||
| Disturbed |
Doz, who cares if it was "discovered" 50 times before. Cheers to you for a cheap mod you like AND tryin to help other Badwebers. Nice job! Cor | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Well said, Cord. Those orange sliders do seem strangely familiar.  | ||
| Xbeau12s |
hell ya, I'm printing that shiznit! | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I would be concerned about the sheer force on the threaded rods. I looked at this option myself, but opted against it. Any lateral impact on the skateboard wheel will snap the shank like a toothpick. They are light duty or cosmetic at best. Any wreck with these on and have the results? | ||
| Mikethebike72 |
I thought about the fact of the side loading also. What I did was epoxy some nylon sleeves to the inside of the skate wheels and then added different sleeves to the one in the center to just fit into the axles. With the threaded rod holding them tight against the axles and the spacers keeping them in position despite some side loads, I think they should work ok. I don't plan on testing them anytime soon, but you never know. Better to have and not need than to need and not have. | ||
| Doz |
Hey it was just a thought, never said it was original (it was to me) or even as good as the real stuff but it's better than nothing. Hell I just got a kick out of thinking about it and following through on it. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Mike, I think that would help. It's pass or fail and no one is lining up to test their rig anytime soon.  | ||
| Tdiddy |
I laid my Ss down at around 35-40 mph on Friday. I had the frame pucks on the frame and skateboard wheels on the forks and swing arm with threaded rod. Aside from a broken break lever, bent handle bar and smashed bar end mirror, the bike had no "hard contact" with the ground. The home made sliders worked exactly as I had hoped. Even my NEW Dainese 2 piece worket as I hoped it would never need to. I didn't recieve as much as scratch to my elbow legs or back. | ||
| Buellishxx |
I had a slide on the track at about 50mph with this sort of set up, and it worked fine. Ground the wheel to about 1/2 it's original thickness, and bent the rod. The rod scored the inside of the axle, but it was no big deal. I ended up with a broken footpeg, brake lever, and some bent bars. It cost more to repair my leathers than the bike. | ||
| Moonrunrs |
Yeah, I learned about this on the badweb board a while ago and made myself a pair. I used black wheels and put a plastic tube around the threaded rod. Yeah, I think in a really hard crash it would snap the rod, but with the plastic tube it wouldn't scratch the inside of the fork that much. Also, the skate wheel is better than no protection at all. | ||
| T9r |
I went for the black, they may fade, that is why picking a color is important. Some other links for swingarm sliders: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/327 77/177789.html?1142807242 A parts list, some photos. http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/327 77/148545.html?1140704156 My first attempt at adapting sliders: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/327 77/78370.html?1097439563 |
