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Xbr323
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:06 am: |
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just wondering anyone can recomend a good bike stand for a buell xbr one where u can still remove the tire. |
Swordsman
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:30 am: |
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Pit Bull and T-Rex are supposed to be good. You'll need a triple tree front lift, since the XB forks are unequal lengths. ~SM |
Zac4mac
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:44 am: |
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"since the XB forks are unequal lengths. " huh? Z |
Xl1200r
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:52 am: |
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My front tire is pretty straight, so I don't think the forks are unequal lengths. |
Staffn
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 10:57 am: |
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if you get down and look at your forks the r/s is longer than the left, prob because the brakes are mounted on that side staffn |
Xl1200r
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 11:50 am: |
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Well I'll be damned... They are different lengths. Actually, the left side is longer than the right. Looks like it's for the pinch bolts that hold the axle - on the right side there are none because it just threads in. |
Jdorp_
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 12:09 pm: |
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no wonder i had a b*tch of a time getting the axle back in. (i had it lifted on the bottom of each fork) |
Luxor
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 04:11 pm: |
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Buells have to be the most asymmetrical bikes on earth. They look completely different from right to left. The front wheel is offset due to ZTL. One fork is longer. The swingarm is also different, when I put the rear up on my Pit-Bulls she sits just out of level. And many, many more. Now, with that said, the bike is the most precisely balanced machine, both longitudinally and latitudinally, I have ever seen, or ridden. Erik Buell is a true "form follows function" engineer in the purest sense. Gotta love it. |
Sam_07
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 12:38 pm: |
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http://www.cyclegear.com/spgm.cfm?L1=&L2=&L3=&L4=& item=PBU_F0028-000&tier2=73# |
Swordsman
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 01:17 pm: |
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HA! For ONCE I knew what I was talking about! ~SM |
Nik
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 04:03 pm: |
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Buells have to be the most asymmetrical bikes on earth. Vintage Vespas have the engine offset to one side on the order of inches. You have to lean when riding straight! |
Azxb9r
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 04:17 pm: |
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Pitbull are the best made, if you can afford them.} |
Birdy
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 04:51 pm: |
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for lite duty the T-Rex will work for less than half the price of a Pitbull. I got one just to change a tire...maybe once or twice a year. IF I were using the stand weekly or at the track I'd got a Pitbull but for what I need the T-Rex works fine. |
Jos51700
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 08:50 pm: |
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You should look at the front to rear tire alignment of an FL Harley sometime. The rear wheel is offset by a considerable amount, so the bike goes straight. |
Slaughter
| Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 09:32 pm: |
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I use the Pit Bull front stand adapter. That way I can also use it to lift directly on the forks of others bikes in the pits. 2 pins and the adapter comes right out. Buy as a complete unit or just buy the adapter (that's what I did)
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Bcool83
| Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 01:01 pm: |
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You CAN use a regular fork front stand, you just have to be careful with it. Or, even better, some front stands have pins that are just bolts, do you can thread one out more than the other... |