| Author | Message | ||
     Dtmcnamara |
are there any stock parts from other bikes that will work for the 99-02 buell x1? looking to do a twin rotor. i can fab some brackets, any writeups on the boards? THANKS | ||
| Limitedx1 |
along with your question, can a buell rotor simply be bolted to the other side of a pm front wheel? the mount for the caliper is on the fork already | ||
| Firemanjim |
Short answer is Nope! Early tubers were PM calipers and PM never admitted to having a part # that mirrored the right side--even though B uell actually sold a dual disc set-up for a short time. You see on oncein a while for sale. I actually have one still in wrappers. Same kind deal with the later brakes--e-mailed the maker and they claim no mirror image caliper. There were several aftermarket set-ups made,Brembo does one, I have an IFR one, there was even a twin perimeter set-up for awhile, Rex has that on his M-2. And of course, Buell caliper mounting bolt spacing is not a common one. So,you either need to find some bike that has same mounting bolt spacing or make some caliper adapters---which is how the Brembo kit mounts up. Another way I saw on an XB racebike was they took the Showa lowers from a GSXR 750 and put them on--apparently pretty much a bolt on-- and then used the Gix front calipers. | ||
| Danny_h__jesternut |
I beleave, I have read in a magizne from across the pond of a Buell race bike wearing a Yamaha R1 front end. In theary? If your bike has 53mm trees then any 53mm upside downers should slide right in, as long as they are of the right length/height. Too short would be unuseable, a little long and jest slide um in the trees for ride height. What you think? |
