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Mikef5000
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 05:08 pm: |
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Ohlins forks, thats easy... But what are the wheels??? I thought the infamous Buell Racing wheels looked the same as the standard XB wheels but made of Magnesium. Am I wrong? Are these Buell Racing magnesium wheels, or some aftermarket company that utilize the ZTL brake?
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Buellinachinashop
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 05:10 pm: |
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The XBRR wheels look like stockers, but are lighter and more fragile because, as you said, they're mags. Those look like one-off machined wheels. WOW. Had to be exensive. Got anymore pics of the whole bike? (Message edited by buellinachinashop on September 26, 2008) |
Mikef5000
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 05:15 pm: |
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That's the only pic I've got, I stole it from the Ohlins forks ebay actions. |
Mikef5000
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 05:21 pm: |
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Maybe someone with a better monitor can read the link on the side of the picture. I think it says SPROCKETWERKS.ORG but that's not a good site. |
Buellinachinashop
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 05:21 pm: |
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is that some sorta reducing bushing to get the wheel to fit on a Buell axel? The ugly gray thing? or justa spacer? I don't think that's a Buell wheel. But I'm right only 10% of the time. |
Buellinachinashop
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 05:25 pm: |
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sprocketwerks.net I think. |
Ft_bstrd
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 05:32 pm: |
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Not a Buell wheel. That whole bike is a custom with single sided swing arm. It'll be a little harder than locating the wheel. |
Nik
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 05:35 pm: |
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The wheels are Marchesini, with ZTL mounts welded on both sides. The bike was built by Brian Peterson.
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Mikef5000
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 05:36 pm: |
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It'll be a little harder than locating the wheel. Oh I didn't want the wheels, I was just curious. Thanks for posting the bigger picture! |
Ft_bstrd
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 05:36 pm: |
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Evidently he parks his bike where Gentleman Jon parks his. |
Ft_bstrd
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 05:40 pm: |
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If you are wanting to do a fork swap, I'd be looking at forks to fit an aftermarket wheel for which you could get a Buell fitting rear. That way you could get a matching front and rear wheel, you could get forks to fit just about any other wheel (Yamaha, Honda, Ducati, etc.) that would have a brake set-up you liked. You'd end up with a traditional dual disc set-up, but it'd be a lot easier to find parts. You'd have to fab up less. I would LOVE to build a tuber with XB wheels. Some one did that here. It was AWESOME! |
Buellinachinashop
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 07:57 pm: |
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I'd like to go the other way. Tube to XB. |
Teddagreek
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 08:16 pm: |
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I wish some one would do a aftermarket wheel.. |
Panhead_dan
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 08:24 pm: |
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"I'd like to go the other way. Tube to XB." I agree. Those Performance Machine wheels were one of the things I like about Tubers. |
Panhead_dan
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 08:27 pm: |
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That bike is awesome! I may have weird taste but I love the look of that bike. I wonder how it would be to live with? |
Redbuelljunkie
| Posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 - 10:36 pm: |
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It's basically a "Bucati", and it's totally awesome. He could probably sell a few sets of those wheels if he cobbled up some more- not cheap, but definitely worth it. |
Andymnelson
| Posted on Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 12:51 am: |
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I like the rear brake...that's a crazy cool idea. |