| Author | Message | ||
     Jmr1283 |
Its a brief artical on making the frame. Its saying that buell, (which buell doesnt make the frame right? ) instead of uing sand it uses a water-based product that once the aluminum is poured they wash the form away with water which creates a stronger frame, by controling the temp. theres another thing about normal forms as they dry they can get pockets in the metal, and the buell form doesnt allow this to happen. i dont have the mag next to me its actually at another house or i would have type the stuff exactly. | ||
| Jmr1283 |
oops just figured out that its popular science not mechanic. i have the mechanic at my house and my other is not. which is the science. my bad | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
Cool! I'll have to check that out... R | ||
| Slaughter |
It is a description of the Ablation Casting method. It is very legitimate. You can get much better properties in a casting than conventional die, sand or investment casting. Interesting stuff. | ||
| Jmr1283 |
neat stuff indeed. im lookin it up rate now. i wonder why like edlebrock and others dont use it for their castings. | ||
| Chameleon |
Buell makes the frame/tank for the 1125R. They import[ed?] the XB frames from Italy, IIRC. | ||
| Gentleman_jon |
Buell doesn't "make" anything. They assemble motorcycles from parts, all of which are made by subcontractors. Nothing the matter with that, it is a good idea in fact, for a smaller manufacturer, because they do no need to invest in production machinery for small runs. The original XB frames were sourced from Verlicchi in Italy, and the swing arm was made by Brembo, if I recall correctly. Subsequently the swing arm was made in China. The 1125 frames are sourced from a US foundry, I forget their name, sorry. | ||
| Court |
>>>The 1125 frames are sourced from a US foundry, I forget their name, sorry.  Uh . . . next time I see you (likely seeking Mac advice) remind me to tell you . . . . there are some fascinating twists and turns. | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
Oh, you are such a tease.... R | ||
| Bobup |
Court is not a tease....just giving you a short bit out of the next book.....LOL | ||
| Spectrum |
Here's a previous thread on the subject... http://badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/290431/ 291913.html?1192267132 | ||
| Spectrum |
By the way, here's the popular Science Article: http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2008-12/lighter -frame-stronger-bike | ||
| 1_mike |
JMR - Edelbrock doesn't "like" use this method because of the cost/part and the quantity of parts they put out. Not required for their manifolds and heads. Too much time involved in the process Mike | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Buell makes the frame/tank for the 1125R. Nope! | ||
| Chameleon |
Meh, sorry for the misinformation... I guess I'm getting old and my memory is failing me. | ||
| Sleeper_777 |
But it's a good thing. Other example: Cisco Networking Gear is not made by Cisco, they have manufacturers over the globe to make and assemble their networking hardware, but the gear is rock solid (from all of it I've used). |
