Recent content by dubmoto

And you are entitled to yours, as misguided as it is.

I'd have to disagree with you on that point. 4 of the original 6 photos are cafe racer style bikes. The one you singled out is the only bobber.

Actually the 920 have the "engraved" head gaskets too. Here in the states the XV1000 cylinders were not, so they use a standard type head gasket. I assumed the TR1 cylinders were the same. I'm going to be using XV1000 cylinders for the lower compression ration and less leak prone gaskets...

Subscribed. I'm looking to do a similar build on my 920 come winter. If I'm not mistaken, the Big Twins pistons bump the TR1 to ~10:1 compression, and Hollywood is running 11:1 on a 920. Is the compression release absolutely needed on 10:1?

I wonder if there is a longer monoshock from another manufacturer that would work. Purp, are you going to upgrade the fork springs as well?

It's not completely uncharted territory. There are a number of builds out there, but most of really nice ones seem to have been done by shops. Here is one that was a ground up cafe style rebuild. http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=45553.0

Keep up the good work. I'm about to start an XV project, and need some inspiration