Honda XL250 Cafe/Tracker Thing
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onelifeonelove43
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The bars on it right now are only for "mock-up" or so that i can roll it around while i wait for my clip-ons
onelifeonelove43
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Thanks, me too ;D
probably gonna go pick a xl350 motor for it soon so i can get a little more push, just ordered some stuff from roc city and dime city. gonna start welding up the rear end and go from there.
probably gonna go pick a xl350 motor for it soon so i can get a little more push, just ordered some stuff from roc city and dime city. gonna start welding up the rear end and go from there.
Mark in Seattle
You must go too far, to know what is far enough
Good times, these XLs are showing up more everyday, its a great platform and easy to work on - Have fun!
onelifeonelove43
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ok so i'm starting to have fun, the hard part isn't the work, it's keeping our vision in mind. I tent to get discouraged a little easy, now that parts are showing up, things are getting clean and cut the hell off, things are coming together.
onelifeonelove43
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i do love both, i've been going back and forth. Let's make a deal, i wont decide till i can actually ride both bars as opposed to me in my garage making engine noises in my goggles! ;D
onelifeonelove43
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so here is a question, i want to put on some cb/cl forks (less rake, lower ride height) and cb/cl450 forks have the same tube diameter. So, since things aren't always that simple, any ideas on what i will run into? I have a cb front wheel that will work with the forks, im just worried about overall width ect. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. The reason i ask, is on Jake Lyons XL285 he specifically said he had troubles and in his build it seemed that the problems are in the steerer tube, which i know are different in many ways (length, diameter) thanks guys.
Oh about the reach on the clip-ons, i'm 5'9 and the reach doesn't feel bad at all, not long/too far, but on the aspect of style, i understand those arguements.
thanks again
Oh about the reach on the clip-ons, i'm 5'9 and the reach doesn't feel bad at all, not long/too far, but on the aspect of style, i understand those arguements.
thanks again
onelifeonelove43
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onelifeonelove43
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Swivel said:
awesome, that's why i post here and only here. I will stick with the set up i have and go from there. thanks!
CorruptMind
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If you do a fork swap its easiest to do the whole front end. So look into wheel size, fork length, triple tree stem length. Easiest is to check from axel center to top of triple tree and compare numbers to see if its what ya want. I swapped the tubes on my 2001 Kawi Ex500d with some from an '86 XR500R. The upper stanchion (piece that holds the fork tube to the lower leg) from the ninja was to wide to fit in the tube but the xr500s was to long. Took some clever spacers to make me happy and then the ninjas fork tube had a bushing that helps knock the seal out xr500s didn't, aswell as the xr500 lower leg is plastic walled so it didn't have the lower bushing either. So I had to make a groove similar to the ninjas to make it work. Was a lot of work but I was happy with have more length without a lot of mone buying custom tubes + I got to keep the stock rim, meaning even less work.
onelifeonelove43
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So I started working on it again, gonn post pictures, just lowered the fork and go my headlight and ears on.
onelifeonelove43
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onelifeonelove43
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AzHonda said:
Thanks, i am really surprised with how its turning out. i'm gonna lace up an 18" wheel and see what i like better. I purchased the Roc City Spitfire fiberglass bucket, and got a discount for having a build forum on here.
