fatblokeonbandit Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I acquired these form a decent northern chap on here, for some English pound notes and a pair of Pasties. I don't think he had ever tried something so exotic.. Anyway, the plan is to replace the L/M forks and R1 callipers on my Shiney bandit, with these loverly things. its going to take some jiggery pokery as the spindle size, disc offset and spacing is all wrong for a b12/slingy front wheel I want to use to retain the speedo drive.. so some measuring a threaded collar is made to fit the bandit spindle, and spindle machined to fit... Quote Link to comment
fatblokeonbandit Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 Oh yes they are too short as well. the shortness is sorted with a double top yoke I have had fitted for ages, and the bottom yoke I have is a 55mm Hayabusa one anyway, some old discs are sacrificed for spacers, I need 5mm with b12 discs, but realised if In use slingy discs I only need 2.5 mm more offset... some machining to the sppedo drive and spacers gets the wheel in the middle and the discs spacers sort the alignment out, new pads and cobble it all together and we are somewhere handy.. some brackets need making for the mudguard then its time to try and see if it all fits on the bike.. I hope so or it could all be for sale again toot sweet. 5 Quote Link to comment
ziggy Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Very nicely done Mr. Slim Quote Link to comment
skunkrider2 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Looking real nice. Quote Link to comment
Ted M Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 A very good solution to the spacer problem Quote Link to comment
vizman Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 done that trick a few times....after realising that 10 penny washers is a bodge as opposed to a fix....that I didn't have the material to make some adaptors....but I did have lots of old discs.....no lathe, so bolted them to a paint tin lid and attached to a drill....hit it with the grinder and flappy pad. 2 Quote Link to comment
hussey1 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Very shiney hopefully it will work when its all bolted in place, sure it will Quote Link to comment
slingy1157 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) Looks good. I might use that disc spacer idea. I am putting a front end together. Zx10r forks in L/M 750 tripples, zx6r wheel and speedo drive. I was going to use a slingy spindle but the large end is 27mm OD but the hollow flares out inside it to 20mm id, so machining the OD down to 25mm and only leaving 2.5mm wall thickness just didn't sit well. So as it turned out the spindle for the zx6r is 20mm with 25mm ends so fitted the forks perfect. Just a smidgen long still so made a couple of alloy cups to tidy up the axle ends and space them out. Discs need spacing 2.5 mm same as yours. Edited October 27, 2015 by slingy1157 bloody fingers Quote Link to comment
Guest YoshiJohnny Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 mmmmmmmmmmmmm pasties Quote Link to comment
fatblokeonbandit Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 iwas goung to use that method but couldnt find a paint tin the right size ......so i used my lathe instead shipmate 2 Quote Link to comment
fatblokeonbandit Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Bugger me they are shiney Ive lost 15mm ride height I think, hope that's ok clearance wise Quote Link to comment
hussey1 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Looks very smart What are you doing with the old ones? Quote Link to comment
fatblokeonbandit Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Looks very smart What are you doing with the old ones? keeping them untill im 110% sure they work fine Quote Link to comment
hussey1 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Good idea certainly look great! I much prefer the radial brakes on my other bike Quote Link to comment
fatblokeonbandit Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Right after many days with no chance to do any stuff in the garage, mudguard fitted and new 30' angled brake hose ends fitted all bled up its just about done, I'm 99% sure there is JUST enough clearance between mudguard and oil cooler, new stiffer linear spring for my weight on the way to sort the sag out, just need some shinny bolts and fasteners and time for a test flight.. If there isnt enough clearance then a new top yoke will need to be made 1 Quote Link to comment
JLawson90 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 looks great, good job! Quote Link to comment
mr jason Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 that looks very niiiiice....what happened to the spoked wheels you had? Quote Link to comment
VJ Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 looks awesome, old school cool with a modern twist Quote Link to comment
fatblokeonbandit Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 (edited) the spokey wheels weren't for the bandit they were for this Edited December 13, 2015 by fatblokeonbandit Quote Link to comment
Robinjo Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Nice engeneering/problemsolving. Quote Link to comment
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