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Offline Ringthebell

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Front end, almost finished
« on: February 26, 2017, 02:24:00 PM »
Let this be the season to finish this project...
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2017, 03:50:25 PM »
Good looking stuff from Joker! Should make a nice looking project
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2017, 03:52:28 PM »
Looks nice!
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2017, 03:55:10 PM »
You have a nice hub, rim, rotor & caliper to go on it?
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2017, 04:27:07 PM »
Have polished hub, new bearings, spacer/ speedo cable delete, black sun rims, stainless spokes, HID headlight
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2017, 04:27:37 PM »
Looking good!!


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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2017, 04:30:53 PM »
Starter button in the middle
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2017, 05:15:47 PM »
Just the trees and fork caps from Joker. Master cylinder and clutch perch from 2010 cbr1000. Fully rebuilt suspension, polished up, tweaker bar, Rizoma brake fluid resovoir, wood craft fluid mount and clip-ons
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2017, 05:18:09 PM »
Is there a bike to go with this fetching front end?
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2017, 06:27:25 PM »
Yeah, this is will be complete. Was a rider when I bought 2.5 years ago. 1976 cb750f. Have two more also
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2017, 07:02:11 PM »
That looks really nice, however, I don't think that tweak bar is gonna work.  On the brakes, its not gonna take much of a bump for your front wheel to contact it...and that would be, ummm, bad.  Those tweak bars are only meant for bikes with long extended forks, like on a chopper.
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2017, 07:30:12 PM »
No worries, still has plenty travel
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2017, 07:51:47 PM »
Quote from: Ringthebell on February 26, 2017, 07:30:12 PM
No worries, still has plenty travel
really?  you realize that is less than half of stock?  I have dented my fender on the lower triple before with that same front end and full amount of travel.  I am not criticizing your desire for a well braced, good looking front end...just warning you that what you have done is seriously unsafe.
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2017, 04:40:19 AM »
Quote from: seanbarney41 on February 26, 2017, 07:51:47 PM
Quote from: Ringthebell on February 26, 2017, 07:30:12 PM
No worries, still has plenty travel
really?  you realize that is less than half of stock?  I have dented my fender on the lower triple before with that same front end and full amount of travel.  I am not criticizing your desire for a well braced, good looking front end...just warning you that what you have done is seriously unsafe.
Might be running a smaller front tire?
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2017, 06:45:29 AM »
Quote from: calj737 on February 27, 2017, 04:40:19 AM
Quote from: seanbarney41 on February 26, 2017, 07:51:47 PM
Quote from: Ringthebell on February 26, 2017, 07:30:12 PM
No worries, still has plenty travel
really?  you realize that is less than half of stock?  I have dented my fender on the lower triple before with that same front end and full amount of travel.  I am not criticizing your desire for a well braced, good looking front end...just warning you that what you have done is seriously unsafe.
Might be running a smaller front tire?

And no fender?
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2017, 10:55:16 AM »
Quote from: Stev-o on February 27, 2017, 06:45:29 AM
Quote from: calj737 on February 27, 2017, 04:40:19 AM
Quote from: seanbarney41 on February 26, 2017, 07:51:47 PM
Quote from: Ringthebell on February 26, 2017, 07:30:12 PM
No worries, still has plenty travel
really?  you realize that is less than half of stock?  I have dented my fender on the lower triple before with that same front end and full amount of travel.  I am not criticizing your desire for a well braced, good looking front end...just warning you that what you have done is seriously unsafe.
Might be running a smaller front tire?

And no fender?

You would need a pretty small front wheel/tire to clear that (with or without a fender).  My tire with an 18" wheel goes just above the fork seals.  With the weight of the rest of the bike/rider and any bumps I would bet that will chew into the front tire.  It might just look odd in the photo?
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2017, 12:27:17 PM »
No fender, 17" wheel, still has close to 5 inches travel, stiff lowered springs. Other bike has same setup, never bottomed out
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2017, 12:55:15 PM »
In any case, you really would be better off with a good quality fork brace instead of the chopper tweak bar, which doesn't seem "at home" on a front end such as this. A tweak bar is about bridging the large gap between the lower triple and the axle on extended fork choppers and probably isn't bringing anything to the party here, especially with the extra thick Joker lower.
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2017, 02:43:42 PM »
17" front...interesting.  Can I politely ask the reasoning behind that?
Forgive me, I'm a "more stock than not" kind-of-guy.
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2017, 02:47:33 PM »
He might be running the modern wheel to match the front or, if not, wanting to use modern sport tires.
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Re: Front end, almost finished
« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2017, 03:08:51 PM »
I just scaled the pic, I get 2.475 from the flat part of seal/dust cover showing to the tweak bar.
That should be with in a 1/16 inch.
Where does your tire end up ?, stock tire is higher than seal area, yours cant be more than 1.25 under.
But it doesnt matter anyway because when the legs move 2.5 inches its hitting the tweak bar/stop. No 5 inches travel with that setup.
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