Ordered ride on for balancing. has worked well in the dyna. hopefully it will work out here too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281298772084

 

while changing my pad pins, inoticed the stock fender on my bike sits higher than the black custom fender i bought.







confirmed... actually way back at the begining of this thread:





[18]x3.5

will work it out somehow... fail forward

 

That front fender issue realy has me considering powder coating the trees, sliders, fender, and caps vivid/wet black. if i cant find a dog bone to raise the fender, then it's going to the fab guy, who will ruin the paint in making the adjustments. if i coat the fender to replace the ruined paint, i might as well go ahead and coat the front. i hate polishing the trees anyway.

are the 2011+ xl1200c trees chrome or polished? i honestly cant tell.

 

Polished...

49419-11. BRACKET,UPR FORK/POLSHD
49422-11, TRIPLE CLAMP ASYLWRW/ STEMPOLSHD

 

It will be interesting to see how the fender fits...

If it doesn't "work", it will be close and some adjustments might be able to be made at the mounting holes.

If you can believe Michelin and Dunlop, it should work out or again, be very close.

According the them, the Michelin "Scorcher 31" 130/90B16 Used on the 2011-later "Custom" and the Dunlop GT502F 120/70R19 basically have the same Overall Diameter

 

Not to hijack the thread, but I've got a different issue.
I've been trying to find out overall height dimension to determine
if a front tire swap is feasible. I'm looking at Pirelli Night Dragon front
'150/80B16 71H TL' as a replacement for a MT90B16.

Any insight on this?

thanks!

T.

 

Well, just using math for "sizing" would result in...

MT90B16.. = 25.21" Diameter / 5.12" Wide
150/80B16 = 25.45" Diameter / 5.91" Wide

But Dunlop publishes most of their tire specs. So the D402 on the front of your "Slim" is listed as...
D402 MT90B16 = 25.30" Diameter / 5.20" Wide ... pretty close to calculated

See here: http://www.dunlopmotorcycletires.com/tire-line/d402/


I would call or email Pirelli to get their exact Specs for an comparison...Don't want any "Surprises" (if you can help it)

 

keep the party going

There no such thing as hijack in these parts. we are all learning.... collectively.

Bessides, nobody wants to see Sgt Doakes show up on their project.

 

i can assemble it all off the bike since thes are new sliders, axles, and such. we will see. just waiting on tires and the new front axle to show up.

im going to put the bearings and valve stems in today or tomorrow . .. anti-seize on everything !

 

Just as a reminder...these sides should be your "First" bearing sides





Can you measure these again...(FRONT stuff)

... and also measure the Other Side depth of Front Wheel (I'm curious)