Recent content by slandis

I don't want to hi-jack, but having done this a couple years ago, I have a list with a slightly better description of parts and years, and part numbers for the AllBalls bearings: My post from 2011 detailing the process fazil went through...Here

"Self," I said, "This is going to be a piece of cake. Just unbolt everything, rip off the lower crankcase, swap out the parts needed, and put 'er back together!" Well, it all seemed easy. I removed all the bolts I thought I needed, removed the clutch and stator covers. Tried prying the...

Bought a crankcase in good shape from eBay. It's a clamshell design, so I'm going to remove the cylinder head, flip the block upside down, remove damaged lower half and then replace with the good lower half from the new set.

Brought home a project-level 1996 Ninja EX250 last week - $500. Initial look showed a decent oil leak around the drain plug/filter area, possible carburetor issues and some missing/broken fairing. But it fired up and ran! After getting it home the problem revealed itself to be much worse: the...

Initially, it was overlooked that All Balls had a handy chart that listed all compatible bearings for a given bike. That is, if your bike has a head tube that takes 48mm OD upper bearings, and 52mm OD lower bearings, they have a variety of bearings with the same OD, but different ID. This allows...

Life being life, I haven't been around in a while. Sorry to take so long to answer... Source is almost always eBay. As far as a howto, it's relatively simple. You'll need 2005+ R6R running gear (shocks, top and bottom clamps with steering tube, calipers, rotors and fender), two All Balls...

To be entirely fair, this thread is roughly two years old and represents probably the extreme case for swapping in an R6/R1 front end. I completed the swap on my bike using a stock R6 steering tube, with zero machining needed for less than $500. Others have completed the swap with varying levels...

Uneducated guesses follow: Not a fake TB setup. Either TB early on didn't use the gold ring and horizontal tips (I can see the anodized silver piece which is currently gold in their kits) or somebody pieced this together as mentioned elsewhere. The FE fitment isn't really even a point in...

Hockenheim Fliegende Kuh im DRC 10Sep2011.WMV - YouTube WOW!

Portland it is! Interstate 5 Bridge, Railroad Bridge, Freemont Bridge. OSHU upper left, OMSI lower right. KOIN Center, Umpqua Tower, Wells Fargo Center among others..

This is some seriously impressive work, especially given the toolset you're using. I had been contemplating DIY top and bottom clamps, but had pretty much ditched the idea after selling my milling machine. You've succeeded in bringing that dream back to life. Awesome job!

Looks good to me. Professional looking or not, as long as they work for you! I've contemplated something like this for long trips as well!

Thanks, I think so too! They are from a 2008 R6.

Alright, after working off and on all winter and most of this really crappy rain-filled spring, I'm 90% done with my conversion. All that's left is a disassembly for paint whenever I'm not riding for a while (ha!). 08 R6 Forks/Triple/Fender/Speedo, R6 Master Cylinder/Calipers, Rizoma...

Damage was 100% to the fairings. I went naked with a simple 8" round light and the CBR11xx setup to get through last years riding season. This winter, I swapped out to 2008 R6 forks, master cylinder, calipers and discs with an FZ1N headlight. This stuff is just taking up space in the garage now...