My Bobbed Vision Cafe Street Fighter....

[fret not]

A handsome motorbike.  Kinda new, kinda old, kinda elemental.

[Raj1988]

put you rhands up and give me the wolf

[Tiger]

put you rhands up and give me the wolf

Hahahahahahahaha....that's three of us in Ontario running with a Wolf system...and I know Kenny has one hangin' on his shop wall!!!

Shes looking really good Dib's... 8)

                 8) ....... TIGER ....... 8)

[Dibble]

I apologize for my absense... I'm sure I'm not the only one in the world who lives paycheck to paycheck and works too much to try and get ahead, so I won't complain.   ;)

I've gotten back into this project and have made some progress.  I've got the bike stripped down and have started making a pan for my custom seat.

Stay tuned...

[sunburnedaz]

I've seen that thread. If you read carefully he actually ended up using R1 rotors... They need to be 98-01.

Wait R1 rotors bolt up to the front wheel? That would make life fun!!

[pinholenz]

I'd love you to post your Photoshopped ideas of where you hope to go. Sounds exciting.

Have a look at Roro's post (Going Racing) for his handle bar conversion. Clipons are cool, but as he points out, interference with the tank is a pain to sort. One solution might be to lower the triple T on the forks so that they protrude above the top plate and hook the clipons there. Roro tells me that Treedragon experimented with this and found 38mm 36mm or less is optimal; more than that apparently starts to adversely affect the geometry.

[The Prophet of Doom]

I'd love you to post your Photoshopped ideas of where you hope to go. Sounds exciting.

Have a look at Roro's post (Going Racing) for his handle bar conversion. Clipons are cool, but as he points out, interference with the tank is a pain to sort. One solution might be to lower the triple T on the forks so that they protrude above the top plate and hook the clipons there. Roro tells me that Treedragon experimented with this and found 38mm or less is optimal; more than that apparently starts to adversely affect the geometry.

To lower the upper triple, you are going to have to remove some material.  Plus you will need to shorten the headlight bracket where it fits in at the front.  You are never going to be able to safely remove enough to add the clip-ons without also pushing the fork through as well. 

Not sure about the 38mm, I thought it was 36mm but a search of treedragons posts will reveal all.  He has quite a bit to say (all interesting) about his bike's handling and changes

One of the neatest conversions I've seen is someone here on RoV who had some XZ550 risers that had a section cut out and re-welded lower (illegal in NZ of course as it's not a factory Prius modification).   Can't find the post but it's worth hunting for

[Rikugun]

To lower the upper triple, you are going to have to remove some material.  Plus you will need to shorten the headlight bracket where it fits in at the front.  You are never going to be able to safely remove enough to add the clip-ons without also pushing the fork through as well. 

I thought that's what he meant - sliding the stanchions up through the triple clamps - not changing the relationship of the clamps to each other or removing material from one??  ???

[iain]

They hit the tank on full lock

Iain
NZ

[Rikugun]

They hit the tank on full lock

Yes, I recall reading that elsewhere. How did Treedragon work around this? I wonder if he modified the stops to limit the arc of the triples and live with the wider turning radius at slow speeds?