Cast Wheels

I put new Cast Wheels on the bike.

They are suzuki OEM wheels from the c50se or c50c. I bought them new from BoulevardSuzuki.com | Discount Suzuki, Yamaha, Sea-Doo & Polaris Parts & Accessories. Free Shipping and lowest prices in the U.S. in Deland Florida and had then shipped up to PA, witch was still cheaper then buying them from my local dealer.





 I had to take a ride out to All Balls Racing to pick up a set of front wheel bearing to finish up the cast wheel project because the dealer I was working with to supply the new cast wheels and all the parts that go along with it failed to send the correct front bearings. Luckily, All Balls is a local to me company ( only 50 min away). 



Here is what was done this spring...

New Cast Wheels
New Metzeler ME880 Wide White Walls
New to me Cobra Streetrod exhaust w/Smartpartz Quite Baffles
New Tank bib

All the past mods are to numerous to list, so here it is, all ready for this years riding season!











Thanks for looking!!!
James

Cutting the Heal

Lately I have be toying with the idea of removing the heal portion of the heal-toe shifter. With my size 12 boots I felt that the left floorboard was a little to restrictive by not allowing for more that one foot position. So I did something about it.




I cut it off. I used an angle grinder to remove it and then shape it, and finished it off with a dremel to a nice shine.



Finally I put a few coats of Rustolem Chrome finish on it just to protect the cut edge.



I'll let it dry overnight before I install it, but I'm looking forward to trying it out and seeing if it makes the bike a little more comfortable for me.

I mounted it today but its been raining out for like the last 40 days and 40 nights so I didn't get a chance to ride with it yet. I picked up this heal-toe shifter for a song off ebay over the winter with the anticipation of chopping it up. If I don't like it I can always switch it back.


I've had the modified shifter installed for 3 weeks now and I don't think I'm going to be switching back to a heal shifter for this bike. I'm finding it to be more comfortable, and I don't miss it at all while shifting. I lowered the toe a little to make up shifting a bit easier too.

Sometimes it's the little things that can make a big difference on a bike, and for me this was one of those little things that helped dial in the bike to my own liking.

Home Made Lowers

I made these a few weeks ago and would like to share some pictures of the final out come. Everything was purchased at the Home Depot and the cost was around $50.00 in all.

I used Lexan, stainless steel hose clamps, aluminum angle iron, stainless steel 1/4 inch machine screws, stainless steel 1/4 acorn nuts, and plastic washers.

I cut the Lexan on a scroll saw and smoothed the edge on first a belt/disc then on a spinal sander. Finally I sanded the edge smooth by hand with a 200 grit sanding block.

Since I have John's forward control kit and HB Smalley's adapters for Cobra bars, I had to make a cut out for the crash bars.

To fit the angle aluminum to the bike I slotted the aluminum in the corner with a dremmel cut off wheel. Also, near the bottom I had to remove some material from one side of the angle aluminum so it cleared the HD reflectors. You should see it in the photos.

They seen to be pretty affective. I had to remove my National Cycle lowers when I installed HB Smalley's adapters because they were hitting the Cobra bars, and I missed having lowers, so here they are, home made lowers...