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EBR OEM bearings. Came to $60 shipped. I probably could have sourced them cheaper through a local bearing shop but decided to stick with the OEM.

Ordered some new stuff today. Woo!
 
****. Wasn't thinking. Been a little scatterbrained lately.. Glad you caught that, saved me an aggravating trip to the garage. Looks like I'll be hitting up my buddy at the bearing shop.

I'll post up Manufacturer & P/N once I get to it.
 
you might see if you can possibly fit an XB front axle in the EBR forks. Or have the EBR axle turned down to fit std size XB front bearings. I think finding a bearing with 30mm ID and 47mm OD will be extremely difficult, and not very robust if you do find an option.
 
you might see if you can possibly fit an XB front axle in the EBR forks. Or have the EBR axle turned down to fit std size XB front bearings. I think finding a bearing with 30mm ID and 47mm OD will be extremely difficult, and not very robust if you do find an option.
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Right, the big thing here though is the threads on the forks. Regardless of what axle or how its turned down the threads are still the largest part of the axle. I would have to reduce the thread size on the forks. To do that I thought about making some threaded/not spacer sleeves for both exterior ends of the XB axle to fit into the corresponding fork ends. They would have to be slotted so the pinch bolts would still be effective. Only thing is there are a lot of variables in that method. :/

Machining out the XB wheel is the obvious option but that leaves very little support. I don't think I would trust it.
 
Better yet, are the sliders the same OD as the XB forks? If so, maybe you can change out the lowers from XB forks to the EBR BPFs, then you can use an OEM XB wheel and axle. You would have to pull the forks apart and likely replace seals and fluid, but that is cheap compared any other option.
 
Ok. Been sort of absent here for a while a lot of things have changed and I have fallen behind on a lot of things. Much more work to be done. But here is a good update.

It's getting there. Still nowhere near done but some progress. A lot of stuff is yet to be done.

So far,
Reassembly lol
1190rx front suspension
1190rx front wheel
EBR rotor
HMF muffler
Modified tail section
Firebolt fairing stay install
Radiantz LED tail light

To come, have the parts, just need the time,

1190rx upper race fairing
Dual vertical projector headlights
1190rx Airbox cover
1190rx subframe
1190rx SBK tail
Modify HMF muffler (9in shorty)
1125 factory side fairing install
1125 flexi-glass belly pan
GSXR 1K Nissin M/C's
Clean and re-finish

And probably some other stuff I forgot.
 
Wow, you've done a great job on the rebuild! Many kudos for sticking it out, not sure I could've undertaken such a task.
 
Thanks!

Me too! They make a significant difference and the wheel is so much lighter. It's definitely a big improvement. Too it out for a shakedown ride before pulling it apart again. It's a whole other bike now.
 
Got some little stuff done. I'm going through to make sure everything looks as clean as I can. I want this bike to look and function like it came this way from the factory.

I repaired the busted EBR airbox cover I had purchased late last year. To repair, I clamped both sides of the fissure then cosyed the interior of the fissure with 6600 epoxy. Then clamped the clamps to bring the fissure together and ran a bead of pla over the backside of the fissure. I cut a small 1x1 ABS and taped it over the crack. Working quickly to the epoxy doesn't completely set until I was done, I drilled 2 holes through the ABS plate on either side of the crack. I continued to drill 1/32 into the airbox cover. Just enough to make a dimple for the epoxy to set hold Then coat the abs with the resin and place over the fissure, dump large amounts into the holes drille and pack it with a flathead driver, build up the epoxy around the edges of the plate. Place a piece of paper over the assembly and clap tightly. Allow 24 hours to set.

Got the base layer color on it. Hotbodies pieces should be coming in for the tail and upper fairing. I still need to repair my side fairings and get them together.

To mount the airbox cover, I used runner spacers and tapered aluminum washers I turned down for the front mounts. The EBR airbox is much steeper than the buell cover thus the washer assembly.

For the rear mounts, I will be making 16g steel brackets that I will attach to the interior of the cover and bolt onto the airbox itself. I will also attach the cover to the WSBK tail on the overlap.

For the firebolt fairing stay to fit, you have to square out the bracket that attaches to the frame. Nothing a grinder with a 4in wheel can't handle. For the 1125 gauge cluster, I first made a template out of some wood I had laying around. Then lining it up how I wanted it, I used the template to drill out the mounting holes. Stepped up a few sizes and enlarged the holes. Got the dremel out and cleaned it up, elongates the holes to allow rotation of the cluster for fine tuning orientation. Using bumper coating, I painted the stay black. Then using large washers and rubber mounts, the cluster was mounted. The cluster itself is roughly 3/4in vertically spaced from the fairing stay. Using some high density foam and superglue I filled the gap around the outer edge of the cluster.

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Got some mail in today. Some cutting and trimming left to do before the upper will fit perfect. it will come back and down a bit. Side fairings and belly pan are next along with the exhaust chop.

I will be using the factory Buell 3/4 side panels. Or what is left of mine lol


 

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