Want to build a Dual Sport Sportster
#11
09-02-2008, 05:35 PM
Outstanding HDF Member
bad ***! i got some pics of what you are trying to acheive.
nice video of dirt racing a stock sportster with dirt tires
http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/featur...irt,389/GuyB,6
forgot to add, lots of guys on XLForums build these bikes in the Cafe racer section and they can give you a lot of advice and more pics and ideas
nice video of dirt racing a stock sportster with dirt tires
http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/featur...irt,389/GuyB,6
forgot to add, lots of guys on XLForums build these bikes in the Cafe racer section and they can give you a lot of advice and more pics and ideas
Last edited by JosephGarcia; 09-02-2008 at 05:38 PM.
#12
09-02-2008, 05:40 PM
Yes my friend, so have I, 
and I've seen crushed cylinder heads from bad crashes off road on the Big beemers while I've been out with them. I've done a lot of dual sporting on the multiple enduros and that's why I'm at the point of wanting to build one vs. buying one and having to choose between modifying the **** out of a thumper that has no legs for the highway, or dealing with the giant GS on the technical 2-tracks. Sportsters are realitivly light and narrow, simple and air cooled with no need to adjust valves avery 7k.
Just trying to get a pic of the swingarm / engine / frame deal - searched google for days and still at Zero...
and I've seen crushed cylinder heads from bad crashes off road on the Big beemers while I've been out with them. I've done a lot of dual sporting on the multiple enduros and that's why I'm at the point of wanting to build one vs. buying one and having to choose between modifying the **** out of a thumper that has no legs for the highway, or dealing with the giant GS on the technical 2-tracks. Sportsters are realitivly light and narrow, simple and air cooled with no need to adjust valves avery 7k. Just trying to get a pic of the swingarm / engine / frame deal - searched google for days and still at Zero...
#15
09-02-2008, 07:25 PM
Road Master
#16
09-02-2008, 07:41 PM
#17
09-03-2008, 01:46 AM
Yes my friend, so have I, and I've seen crushed cylinder heads from bad crashes off road on the Big beemers while I've been out with them. I've done a lot of dual sporting on the multiple enduros and that's why I'm at the point of wanting to build one vs. buying one and having to choose between modifying the **** out of a thumper that has no legs for the highway, or dealing with the giant GS on the technical 2-tracks. Sportsters are realitivly light and narrow, simple and air cooled with no need to adjust valves avery 7k.
Just trying to get a pic of the swingarm / engine / frame deal - searched google for days and still at Zero...
and I've seen crushed cylinder heads from bad crashes off road on the Big beemers while I've been out with them. I've done a lot of dual sporting on the multiple enduros and that's why I'm at the point of wanting to build one vs. buying one and having to choose between modifying the **** out of a thumper that has no legs for the highway, or dealing with the giant GS on the technical 2-tracks. Sportsters are realitivly light and narrow, simple and air cooled with no need to adjust valves avery 7k. Just trying to get a pic of the swingarm / engine / frame deal - searched google for days and still at Zero...
You're also forgetting the new BMW 800/650 twins.
Last edited by Lopoetve; 09-03-2008 at 01:48 AM.
#18
09-03-2008, 01:47 AM
Thanks for the feedback. While I love the GS from BMW and getting one of those in addition to my Bagger can always be an option, building a custom frame based off the rubber mounted sporster platform is where I'm at right now.
I'm not looking to reuse the Sporter swingarm or 80% of the frame, just the cradle tubes and the engine and building from there.
The Buell does not have a cradle frame, the engine is exposed with a mufler tucked under it, and it's belt drive -definitly not made for serious work off the beaten path.
The write up of this baja HD using a sportster motor is definitly what I'm shooting for.
http://dirtbike.off-road.com/dirtbik....jsp?id=328853
Thanks for the link and the invite to ADVrider. I'm already one of the inmates there and go thru the forums and links day and night !!!
I figured I would ask here on this forum for the pics or description of the swing arm setup for the rubbermount sporties....
I'm not looking to reuse the Sporter swingarm or 80% of the frame, just the cradle tubes and the engine and building from there.
The Buell does not have a cradle frame, the engine is exposed with a mufler tucked under it, and it's belt drive -definitly not made for serious work off the beaten path.
The write up of this baja HD using a sportster motor is definitly what I'm shooting for.
http://dirtbike.off-road.com/dirtbik....jsp?id=328853
Thanks for the link and the invite to ADVrider. I'm already one of the inmates there and go thru the forums and links day and night !!!
I figured I would ask here on this forum for the pics or description of the swing arm setup for the rubbermount sporties....
#20
09-03-2008, 04:26 AM
I think this may be what you're interested in.
http://www.justadventuretravel.net/
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=248187
http://www.justadventuretravel.net/
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=248187
Last edited by cHarley; 09-03-2008 at 04:31 AM.