Bling And Farkle

atomsplitter

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My son-in-law Tom requested some blingy bits for his 2010 Speed Triple for Christmas, so I obliged with his request. He wanted red anodized flange nuts for his rear sprocket. It got me to thinking about my own Speedy so I have some plans for it. Here's what I gave him for Christmas installed.
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I fitted the all gold chain on my son’s Thruxton but went for the one that has gold outer link plates only for my Ducati.
 
Today I received my axle sliders. Viola!!
 

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Nice mods!
 
I’ve been wanting axel sliders for my Thruxton, but haven’t found ones that say they fit my 2005. I’ll need to look into it more.
 
I’ve been wanting axel sliders for my Thruxton, but haven’t found ones that say they fit my 2005. I’ll need to look into it more.
There are spindle bobbins and there are spindle bobbins. When I bought my Ducati in 01 I bought some bobbins that were basically a length of M8 all thread with a solid plastic bobbin on each end that didn’t rotate when the nuts on the all thread were fully tightened.

Whereas the Evotech ones I have on my Striple will allow the black plastic bung to rotate even when the nuts on each end of the all thread are fully tightened. The logic behind this is that if the bobbins are fixed they will be quickly ground away when in contact with the blacktop whereas if they are allowed to rotate their degradation will be much reduced thus providing protection for a longer duration.

Whilst they are not listed on the Evotech website for your machine I would give them a call. But before you do you will need to gather some details from your machine such as axle length, diameter of hole through it and what each end of the axel looks like, with dims if it’s other than just an external thread. After all they are just a threaded rod with a bobbin on each end and they make them for so many manufacturers, each with numerous bikes listed I would be most surprised if they couldn’t come up with a pair to fit your machine.

Below you can see them fitted to my Striple to which I have since fitted their tail tidy.

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There are spindle bobbins and there are spindle bobbins. When i bought my Ducati in 01 i bought some bobbins that were basically a length of M8 all thread with a solid plastic bobbin on each end that didn’t rotate when the nuts on the all thread were fully tightened.

Whereas the Evotech ones i have on my Striple will allow the black plastic bung to rotate even when the nuts on each end of the all thread are fully tightened. The logic behind this is that if the bobbins are fixed they will be quickly ground away when in contact with the blacktop whereas if they are allowed to rotate their degradation will be much reduced thus providing protection for a longer duration.

Whilst they are not listed on the Evotech website for your machine i would give them a call. But before you do you will need to gather some details from your machine such as axle length, diameter of hole through it and what each end of the axel looks like, with dims if it’s other than just an external thread. After all they are just a threaded rod with a bobbin on each end and they make them for so many manufacturers, each with numerous bikes listed i would be most surprised if they couldn’t come up with a pair to fit your machine.

Below you can see them fitted to my Striple which i have since fitted their tail tidy.
Thanks. I’ll look into it. I’ll see about gathering the info. It’s really the only way to solve this mystery. LoL.
 
Thanks. I’ll look into it. I’ll see about gathering the info. It’s really the only way to solve this mystery. LoL.
Can you please post a photo of both ends of your rear axel, together with its length. One of my sons has a 2012 900 Thruxton and he and his brother have also bought a 2008 model to refurb and flip.So hopefully i might be able to identify if there are any differences in the later years from your machine.
 
Latest addition is the replacement of the cheese black plastic fork protectors with some CF:
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Added a CF lower spoiler. Ordered it and then got a notice they were out of the twill gloss version that I ordered but could wait, or switch to in stock matte or plain black. I waited for the twill glossy, which added 3 weeks to ship to Canada and then another 2 weeks to ship to me. But alls well that matches what I wanted.
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So today was the day for decaling the wheels to add a bit of contrast. Ran into a problem with the rear rim as it had raised lettering for wheel rotation, tire size, etc. So opted to put only 2 decals on vice three to avoid making one wheel look different then the other. Also the glue has to cure for about 24 hours before I ride the beast.

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Thought a picture of the whole bike would be in order with some close-ups in the sunshine:
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Don'r know if this is a farkle bit but after riding with the son-in law and his going deaf behind me I ordered a baffle/diffuser for the Racefit exhaust. It arrived from Derby England in 5 days, pretty cool. Next up is a carbon fiber chain guard from Motocomposites in Canada that should be here next week.

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I installed that chain guard, be aware it is a PITA.
 
I installed that chain guard, be aware it is a PITA.
Figures, why I was reluctant to change it initially, but it's about the last bit of plastic that needs replaced.
 
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