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Post by striderider on Sept 10, 2012 18:36:34 GMT 1
it's also better than I can do - hence it's with an engineering firm to carry out my crazy ideas
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Post by striderider on Oct 30, 2012 18:49:36 GMT 1
Spent the day with the bike engineer, preparing the bike for the front-end conversion, it was a good day & achieve a little update. Off comes the headlight, horn & wiring from the MKI idiot lights on the bars - I do question my sanity & ability in trying to understand 18 months of amendments to the loom. Ignition barrel swapped over & a little education on multi-meter usage. Hmmm....shiny bits ready for some 7/8" riser milling. Also pre-prepared the front mud-guard. (3 coats of gloss, 3 coats of clear, lot of 2000 grit sanding & polishing).
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Post by harrydooby on Oct 30, 2012 22:28:10 GMT 1
Hi grand job so far a lot accomplished, I have a quick question about the top yoke conversion. Did you change just the top yoke or did you change the forks and cables etc seen a few different stories about the conversion just wondered how you did yours !!!
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Post by striderider on Oct 31, 2012 9:25:44 GMT 1
Hi grand job so far a lot accomplished, I have a quick question about the top yoke conversion. Did you change just the top yoke or did you change the forks and cables etc seen a few different stories about the conversion just wondered how you did yours !!! The original conversion from the Revere 600 to NTV 650 top yoke involved just the top yoke change - the steering bearings & ignition barrel stayed. I had a new stainless brake line measured & added The clutch, throttle, choke & electrics were just re-routed (kept the original cables) - this may differ depending on the height, length & reach of the bars you are using. I've heard the Deuville cables have an extra few inches on them & can be swapped in if need be. Although this is all to change, again, with the GSXR 1100 triple-clamps & twin-disk setup & the MKII version of the handlebar idiot lights
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Post by striderider on Nov 8, 2012 9:41:43 GMT 1
One of the things that often gets forgotten when doing this kind of front end conversion is to replace all the bearings etc...so here's a pic of it all stripped out ready Safety is my priority here so new bearings all round, new tyres, solid risers, new pads, new disks, etc. One thing which I have made a solid-ish decision on is the colour scheme: Satin black for 'solid' chassis/ non- movable parts, polished/brushed/gun metal matallic for 'mechanical' parts with the odd splash of red - Although a little bit of 'gold' can be used as a 'look at how expensive this part is'. When all is done & finished, including the sub-frame, (which is prob about another 6 months away) then it'll be stripped down & properly blasted, powder-coated & there might even me a bit of bling. Has anyone got any pictures of pearl within clear coat on polished rims - I'm trying to see if it'll look garish or subtle?
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Post by striderider on Nov 8, 2012 12:41:10 GMT 1
I've just done a "mental" calculation on the costings so far & it's becoming a bit scary:
Forks, Yokes, capliers: £250 Front wheel: £40 Front disks: £250/£300-ish Tyres, pads, bearings, brake lines: £300-ish Other misc parts (stainless 2-1 brake lines, speedo-drive, etc): £50 Bike engineer's (Mazchopz) time & skill: (it's a secret - as in I don't know yet)
I've more than doubled the 'value' of the original bike and it's only in phase II, still got the rear-end & paint to do.
I am finding it suprising how quickly/easily/worrying a 'little fettling' can become something quite serious
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Post by pikey on Nov 8, 2012 19:13:07 GMT 1
Mazchopz? Maz is a very good friend of a VERY good friend of mine down by there in Brizzle. Bike `mods` and money, they really don`t belong in the same sentence, I`ve bikes that have had three or more times their market value spent on them, and counting!
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Post by striderider on Nov 9, 2012 9:33:47 GMT 1
Mazchopz? Maz is a very good friend of a VERY good friend of mine down by there in Brizzle. Bike `mods` and money, they really don`t belong in the same sentence, I`ve bikes that have had three or more times their market value spent on them, and counting! It's a small world innit, I'm off there (Weston-super-Mud) tomorrow for an update & to do some more electrics, hopefully some pics to follow
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Post by pikey on Nov 9, 2012 21:57:24 GMT 1
When you see Maz tell her I`m Nikki Shields pal Geoff from Edinburgh. I`m yet to meet Maz but one of these days..........................................
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Post by striderider on Nov 10, 2012 23:34:50 GMT 1
When you see Maz tell her I`m Nikki Shields pal Geoff from Edinburgh. I`m yet to meet Maz but one of these days.......................................... Nikki? As in Maz's sister', with the Suzuki GS550 number 28
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Post by striderider on Nov 11, 2012 1:00:52 GMT 1
Well a slight update, I visited the Bike engineers as I wanted to do as much of the work myself. Today I re-wired the front with marine-quality connectors through-out & finished the milling of the MKII handlebar Hard at work or hardly working: Just got to attempt a wire of the handlebars, only 10x cables to run through 10x different holes whilst keeping a note of the labelling of what each one does. I'm thinking a thin coat-hanger and some blue-tac or tape on the tip to pull through each one?
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Post by striderider on Nov 11, 2012 17:53:45 GMT 1
After 5 hours of swearing, poking, pulling, pushing, more swearing & a few more profanities, I managed to feed all the wires through their respective holes & positions. Handlebar MKII is now ready to be attached to the bike: LED's for left & right indi's, high-beam warning, neutral light & oil pressure warning lights all neatly in a row.
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Post by pikey on Nov 11, 2012 19:21:18 GMT 1
When you see Maz tell her I`m Nikki Shields pal Geoff from Edinburgh. I`m yet to meet Maz but one of these days.......................................... Nikki? As in Maz's sister', with the Suzuki GS550 number 28 The very one!
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Post by striderider on Nov 22, 2012 19:07:34 GMT 1
A teeny update: The bike is in the engineers shop (in the background see) They've cut some billet aluminium, ready to mill into some risers: I should be visiting there this Sat' to remove the old front-end & fit a new GSXR USD one - getting excited now
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Post by striderider on Nov 24, 2012 20:17:05 GMT 1
Spent the day at Mazchopz, fighting the electrics (or more the lack of my ability with them). Maz and her colleagues were on-hand to feed me, water me & point out my mistakes though. Got the old front-end off, confirmed the correct race-bearing sizes & soft-fitted the steering-steam. I'm not proud, but I swore quite a bit when the new one was too short to fit. Maz to the rescue, again, with an ingenious fit to extend the length. How the bike sits as I left it this afternoon:
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