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Post by striderider on Dec 9, 2012 22:35:33 GMT 1
It's been a little while since the last update, but here she is ready to be collected with the new front-end installed. For those wanting to know more about it, you can view the Twin-disk conversion thread. The old girl now turns-into corners a lot quicker & hold the lines a lot better. Very steady & confidence inspiring when the throttles turned. Emergency braking can be had with a very light, one-finger curl on the lever. Anyways, she's had good settling in & all tucked up ready for some miles tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after that:
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Post by Phoenixx on Dec 18, 2012 17:45:34 GMT 1
I've really enjoyed reading this step by step thread, and you've given me a bit of inspiration to start working on my NTV Not entirely sure what I'd like to do, I like the subframe idea on the John Deere one, either that or a something small and pointy. I like the idea of the cone air filters, did you take them off because the bike was choking? And would rain affect them? Also, any ideas on how I'd get some upside down forks on it? I have no idea what'll fit and what I'll have to change!
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Dec 18, 2012 21:34:15 GMT 1
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Post by striderider on Dec 19, 2012 9:24:31 GMT 1
......I like the idea of the cone air filters, did you take them off because the bike was choking? And would rain affect them? Also, any ideas on how I'd get some upside down forks on it? I have no idea what'll fit and what I'll have to change! The cone filters are now placed back, directly, onto the carbs again. I removed them from the side frame rails as the air/fuel mixture wasn't working under hard acceleration - Porbably a bit of carb fettling & needle changes might've altered that. It was mentioned to me that the placement on the outside of the frame rails would cause water ingress into the carbs. I've still got an idea in my head in creating a ram-air affect similar in design to the Yamaha V-Max but with a U-bend style water trap. My USD was a pain in the perverbial due to the number of changes required. (altered steering stem, top-yoke & new risers milled, etc). I am not aware of a direct 'bolt-on' replacement, but I would start at looking for some 41mm diameter stanchions (2005/06 CB600F or '05 CBR600RR) you should be able to use your existing yokes with these, but I would discuss this with your local motorbike engineering friend/garage. Try and get a complete front-end including calipers, wheels, yokes, spindle, rotors, master cylinder etc as this makes it slightly less hassle try to mix'n'match. Next on the list: - 2-1-2 under-slung exhuast, fully stainless, with the exit on the left-side & the muffler hung 90 o where the centre-stand would've been - Cafe-racer style sub-frame with a 4 cell race battery, full re-wire, custom relay & fuse box & a funky laser engraved, polyurethane, edge light rear-light cluster - Re-paint & engine work (haven't made my decisions on this yet)
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Post by striderider on Feb 15, 2013 22:45:36 GMT 1
Well, I've given it some time, but I'm still not liking the look of the MKII handlebars, I think with the new forks & chunky risers, the central bar with the idiot lights look too spindly, so I went shopping.... Over the past few days I've been getting some goodies together ready to start the weekend work: New bars, New levers & mounts (CBR 600), mirrors & a Koso DB-02R with the plug-in indicator kit. So far I've spent 5 hours trying to figure out the wiring on this. The left side is all fine; common ground with positive signals for anything I want: indi's, high beam, oil, neutral, side stand, etc. However the right side seems to be the reverse with a common live & ground signals. As far as I can work out, my bike only has signals on switched live wires. This is all the instructions have to say for themselves: Tomorrow's another day, here's hoping for a little more success
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Post by toysoldier on Feb 16, 2013 1:58:43 GMT 1
How comes you bought cbr 600 clutch perch and master cylinder? Hornet levers and the same as stock ntv levers and I got a set of those levers for a hornet and its a perfect fit
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Post by striderider on Feb 16, 2013 19:32:17 GMT 1
How comes you bought cbr 600 clutch perch and master cylinder? Hornet levers and the same as stock ntv levers and I got a set of those levers for a hornet and its a perfect fit Well.....due to the twin-disk set-up, my master cylinder is from a GSX-R1100 & the existing clutch carrier has a hole where the mirror would've been.
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Post by striderider on Feb 16, 2013 19:40:04 GMT 1
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Post by striderider on Feb 16, 2013 20:47:50 GMT 1
Since I managed to achieve the all parts install today, tomorrow it's testing (after the hangover from several more bottles of 8% cider). The Koso unit has a 0-60mph & a 1/4 miles 'speed-test' function built in, I can't promise I won't test those parts of it). Then it's a clean, paint & polish afternoon.
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Post by striderider on Mar 31, 2013 11:46:32 GMT 1
I've been thinking a lot about what style to take this bike as it's been very 'making-it-up-as-I-go-along' so far. So I thought about re-visiting some inspirational pictures where I can 'borrow' ideas from. Moto Guzzi - Cafe Racer:There's quite a lot I like about this: The under-slung exhaust, the almost floating seat/hump, Chunky-looking USD front-end & very little frame visible. Honda CB750There's a very 'flat' stance to this, nice horizontal line from head-stock to rear-end. Loving the colours of the mechanicals * very clutter free. Kawasaki Z750BHmmm...spokes...drool.. I think I prefer the look of a cafe-racer style rather than a street-fighter, but I'm wanting to update/modernise it a bit with coil-on-plugs, digital-dash, LED lights, USD forks, ram-air, sports-rubber, Remote-start, that kinda stuff. :text-feedback: btw: Yes.. I know this 'build' is taking ages, but I've lots of ideas, but no skills or tools to test them out. so my mind wonders rather than doing work
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Mar 31, 2013 21:34:36 GMT 1
Cafe racer gets my vote.
P.S. love the bar end mirrors, Any good? Vibrations?
RJ.
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Post by tenpastnine on Mar 31, 2013 23:17:45 GMT 1
I love that tacho/speedo, Looks like the CBR500 one that i rode the other week, very smart.
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Post by striderider on Apr 1, 2013 10:47:01 GMT 1
P.S. love the bar end mirrors, Any good? Vibrations? RJ. I had 'proper Oberons on there previously, but I didn't tighten them up fully & it fell off. The Oberons are better than these Chinese copies. Vibration wise, both Oberons & these 'ebay' specials are perfectly fine, but the Oberons had a slight convex curve to them giving a better viewing angle. The Chinese copies are larger & give a smaller viewing area
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Apr 1, 2013 11:30:31 GMT 1
Thanks for the feedback. I have lost a couple of bar ends that way Point noted and more expensive than bar ends!
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Post by striderider on Apr 9, 2013 22:02:07 GMT 1
I've been running a few sub-frame designs/ideas in my head & have decided on one feature...... Imagine this, if you will - On a cafe-racer style triangular sub-frame, like this: The wings sheet will be shaped to fit that void, so you can still see through them to view the single shock assembly, they will have SMG edge lighting I haven't decided on what colour, I've SMD's in red & amber - not sure what colours are legal to display on a bike.
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