Mr.Azim
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Sport bikes should all come pre-drilled for safety wiring... or at least have the option to.
What did you do to your track/race bike today
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Sport bikes should all come pre-drilled for safety wiring... or at least have the option to.
cdog
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No , bone stock , that's going to be the fun part .....I have a lot of parts on order though , lol
Mr.Azim
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They never learn regardless of how many say otherwise from first hand experience
cdog
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Oh beleive me I would have much preferred to have found one built already, I've been looking for a bike since last fall and only found a few that I liked (I'm very picky ) and they both were sold out from under me. And I would have bought something used and converted it but used ones are going for more than what I paid for this brand new , used prices are absolutely ridiculous!
Installed the slipper clutch from a 05 gix 1000 last night. As usual, it didn't go uneventful.
After installing everything, really taking my time and double and triple checking I'm doing everything right (torque values, soaking new plates in oil, positions of plates, etc etc etc), I was all done and happy---it was late at night so didn't want to start the bike, but preliminary conclusion was it went well, with the only thing left being to adjust the pins for the degree of slippage when I get to ride it.
As I'm getting ready to go to bed, I stumbled across a thread, from which I discovered that the steel plates are not actually symmetrical, damnit. Apparently, they should all be facing the same way. With cordless driver, I got down to business---it is so true that once you do something, then it becomes an easy and straight forward job if you have to do it again. I was done with opening it up, removing the springs, taking out all plates and arranging them correctly, then putting everything back together....in no more than 15 mins (that including torquing the spring bolts and cover bolts up to specs). However, I made a mistake: instead of carefully putting the cover bolts by hand, I used the driver to quickly do it, and one of the bolts didn't go in right away, I wiggled it around with the cordless driver, only to find out at the end that this action of mine tore the gasket around the bolt opening, and it was dripping oil once I stood the bike up. I don't wanna compensate tears with gasket makers, so I ordered today a new gasket. But it is so true---the books can't tell all the tips and tricks of the trade, damnit.
Here's a pic of new clutch in with still not tightened springs, and old clutch on the floor:
05 GSXR1000 slipper clutches barely slip at all, and chatter on hard launches. The wave sprring was way too stiff. Replace it with one from a 750. There is a detailed how to on Gixxer.com , in the stickies
For $10,000 you couldn't find a used race bike that you liked?
How about a factory built zx6 from Brooklyn Ont for $9000, $10,000 with spares.
But anyway back on track, we got the Competion Cycle GSXR 600 running yesterday after sorting out some wiring issues. It'll be fun riding a proper 600 instead of my stock lump that I started riding track with.
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Yep, did exactly that---installed the 750 wave spring, also drilled the 3 additional holes in the clutch basket. As for the slipping---the people who did it on gixxer.com and also pnwriders.com all seemed pretty happy, so it should be at least more than nothing.. we'll see.
When I did it, I noticed an immediate difference in it's ability to slip.
It was my first bike with a slipper clutch so I didn't know what to expect....but after riding it for a half season I was miffed that it felt like any normal clutch, even on aggressive downshifts.
Once I did the mods, it was completely different.
It was my first bike with a slipper clutch so I didn't know what to expect....but after riding it for a half season I was miffed that it felt like any normal clutch, even on aggressive downshifts.
Once I did the mods, it was completely different.
I went with the hitch mount.
I have thought about buying the floor mount but don't think I will. If I did, I would probably just use some Hilti compression anchors. When you move out you can pull the threaded rod out and all that would leave is the threaded insert. You could fill it with some thinset and your garage floor would be good as new.
Shaman
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That's what I am thinking now. I kind of wish I'd gone with the hitch mount (was going to) but then it wouldn't really free up any space in the garage anyways, since I still have to put it somewhere. I can pile some gas cans etc. around the base so not much space is wasted.
I have two sets of wheels for the 600 and three sets of wheels for the 1000 so spares aren't a real problem. I'm not *sure* yet but I might be able to use 1000 wheels on the 600 with minor changes (but not if I have to switch rotors, that's painful and begging for trouble).
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triggerhappy
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Couldn't be more true, I paid 1/4 of what the original owner put into my bike four years after he bought it off the showroom floor. I couldn't believe the total when I added up all his receipts.
Speaking of the bike, last night I finally got the new battery in, mounted the rims back up, added the HM Quickshift linkage and switched to reverse shift, started her up and went around the block to test the new linkage. It felt good to get 'er out of hibernation.
Mine lives outside under a bbq cover while not in use.
After 3 years of living outside mine is fine. The main vertical support (which is just oiled steel) has some small rust flakes but two minutes with a scotch brite pad would have it good as new. Ive contemplated greasing the bead breaker collar then painting the rest of the main vertical support tube.
