trackin xv750
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MJPriceisright
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back in the shop tonight and wanted to get the all balls conversion figured out. so the lower seat was not wide enough to come to the edge so we needed to take the top of the frame off and grind down a bit to get it to sit better. the back side has a lip cause we didn't want to grind into the welds, but worked in our favor because the back portion of the gsxr lower triple tapers off so it didn't come in any contact. turned out really good. also got the rear wheel mounted back up. will be one two wheels this weekend.
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Made some great progress in the shop today. Got the lower portion of my forks painted and installed on the bike, dropped off my axle to be trimmed down and have some threads put on, and got it back on two wheels. Love the way it's looking. Starting to make some templates for tail sections so we will see what comes of it. Enjoy
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thanks man was just messing with some foam to see what kind of shape I'm thinking for the tail section. still not exactly sure what I'm going to do just yet.
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also did a little work yesterday and got the side cover off to diagnose the damage from the bike falling over. was relieved to see it was just the cover cracked and no damage other than some stripped threads in the lower engine case. got a new cover and gasket ordered, should be in mid week.
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MJPriceisright
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loekm said:Hey Mr. Beachbomber,
No worries, if you say so, you must be right. I remembered the double wall exhaust at the front cylinder. But I thought it had a different diameter compared to the back. I can't check it anymore it was the first thing I threw at the pile of scrap when taking my Tr1 apartAnd that's some time ago.... In fact I don't know if I ever checked the diameters to be sure.
Whatever! Making a one-piece exhaust on these things is a lot of work. I watched a 4 into 1 system for a classic race bike being made this weekend and it looked somewhat easier....
I made my exhaust system out of 40 x 1,5mm stainless front to back in one piece:
And I would never do it the same way again
@MJPriceisright:
Just start your exhaust, don't hesitate.... it's worth it and very rewarding when finished ;D How cool it is when you can tell someone that you designed and built your own exhaust system
best regards,
Loek
coming back to the exhaust portion of the build now, starting to think about what id like to do.. so after chatting on this thread, it looks like whatever I do, wherever the two pipes come together, they need to be similar in length before the V comes together? correct me if im wrong. but what if I just run duals? do the pipes also need to be similar in length? also, how large of a diameter tubing can I run? if I use the stock exhaust flanges and then just bump it out and run bigger diameter piping, will that be ok? sorry if that's somewhat of a newb question, just trying to get an idea before I jump in and start mocking stuff up.
I'm looking at running 45mm tubes for my system.
Having equal length primaries is desireable but not life threatening if you don't. My rear pipe will be about 6" longer - no biggie.
Small header flange into a large bore tube .............. Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins subscribed to this theory back in the late 70's. It was called " anti-reversion" and the theory was that it helped to phase out the reverse pulses. He saw improvements on te Dyno and in real life time at the strip. I used a similar system on my 27T Altered - worked fine.
In conclusion -
45mm / 48mm OK for tube size.
Don't give yourself a headache by worrying about unequal length primaries.
Increase in tube dia from the head port could be seen as somewhat revolutionary - a la Grumpy Jenkins !
Having equal length primaries is desireable but not life threatening if you don't. My rear pipe will be about 6" longer - no biggie.
Small header flange into a large bore tube .............. Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins subscribed to this theory back in the late 70's. It was called " anti-reversion" and the theory was that it helped to phase out the reverse pulses. He saw improvements on te Dyno and in real life time at the strip. I used a similar system on my 27T Altered - worked fine.
In conclusion -
45mm / 48mm OK for tube size.
Don't give yourself a headache by worrying about unequal length primaries.
Increase in tube dia from the head port could be seen as somewhat revolutionary - a la Grumpy Jenkins !
MJPriceisright
Coast to Coast
I do not unfortunately. sorry swaggs
MJPriceisright
Coast to Coast
ebay, what would we do without it.
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Rich Ard said:
hahaha
MJPriceisright
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Rich Ard said:
richard i need a xv shift lever, got one? swaggs? anybody?
