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Yes I was suprised when I saw the spec for the T500 race bike porting. Those specs for the daytona pipe don't have the tapered down pipes which I would have expected .
I wish I knew someone with Jemco's as that would be ideal for me to copy them. I can fab them no problem but as you say do I want to.... no I don't.
I just found out from Jemco this morning that their pipes cost exactly the same as Swarbricks. However Jemco's are completely assembled and Swarbricks aren't, Swarbricks have the aluminum manifold at the exhaust port with spring attachment (prefered) Jemco are just bolt on flanges like stock. Still not sure I can make myself shell out $700 for pipes.
I have swarbricks on two race bikes and bought a set for an RD400 project I sold - I must have been in a better place financially back then ;-( Great pipes and they came with tapered headers too.
Thinking about doing something like the pic below to hide the wiring that typically resides in the headlight. Been trying to figure out what to do with the wires and connections for a while now so this could be a pretty good solutiuon.
I would build a unit from aluminum to tie in with the rest of the bike and still run two lights but down low similar to the pic.
Thinking about doing something like the pic below to hide the wiring that typically resides in the headlight. Been trying to figure out what to do with the wires and connections for a while now so this could be a pretty good solutiuon.
I would build a unit from aluminum to tie in with the rest of the bike and still run two lights but down low similar to the pic.
That is what I did on the Phat Trakka. I made a box out of carbon fiber to sit between the fork legs and wiring connectors and relays sit in there and up front the race number plate is cut down slightly to fit around 2 small lights. If I did it again I would use a single HID with angel eyes.
Not much going on at the moment. Made the box (to house all the connectors that would normally be in the headlight shell) to go behind the front plate and started the bracket to mount it to the forks.
I decided to come back to this section from the dark side (specials forum). A bit more action over here I think!
Here are my lights mounted, now need to get the front plate done.
Thought the same way and stop finishing dates after a year LOL Funny thing is as you get to the end of the build your thinking of what you can do better on the next one ;D
Ha ha, I know the saying 90% done and 50% to go. The difference between bolting on and painting vs. actually making the parts from scratch is night and day.
Cheers, 50gary
Yes, well I am ready for the bolting on stage. I can see the finished bike in my head, now I am ready for reality. The pipes are the only time consuming part of the project left to build now.
Worked on the front plate today and I think this will be a good solution to hide all the electrical connections in the box I have behind the plate. It looks humongus at the moment but I think it will look better when I get some pinstripes say 12mm in from the edge. I now have to decide if I am going to use Dzus fasteners or round head cap screws to mount the plate.
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