Recent content by tobiism

Trackers are supposed to be thrown around with little care towards dragging the ground. I say lift the rear if anything and get some more ground clearance.

I say stick with aluminum and box it in. A steel bracket would be just as likely to break if built in the same manner unless it was gusseted/boxed in. Even though those parts don't weigh very much, if you put them at the end of a lever and get them vibrating at a good rate its fatigue city.

Bikes looking great! I do however recommend a mod to your taillight/license plate bracket. I give it about 20 minutes of normal road use before it snaps off at the bolts under the tail. I would add another plate below that connects all 4 bolts together. This will strengthen it quite a bit...

Cool man, I have heard that CV's don't respond very well to velocity stacks when the stack is in the turbulent air. Might be something to watch for, maybe a half round cover attached to the front so negative pressure doesn't develop across the face of the stack. I just pulled the manifold out...

Its been a while and I don't have any of it written down. I don't even have that carb anymore. But I know I had the needle had no shims under it and I had to go smaller on the idle jet(40 maybe?). I think the main was a 160.

Sorry but that is just incorrect. I have done what he is proposing and it works very well. I used the same carb on the same engine and had even better usable power than the stock carbs. Nothing shook apart and there was an increase in power by the seat of the pants dyno, not a decrease. Sure...

If bolt pattern does fit, you will somehow have to make an opening for the bowl vent in the face of the carburetor. If you cover up that fourth hole with the velocity stack your bowl will airlock.

I just scored a Suzuki Gel seat for the ol' Bandit on ebay. I can't wait for it to get here.

Yeah I still have it, I'll have to dig it out. Its going to get used on my build, but with the flanges welded on like I emailed you about. I never noticed a difference in temperature(possible lean condition) between either pipe but my manifold was fairly equal left to right. Thats the good...

Thanks guys and you are both right, you can easily blow off the speed limit without even knowing it. Thats one of the reason the fairing is coming off to go naked. I'm hoping for more sensation of speed! The fact that 95 feels like 65 on this bike is amazing. What seat did you guys find...

Hell yes and I scratched it the other day! I got this 2001 1200S Bandit for $1500 thanks to Craig and his glorious list. Rides like its brand new. Sewing machine smooth and holy hell is it fast!!!

Looking great so far! I'm just about to get back to working on my 750 twin, Jack Pine style. You emailed about the single carb setup. The single manifold I made was out of 1 3/4" harley exhaust pipes. They slip right into the rubber carb spigots. I had it running really nicely with the...

Thanks Cle- the alloy tank cracked wide open on me on the freeway. Never did want to have it rewelded and didn't feel like making a new one. So I went with steel this time.

I came up with my own company name awhile ago, Fistful Co, as in a fistful of throttle. I really like the chrome setup I have, but thought I'd see what a painted tank and fender would look like. I painted the tank with red and white and pinstriped it with black. The logo I had done up by the...

Nice work Cleon, good to see that thing running!!!