Recent content by hunter31415

Decided to do a mostly naked front end. The fairing would have been nice but just couldn't get it to hang right and still be able to steer. So back on the wall it went and I yanked the bars and risers while I was at it. Knew all along that the oem guage was going to have to go so i bought what i...

Stripped the tank down to bare aluminum and beat all the dings out as best as I could. found 3 different colors paint on the way down to metal. The tank wasn't in bad shape just have some spots where someone banged something on the top and a couple dings on the side. Didn't like the weld...

Right so now it runs. Time for the fun parts. Had this old fzr front fairing hanging on the wall. It was the same color so it drew my eye immediately. It looked fairly decent but the mounting and travel of the bars was not going to work out. While i was decideding what to do about the front...

Found a BMW K1100rs on craigslist for $300. Not running but with title. Found the ad less than a minute after it went up and immediately call the guy. "Hi, you have the bmw on craigslist? Yep. Does it fire on spray? Yep. Ill take it, I am on the way." A hour later I finish the trek across...

By time I close the shop I am so sick of working on motorcycles and stuff it is hard to work up some motivation to work on the SR but I am slowly making some progress. Not the best picture or angle but ohh well. Getting close to a tipping point. Once the body is done and its time for just engine...

Let me know if you want that set of SR forks I have. We can work something out. The whole mess is looking good.

Here ya go. They need to be rebuilt but they are strait and no rust or flaking chrome.

I have the stock forks off my 79 SR500 project on the top shelf at the shop. Haven't looked at them in a year and half but I remember them being alright. I'll dig them out tomorrow and post some pics.

Been tossing around ideas for my next bike. Leaning towards an all aluminum frame tiny cafe racer. I have a KTM 65cc race motor laying around. Super light, noisy, blue smoke bike to ride around town and to work.

Can't really explain why I didn't just build a totally new frame. It kinda goes like this. If I just build a totally new frame then its not even the same bike anymore and I would probably use a different engine too instead of spending hours and hours to squeeze 50+hp out of the single. Then its...

Got started on the seat today. Going to build a carbon fiber pod and seat combo with a inset ducati tail light that slides down the 1x3 box tube. Tube still needs some lenght taken off. But what ever here is some pictures. Don't touch the paint can its structural Diamond for strength...

Cut down a OEM sprocket so I have just a washer with the counter shaft splines, Turn down a piece of tube and weld the shaft washer into it. Turn down a new gsxr sprocket so i have a washer with the gear on the out side weld that to the outside of the other end of the tube, custom chain guard...

So after dickering back and forth on the swing arm while not busy in the shop, finally just went for it. Used some 1.5 inch stock and bored a 31/32 hole in it then honed it to 25mm. The 25mm hole is a very tight fit on the stock GSX-R swing arm bolt. Then bored a 1.5 inch hole in the flat plate...

I know that Wiesco calls for .004mm per inch of bore. So your 64mm bore is about 2.5 inches which would be a .010 ring end gap. If I understand what your manual is saying then the .031 is the service limit. You would want less than that on a fresh rebuild.