Rich,
An electromagnetic alternator would be a nice swap and something I'm considering as a long term goal (or backup plan, if needed). That way, I'm only stealing as much horsepower as is necessary. It's something into which I am definitely investigating. In the mean time, I'm having the rotors turned down so they take up less space, and weight less, than they otherwise would. I've worked it out at about 1.5" longer than stock, and with some grade eight bolts (3x 8mm) holding the rotors together, I should be good to go.
The plan for the rearsets, at the moment, is to cut down the stock passenger "loops" (I saved them when they came off the frame, originally) and re-weld them to the frame. If I can't get that to work in a satisfactory fashion, I will definitely use your idea of a "box" made from some identical flat plates.
I'll have to look into mounting up my exhaust slightly differently. The new rearset mounts might make for better looking lines.
-Matt
An electromagnetic alternator would be a nice swap and something I'm considering as a long term goal (or backup plan, if needed). That way, I'm only stealing as much horsepower as is necessary. It's something into which I am definitely investigating. In the mean time, I'm having the rotors turned down so they take up less space, and weight less, than they otherwise would. I've worked it out at about 1.5" longer than stock, and with some grade eight bolts (3x 8mm) holding the rotors together, I should be good to go.
The plan for the rearsets, at the moment, is to cut down the stock passenger "loops" (I saved them when they came off the frame, originally) and re-weld them to the frame. If I can't get that to work in a satisfactory fashion, I will definitely use your idea of a "box" made from some identical flat plates.
I'll have to look into mounting up my exhaust slightly differently. The new rearset mounts might make for better looking lines.
-Matt