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griff
Weekend Warrior
Ireland
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 Posted - 23 Jan 2009 : 10:00:19
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| hi tommy projex,the 929 forks went straight on,the head stock bearings are the same as the std forks,i would recommend getting an aftermarket top yoke if you are going to put risers on it,as the origional top yoke is not straight.....a car wheel is a nice option,and it handles very like a vfr wheel..... |
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FIGHTERMC
Tyre destroying, mad bastard menace
Ireland
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Posted - 24 Jan 2009 : 03:13:15
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CBRRRT i have send you an email with the sprocket
and chain size.
rgds
Frank. |
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CBRRRT
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Posted - 24 Jan 2009 : 03:40:38
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| Thanks buddy, I've seen that and responded. |
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Tomanyprojex
Weekend Warrior
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24 Jan 2009 : 09:17:07
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Picked up the blade this morning. Took the long way round from home to work, carried on past the office and went around again. 'Bin grinning like a twat all day.
A car wheel.... Fuck me, hooda thunkit. Looks totally amazing too, some amazing blades you boys have got. *Clears throat and starts singing* "Amaaaazing blades, how sweet the sound..." he he. Came over all religious then, unusual for a titanium cored, tungsten carbide coated atheist bastard like me! I'm going to go down the vfr 750 SSSA route coz I like the idea of keeping the old bird's frame standard but thanks mucho for the tip CBRRT. Griff, cheers for the info on the forks. Are they the same length as the standards? If so do you have to drop them through the yokes to make up for the extra 1/2 inch on the wheel. Sorry for all the questions I want it to look cool as fuck but I want it to handle too |
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CBRRRT
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Posted - 24 Jan 2009 : 10:15:18
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Congrats on the Blade mate, the day I got mine I was the same as you, smiles per gallon! and gigglin like a little girl. Good choice on the 75o swinger mate, much less fuckin about and there is instructions on here to do the change over.
When you get the arm and its ready to drop in let me know and I will post you my castle socket (But only if you promis to send it back) ha ha. Just be sure you get the 1994-1997 arm mate and not an earlier jobby.
Sayin that, if you want to go with a VFR rear wheel then you do need the 1993 bad boy and the rim should say on it "5.5J" as this will take a 180 section tyre.
Lots to think about, and a fair bit to do but thats half the fun matey.
Mate I'm sure the 929 forks and head stock just bolt straight on, one out and one in, oh and the other thing, you've got a fuckin orible singin voice mate. Well someone had to tell you! |
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FIGHTERMC
Tyre destroying, mad bastard menace
Ireland
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Posted - 25 Jan 2009 : 03:17:17
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a vfr 800 wheel will work too mate
you just have the notch out 4 slots
on the back of the wheel.
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CBRRRT
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Posted - 25 Jan 2009 : 21:42:19
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I'm not to sure if this will help anyone, and I guess it only would if you are fitting an LED R1 tail light to a mid 90's Fireblade.
It took a bit of trial and error and one popped fuse but I got there in the end.
There are two single wires for the blinkers from the lamp unit, BLUE and YELLOW. There is no earth because its shaired with the tail light.
On the bike there are three wires LIGHT BLUE and that connects to the YELLOW on the lamp.
Then ORANGE on the bike connects to the BLUE on the lamp.
GREEN on the bike is now a spaire earth.
The rear light and break light.
Now on the unit there is a push fit connector, but it wont fit the one on the bike so cut them both off.
The GREEN/YELLOW wire on the bike connects to the RED on the lamp.
The GREEN on the bike connects to the BLACK on the lamp.
The BROWN on the bike connects the the WHITE on the lamp.
There was a little bit of cutting and soldering to do but nothing a numb nut like me could'nt handle.
Although I used crimp push fit connectors, when I cut the wires I like to just seal the ends of the wires with solder to stop them splitting, then crimp the connector on after. |
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Edited by - CBRRRT on 25 Jan 2009 21:52:43 |
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CBRRRT
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Posted - 25 Jan 2009 : 21:43:49
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| Now remember that spaire earth? |
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CBRRRT
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Posted - 25 Jan 2009 : 21:44:53
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| GREEN on the bike is now a spaire earth. Yip, thats the one. |
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Edited by - CBRRRT on 26 Jan 2009 09:37:18 |
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CBRRRT
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Posted - 25 Jan 2009 : 21:50:37
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Well I thought it would be a shame to let it go to waste, so I went a bit ESSEX boy racer'ish and used it to fit some blue LEDS above my shock to come on with the other lights.
I know, I know I'm a sad twat, but I am what I am, and thats Essex through and through.
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griff
Weekend Warrior
Ireland
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Posted - 26 Jan 2009 : 10:56:10
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| hi tommy projex,im not sure about the length of the forks,and the bike handles fine with the 17inch front wheel........i have to say the easiest upgrade for an old blade.the bike handles much better...... |
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jakelive
Weekend Warrior
Australia
243 Posts
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Posted - 26 Jan 2009 : 11:53:35
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quote:
Originally posted by CBRRRT
Well I thought it would be a shame to let it go to waste, so I went a bit ESSEX boy racer'ish and used it to fit some blue LEDS above my shock to come on with the other lights.
I know, I know I'm a sad twat, but I am what I am, and thats Essex through and through.
Essex hey? worked there for awhile south end on sea
cool blade !! dint think r1 tail will look that cool on a blade |
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CBRRRT
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CBRRRT
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Posted - 27 Jan 2009 : 02:09:22
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While I was looking for a sprocket last week I left an enquirey with these people, and they got back to me today. They will make me a 525 pitch sprocket with 48 teeth to fit my VFR arm for £44ish incl post and VAT. Ask for Jane, she's a top girl and super helpfull.
Anyway here is the link to their web site,
http://www.sprocketsunlimited.com/Index.html
Well worth a visit. |
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crash test dummy
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CBRRRT
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Posted - 27 Jan 2009 : 05:15:43
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| LOL it looks better in real life than in the photo mate, must admit to having one of those "YES" moments. |
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CBRRRT
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Posted - 27 Jan 2009 : 05:20:47
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| My stainless zorst arrived last Monday and over the weekend I took a look at the cutting and shutting, and to be honest, I dont think its going to be that hard to do. I did see that I have to take off the Rad to get to the bolts that hold it to the head, and the rad is full of green stuff. I'm not sure if thats just anti freeze or if its a special coolant, but I bet one of you clever buggers on here knows ha ha. Sawl good fun though init. |
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porky gsxr
Weekend Warrior
United Kingdom
139 Posts
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Posted - 27 Jan 2009 : 05:50:11
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chav-tastic lights... why not go all the way and get a burbery spray job??? |
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CBRRRT
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Posted - 27 Jan 2009 : 07:14:38
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| LOL that might work mate, that might work! |
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Tomanyprojex
Weekend Warrior
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 Jan 2009 : 08:36:17
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CBRRT, love the blue light thing, looks better under yer 'blade than a 93 Nova.. Thanks for the wheel tip. I'm still trying to source the right swing arm at the moment. Hopefully I've found one in Scotland.... Nice one too, Griff, on the 929 forks. Think that's a definite too. Better tyre choice anyway. I did a quick calc on the 17 inch front anyway and weirdly enough the rolling diameter of a 17 inch with a 120/60 tyre on it is SMALLER than a 16 with a 130/70. I was worried about slowing the steering down but that should sharpen it up a bit. Which happens to be kewl as fuck...
BTW The goo in yer radiator is one of the high quality ethylene glycol based antifreezes. It will be full of good things to prevent aluminium corrosion. If you replace it its 50/50 with water - distilled is best as it won't deposit mineral shit in your cooling system but you can use low mineral content bottled drinking water - not the normal spring water stuff cause that is full of calcium. When you buy the antifreeze make sure that its suitable for aluminium engines. Most is these days but some isn't so won't protect against corrosion. |
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CBRRRT
Tyre destroying, mad bastard menace
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Posted - 27 Jan 2009 : 08:44:19
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I thought I would cook the family meal tonight, but not the every day run of the mill stuff we normally have. I thought I would introduce the family to a flavor sensation and cook deer.
I roasted it slowly in the oven untill nice and tender and did new potatoes green beans and carrots.
My wife and son sat at the table while I served up the feast.
My son looked at the dark meat and asked "what is it Dad"
With a proud but wry grin on my face I told him, "Its what Mum sometimes calls me".
He said, "Theres no way I'm eating a fucking arsehole"!!
Back to egg and chips again tomorrow  |
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CBRRRT
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Posted - 27 Jan 2009 : 10:05:47
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| Thanks for that advice mate, thats what I love about this site, its like having a mate in your workshop that has all the answers. PUKKA! I had a bit of trouble with the sprocket site mate. They never answer their phone or respond to emails, so I dont know if they are still in business, but the people that got back to me today seem well switched on. |
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Tomanyprojex
Weekend Warrior
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 Jan 2009 : 21:11:26
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| That's a bummer, I got some stuff off them a while ago and they were well helpful. These new boys (girl..) look good though. Gotta tell you the last posted pic of yer blade looks seriously tasty. It'll look amazing with paint. |
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CBRRRT
Tyre destroying, mad bastard menace
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27 Jan 2009 : 21:28:09
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| Thanks mate, I have started to strip it down and wet sand all the plastic ready to go off to paint, and I have been buying little bits and bobs from ebay to give it the finishing touches. There is a steel fabrication firm not far from where I live and I'll check out and see if one of the lads down there wants to make a bit of weekend money doing my zorst. I'll be glad when thats done because it will be a big tick off the list of jobs to do. |
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Tomanyprojex
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Posted - 28 Jan 2009 : 10:09:36
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| This might sound a bit obsessive compulsive but...... When you get the welding done you need to make sure that the length of each section is pretty much the same as the original. So the 4 primaries from the manifold to the collector 4 into 2, the secondary from the 4 into 2 bit to the 2 into 1 bit and the last single pipe bit to the silencers (where it splits again in your case). The reason for this is that each section of the pipe is designed to resonate in a certain frequency range so they help gas flow at that RPM range. For example really short primaries resonate at very high frequencies so will boost top end power but shag your low to middle range. As Mr Honda and his friends spent a shit load on choosing the pipe lengths its probably wise to follow their lead. It doesn't have to be millimetre perfect and can be done by using an imaginary line up the middle of the pipework. One of those cloth tape measures will work fine. Or a piece of string with biro marks... |
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