Big block work out only 300 or 400 more after you take into account
Machining. We use MTc ( and surply) you can order them already
honed to size. Heat becomes your prob when u get up around 1500cc
but only stand still in traffic really. There are some cool tricks to over come
this, I'm looking forward to trying them on mine and loging the results.
Nothing wrong with smaller cc's but love big lazy grunt :-)
Yeah. Having a perfect crank that's dead true, I can't justify pulling the crank apart to weld it to run big ccs (1170 is fine on a non welded crank, 1260 starts getting a bit iffy)... starts to become a very expensive exercise...
Fuckin LOL spat my tea over my pooter reading that. Little 1260!! Hmmm I was thinking that maybe I should fit a turbo at some point?Originally Posted by GammaBoy
On the kwaka's I don't need to weld the crank unless I split it of run big tyre
Tho lucky I made a crank jig to true cranks. Once you done a few it's not so bad.
I have seen cranks welded with out splitting if it is true.
You can't weld them properly without splitting them... and if the crank is true before you weld it, it sure as shit won't be afterwards.
Might be the Kawas don't make enough power to twist the cranks?
Didn't say I liked it done that way (stick welder)
And you just keep telling yourself that mate
then again what the fuck would I know about the subject
Hey Lynton, I agree with Ben. Anyway the crank (rubber band) on your project bike (see below) is bound to twist with all the brutal forces you'll be feeding through it
Shhhhhh that's my secret weapon lol
Some interesting stuff amongst this .....
http://www.visorvision.co.uk/spa_katana/?page_id=8
Ahh, good old rob wilton - the most expensive 530 conversions on the face of the planet!
I've been really tempted by a couple of bikes on eGay recently. This one in particular-
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Yamaha-RZ...:B:WNA:AU:1653
Which might end up something like-
But then I think I've already got 11 bikes and lots of people in "developing nations" only have 1 bike between, maybe 11 people and I'm being greedy so I decided it's time to rationalise down to maybe 6. So I sold my 1400 and the gubmint wont let my rego my ZX12 so that's on the back burner for now.
Then I said to myself. "Large you should get a bike going that would be nice to do a few hunderd ks on and also be good to strap a sixpack of cleanskins on from Dan Murphy's"...like maybe a Katana.
So I checked my stock in the store room and found this handsome fucker that's been sitting for about 9-10 years.
Tyres are good- I can press my thumbnail into them no probs. Just need to fix the fork leak and I think I'll be going back to twin shocks on the back.
Maybe even get the Autosol on to the wheels if I'm bored one day.
Last edited by Large; 24-02-2015 at 09:29 AM.
Lovely sir
Most people put a zip tie around the fork to check travel, large goes for a flanno.
He's fuckin Aussie.
more titanium than my bike
Good shit. I got mine buttoned up and running last weekend, need to find the time to ride it further than around the block...
Pictures Ben or it didn't happem :-)......
"So I checked my stock in the store room and found this handsome fucker"
Living the dream mate.
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