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Post by hopwheels on Jan 22, 2006 14:41:14 GMT -5
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Post by G Man on Jan 22, 2006 15:39:42 GMT -5
Lookin' good, lookin' good!  G Man |
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Post by yamatopdog on Jan 22, 2006 19:12:55 GMT -5
keep up the good work,look great!
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Post by mikedeb on Jan 23, 2006 13:43:32 GMT -5
Gary, The SR is looking great! Can't wait to see the finished bike and get a ride report. ;D Mike
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Post by chrisbikes on Feb 18, 2006 10:53:36 GMT -5
Very clean, and very cafe!
You probably said before, but where did you get the pipe and muffler from Gary?
I'd also like to get a fork brace for mine.............any leads there?
Chris
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Post by hopwheels on Feb 18, 2006 11:15:53 GMT -5
Hey Chris:
The pipe is an oversized (1 3/4") White Brothers I picked up on eBay. I haven't seen that seller with auctions for them in a while. It was probably old stock they were getting rid of. The muffler is a Supertrapp short 3" internal disc model (they come in satin aluminum and chromed steel), with a tapered end cap. I got very lucky on the muffler as it was a blemish auction and went for super cheap. When it arrived, I polished out most of the very small blem (just a scratch, no dent), and was stoked. The fork brace comes from MikesXS.com. I really like the way it looks and am anxious to test it out. Thanks for the compliments, and good luck on your build. Take care.
Gary
Hopwheels
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Post by StewRoss on Feb 19, 2006 3:47:23 GMT -5
Gary,
Well done mate...keep it up.
One small thing that you may want to consider is the size of the air filter.
It may be better to run a larger unit than the one you have there...a larger one gives a bigger surface area for the engine to breathe through. To give an analogy; too small a filter is the same as using a restrictive airbox...
Maybe try something like a straight K&N RU-1700, or an angled off equivalent....BO3584...
Just a thought...
What are you doing for foot pegs??
SR
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Post by hopwheels on Feb 19, 2006 9:58:16 GMT -5
That's funny Stew, you practically read my mind. I just got a new K & N in the mail this week. That little one sure looks the part, but I was concerned as well. I found it a bit hard to navigate K&Ns site for a novice (no filter I found is exactly 60mm ID) so I assumed 62mm would work. I found and bought one their X-Stream velocity stack shaped (kind of a reverse cone) with a 20 degree angled flange. Its huge, but does fit the space really well. Any problem with a very large air filter? Thanks for those part numbers, 'cause if the filter I bought ultimately won't work, I'll need a place to start.
I'm still waiting on the pair of rearsets I purchased from SpecII here in southern California. I've been assured they went out last week and will arrive next week. We'll see. I am working on a backup plan.
Thanks!
Gary
Hopwheels
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Post by StewRoss on Feb 20, 2006 15:59:58 GMT -5
Gary, Hi. To a degree the bigger the better...however, it has to look aesthetically OK as well...too big and it looks out of place. I like the non-tapered ones myself...but it's all in the eye of the beholder... I'd have to take a look, but you can probably see the one on my black cafe racer in the pics area...I'll check...otherwise maybe it's shown better on the thumper page: www.thumperpage.com/articles/SRSR500.htmlThat one is offset at an angle, one of the others I metioned is straight back from the carby...depends on what you have back there in the end...battery, CDI etc. I also placed most of the 'black boxes' on an alloy plate that I fitted flush up underneath the seat...using the holes in the sidecover upper mounts for attachment..many ways to go there I guess... For my new cafe racer I'm using a dry cell battery...you can get some quite small ones these days. It will go inside the seat (...well that's my intention at the moment anyway)....the black one has a capacitor... SR |
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