EVO 2000 - Episode 2 - The Evo strikes back.

Well, this is becoming very interesting... pay attention class!
Sandro put the GSX-R1100W engine in the GSX-R1100M chassis to see if the engine mounts matched up... can you feel the tension building?
Well it certainly gets my heart pumping because we are finally going to know if a GSX-R1100W fits inside an "oil-cooled" frame.
As everyone who has paid enough attention in the previous lessons knows by now the oil-cooled 1100 engine fits straight into an early 750 (no oil-cooled if you prefer) chassis. So this means that in a few moments we will finally know the answer on the question that's been keeping many awake for countless nights...

Will a GSX-R1100W engine fit straight into an early GSX-R750 chassis?
No...
Whaaaat?
I said NO... N. O.
AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!

Okay. That's been settled then. Oil-cooled engines are better than the water-cooled ones anyway so no need to bother. Told you so.
Here's the details...
The only engine mounting point that lines up is the bottom rear one, and even that one needs some modifications as the engine is offset in the chassis by half an inch (0.5") which would involve removing metal from either the frame lug or the engine casing.
For Sandro, modifying the chassis is out of the question as somewhere deep inside his brain there are some molecules left that have not been affected by the "mad cow's disease" and are going to make him do the sensible thing: fit an oil-cooled engine.
Let's certainly hope so... because water jackets are for pussy's. Bl*des have them you know.

Fairly put off by the disillusion of the engine Sandro took a f*ckin' big hacksaw and cut the one piece Bimota tank/seatunit right into two pieces. Now that's the proper way to get rid of frustration!
He then placed the seat unit on the subframe and it fitted perfectly once he had cut another few bits off the subframe(!). Well they say the best way to make things lighter is to remove material so I guess it's allright then. Sandro then took the seat unit off and fitted the underseat cans to the seatunit.
When he then tried to refit the seat unit and cans it was clear it would need some serious "Cher"-type cosmetic surgery to the subframe to make it all fit.
The main problem was that at least 80% of the length of the subframe obstructed the cans.
So, yes you've guessed it already, with the hacksaw still at hand he started cutting a bit here and there. It all went very well until the phone rang and he had to go inside the house to answer it.
When he returned to the workshop his jaw dropped to the ground... where did the subframe go!?
Mhhhh... not a very good day in the history of Evo 2, looks more like an episode of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Well luckily a subframe is easily built from scratch if you know someone that knows his way around with a welding torch so they're going to build a new one based on the previous design with welded bolt-on lugs.
Sandro will move the top rail up as far as possible to the top off the frame (just before the curve of the frame where the petrol tank starts) this way he will be able to move the bottom rail higher up. This is necessary to get a clean view from both sides of the bike unobstructed by exhaust pipework

Above you have read that specials' building is full of joys but sometimes something goes goes a bit wrong (no really). Sandro found that the Bimota downpipes did not clear the front frame rails. The Bimota is has a beam-frame so the downpipes do not have to come far out from the exhaust manifolds before they bend sharply down the front of the engine. This pissed him off really bad to the point where he abandoned the idea of the water-cooled engine. Give the man a big applause!

Sandro now has been spotted riding off to Zak Barry's place carrying a blunt axe, trying to motivate him to finish his old engine in a mild manner.

If he succeeds he will then fit the Termignoni downpipes and have an intermediate pipe made up routing between the swingarm and the brake rearset, this will involve spacing out the rearset and having the swingarm cut and modified (told you he would come up with a proper solution!).

That's it for episode 2.
In the next episode we will see if Sandro can find a place for the engine breather's catch tank and second oilcooler. He will also have to re-space the flatslides to fit the oilcooled engine again.
Will it ever end?... probably not... that would be sooooo boring!