Tony Nitrous

Has this been posted before? Anyone have any more info on it ?

While my wallet recovers from recent purchases I’m going some homework…. Custom Garrett 50 trim turbo with TD Racing compressor cover, will support over 400hp 38 mm Tial Sport MVS gate (external)

Hayabusa’s run two top yokes. The lower of the two grips the forks and the stem, the higher of the two has the bars. The top one doesn’t need to do any fork / stem work, just steers the one below it. Not using Hayabusa parts but to make something up. Just another option.

I’ve swapped between regular and iridium’s a few times. Mixed riding, drags and dyno, never noticed a difference. Im told they have a longer life, but my bikes either don’t do high mileage or other get changed when they are in bits because they are a shit to get too. Don’t bother with iridium’s anymore.

There was one out here running GSXR600 carbs but I think it took quite a bit of work. Standard 14’s have odd spacing and smaller throttle body’s than a lot of bikes. Great for grunt but not an easy upgrade.

I was bidding on a few at the auctions with no success. I mentioned it in another group. Someone contacted me to say they’d crashed theirs and parked it up. Smashed in tank, headlight, no clocks etc. I put it back on the road cheap as poss with bits I had to check it out. Strong motor, 3rd gear a bit louder than the others. Done a few long haul runs to see how it go’s. Owes me the equivalent of £1,345 as it now sits. (It’s a LOT rougher than it looks) It’s a long way back in the queue but I do have 2 ET frames and sets of trim etc, so threads like this really interest me.

More often 14 owners are fixing, cleaning, changing the pumps internal filters than the pumps. Running an external pump just makes an external filter a natural choice and removes another issue.

From my limited knowledge…. # External pump shouldn’t be a drama. Early Hayabusa’s used an external one, similar early Gen-1’s changed to internal after the first couple of years. # GSX14’s own tanks have a good size 22ltr tank, however, it has a quite large internal neck. Punching out the breather hole give an extra 1.5 - 2ltrs. I know the 14 tank isn’t a proper Old Skool ET one but it’s similar and the size is nice to have. # 14’s aren’t an easy lump to find big hp with, they respond well to a full system like a Akra / Yoshi Cyclone, and a dyno mapped Powercommander (flashing the ECU is a bit limited on 14’s). Cams are next but not cheap. After that you’re digging deep. A have a few Busa’s / a B-King etc that walk away from mine when the pace is up, but the 14 is so nice to ride, smooth low down grunt, the motor would really suit a retro build that’s not about winning races. A 14 powered ET / EX / EF / Kat certainly appeals to me.

I’m in rural Australia so I feel your pain with spares. I’ve done OK with Revzilla in the states, not cheap but they have access to huge stocks and are easy to deal with, I’ve used them 3 or 4 times this year. Looking on their site 78 GS1000’s do trigger a few “not available” though. Bugger!

Yeah, I think there’s a bit more work gone into it than some folk realise at a glance, it’s very well done. My comment was aimed more at the original post by Ronney concerning what engine mounts to use.

I was looking at that bike a while back. I had my ET near to it. Still didn’t look a simple job. I was I interested as I have a spare engineless ET and a crashed 14, but I wanted to use the 14’s 6” rear wheel with a 190 tyre and a decent chain. April 2009 !

I measured mine a while back, GSX14 motor and ET 750 and 1100 frames, 86 GSXR11 frame. I thought the 14 was wider across the cases to be a simple engine mount job ? It was a while back.

18” back and front. Cant remember the size but from memory they were early GSXR size. Tyres a bit close to the chain but never caused a problem. As already mentioned the numbers aren’t everything, one tyre can be different to another even if the sizes are written the same.

I’ve got a few. The last one I picked up recently was a bit rough and had some DIY paddock stand bobbins mounts on it, but I was told it came out of a K*wasaki where it was, as you said, used as an upgrade.

It will if you use the popular twin shock weld on mounts that are available.

Mines a GSX1402-ET, I just changed everything behind the ET’s headlight and it’s cowl. LOL

Ran a few bikes up the strip. Nothing amazing as they were mostly streetbikes that needed to fill other roles, always ride in, ride home. Ran a heap of 10.3’s but seemed to find my limit around there. Recently bought another bike that’s going to be very much aimed at the strip. It’s currently on a bit of a diet and getting a few mods. Sadly this Suzuki is a couple of years too new to be on here. I will still follow this thread with interest though. EDIT: No great numbers I can brag about, but this was an old slip with my daily commuter / tourer that might just scrape in as a Watercooled Old Skool…. EDIT-2: That Bandit is waaaaay cool. I have one sat doing nothing here, this thread is giving me expensive ideas.

Just thinking out loud.. When you play mix and match with the gears to increase pressure, is there a pressure relief valve that limits it ? Obviously you benefit from running max valve pressure and more flow but is there a valve that limits gains if left untouched ?

I’m guessing you’re going to run extensions? Plenty available for the Busa but the arms are pretty heavy with the big ugly casting.

It’s good to build something different, I approve of that, but it’s a lot of work if it’s not something that’s standout WOW!! Compatible = Bandit, GSXR, GSX-F. Watercooled / injected…. well, it’d have to be a Busa lump for some DIY B-King butchery.

Mine went straight on. It was a while back but I don’t remember any dramas, 10 minute job. Took me a while to get used to them, the riding position and steering feel etc all felt odd initially, now it feels normal and a stock 14 feels like a chopper to me, I wouldn’t go any higher on the bike that’s using them. I keep an eye out for a 14 arm for another project I have but they aren’t common or cheap here.

I have 4 here at the moment. The Busa clutch takes a lot of abuse but hard launches are let down by that awful BTL but that’s an easy fix as I’m sure you know. I assume you mean Gen-1 or 2. The 3 has a very complicated power-assist clutch that folk are retro fitting a modded Gen-2 unit to.

Thanks for the updates redgs1000. I’m enjoying watching the build. Im running lift blocks on one of my borderline OSS bikes. Have’nt tried different shocks yet, they took a little getting used to. Going from a 190/50 to a 200/50 or 190/55 wasn’t enough lift, adding the blocks with a taller tyre was too much so now I’m on blocks and back to a 190/50. Internet experts tell me to just get the right length shocks…. LOL.

I don’t pretend to be a 2-smoke fan, but I love this thread. A collection, a decent shed or garage, passion for your bikes, it ticks so many box’s, well done. It’s hard not to approve with a tag like “busa1300”. They are more my thing. Well done that man.

931k’s (578 miles) to the pub on a Saturday for beer and pizza, naked bike with a pillion, same home on the Sunday. I was a bit vague at 5am at work on the Monday morning though. The bold numbers are distances to the next town as I was trying to minimise fuel stops.