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  1. 4 hours ago, Upshotknothole said:

    You should be able to keep the stock rear fender when it's all done.

    Start by removing everything off the tail, especially those black luggage/tie down bars. The tail should slide on from the rear, and then start figuring out what needs to be cut away. Once you start removing some material and keep repeatedly taking it on and off, it will loosen up a bit.

    I've had this tail for maybe 20 years? Been on a few different bikes, and I've always been able to run the stock under tray, the full fender would fit if I still had it. It uses three bolts and the seat to keep it in place, and the tail light helps keep it straight in the back.

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    4 hours ago, TJS said:

    ECU was moved for protection during crashing, but will fit in the stock position. Get yourself a mask, rubber gloves, dremel, sharpi,  and start cutting to fit. It is possible to keep the mudguard, by trimming out the area under the tail light.

    Thanks Gents, that has encouraged me.  I'll give it another go.

    Most appreciated.

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  2. Thanks TJS, that helps a lot.  I can see you seem to have removed the rear fender (mudguard) as well.  Looks like the radiator header tank is still in place.  Have you left the ECU and starter relay in place under the right hand side?

    Here in Aus, the local law enforcement do not like the rear fender being removed so I may have to doctor something up for first registration purposes then remove later. I'll also need to have rear indicators fitted somewhere. I reckon I can live with the rear black sub-frame (plate holder) removed -  a new rear shock will not have the remote reservoir/adjuster either.  However I'm keen to leave the header tank, ECU and starter relay in place.

    Thanks heaps.

  3. 47 minutes ago, Upshotknothole said:

    All of the Airtech stuff is like that. They're designed for race bikes mainly, and they expect you to trim them to fit your setup. I've had one of their solo tails on a slingshot for ages and it's all hacked up and custom mounts to get it to roughly line up right.

    I'd start by removing everything off the sides of the sub frame, get the tail mounted in place, and then figure out how much you need to trim off the bottom of the tail to get it to fit around the stuff that you can't move. It's a bitch to work on the bike with the tail in place, but it's only 3 bolts for me to remove mine. They also get a little bit more flexible with age and pulling it on and off a lot.

    Yes, I'm definitely getting to understand the airtech stuff is not plug and play - I wish I had know that before purchasing.  The description on the item doesn't mention that a lot of stuff needs relocating to make it fit.

    At this stage I'm favouring not fitting the solo-seat rear fairing and rather see what I can do in making a rear cowl to fit in place of the rear seat.

    Thanks to all for your input.

  4. Thanks for the suggestions and advice.

    I spent another couple of hours yesterday trying to get the solo-seat rear cowl to fit.  I progressively removed bike parts in an attempt to try and get it to fit.  In the end I abandoned it, I just had to remove too much to get it on the bike.  I'd then have to try and find a new home for the removed bits.

    Given that this is to remain a road bike, it really is not practical for me to try and relocate a lot of running gear.  I can't imagine being broken down on the side of the road somewhere and trying to remove the fairing, plus bits and pieces to access parts of the bike.

    Despite another request, no response from the solo seat manufacturer yet.

    Seems like I'll need to try and find a standard Suzuki rear seat replacement cowl (maybe unobtianium).

  5. G'day

    I was looking for some advice or previous experience with fitting a one-piece Airtech solo seat fairing (GSXR64) to a '92 GSXR 750 WN.  I imported the solo seat fairing from the USA as we get cheaper registration here in Australia for single seat bikes.  However I'm dammed if I can get it to fit in place.  Being a one-piece construction it appears to need to be "stretched" and open up over the frame including the ignition unit and radiator header tank.  I'm sure it is going to crack and break if I keep pushing it.  I just can't figure out how to fit it.  I tried to remove the ignition unit and header tank before fitting the solo seat fairing, but still no luck and I'll never get them secured again with the fairing in place.

    I've contacted Airtech in the USA, but no response as yet.

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  6. I've got a couple of ignitech, but not on OSSs.  I love 'em and as said they are cheap, dependable, tuneable and good customer service.  Jus make sure you do what the manual says in relation to total spark plug load resistance.

  7. 12 minutes ago, imago said:

    Or it may be the copper washers and/or 'O' rings on the two front & centre head nuts. When they leak it runs out either side of the cam chain tunnel usually resulting in a drip from the head gasket joint making you think that's where it's coming from.

    That is what happened to me. :(

  8. I have a mate who did exactly this on a GS850 shaftie.  The bike had been sitting for a long time and was sold to him as "not running with no spark".  After checking, he had to replace coils, plug leads, plug caps and igniter.  He bough the evilbay chinese coils, leads caps set plus a genuine igniter.  After fitting all this, the spark fired straight up and the bike ran fine.  He is in the middle of a rebuild on the bike so has been unable to check the operation of the motor under load or reliability yet.

  9. Not sure about this model specifically, but aren't there just one (or two) fuel inlet hoses - both on the fuel rail - and a vacuum hose?  If there are two fuel hoses, they tee together and along with vacuum hose go to petcock on fuel tank.  I doubt this is the problem if you've got sustained fuel supply.  Does the engine continue to run after rising to higher revs?

    The diaphragms are supposedly pretty notorious to seat correctly.  Along with the intake rubbers to the head not being sealed correctly could be the source of your issue.

  10. I've got 2 Ignitech TCIP4s on other Italian L-twin bikes and could not recommend them highly enough.  Just watch that you use the correct matched coils (or stock) and don't have too many resistive elements in the plug leads, caps etc.  Both Ignitech units were purchased direct from Ignitech - they were helpful and responsive.  Fully programable timing and rev limiter if needed.  The only negative I find is the old serial cable connector - make sure you order with the Ignitech.  I would definitely go this way again with my Kat if/when needed.

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