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    Katana build

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    On ‎2018‎/‎05‎/‎01 at 9:09 AM, Ivan2terrible said:

    Hz it Dane. Fancy meeting u here bud.. u built a top katana.. hope this 1 is jus as tops 

    Howzit Ivan, wont be a radical build, something nice to ride for a buddy in Germany, will post some photos of the parts
    Im making soon,billet engine mounts, covers,rearsets etc etc

     

    Turbo build

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    1 hour ago, Gixer1460 said:

    Not dissing your abilities but are you aware of what a charge cooler contains? Its an air to water / cooling fluid intercooler ie a radiator within a fluid filled box! If you have the ability to machine that from a block of alloy then i'm sure NASA will be calling soon!

    You could be thinking of a plenum that contains a heat exchanger ie. the air passes through a cool water radiator that takes heat from the air into the water to be re cooled elsewhere - still plenty of fabrication and welding involved.

    And you still haven't addressed the fact, a air or oil cooled bike ......... has no water for cooling! Sure it can be added with the extra radiator, pipework and pump but it certainly won't be less bulky or more elegant than a simple air to air IC!

    Not knocking ambition - try it .................but do feel like you'll be wasting your time and effort.

    would never say you dissing my abilities, and thank you for your input, I used charge coolers on several turbo charged cars Ive built, just thaught it would be a nice challenge. look im still giving it serious thaught on what you've said, and a lot makes sence to me, let me give it serious consideration what route to take,

     

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    Turbo build

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    21 hours ago, Gixer1460 said:

    Forget the charge cooler idea - to be any good it needs to have reasonable size and also the main ingredient - water....... both of which, are or will be in sort supply on a Katana! If you do want to run mega power / boost on the road a std air to air IC has been shown to work - I used one myself. Otherwise the turbo and EFI installs are fairly common on Oldskool - do a search and read.

    thanks guys for the input. I will be going the charge cooler route, I haven't made up my mind on the motor choice, but I think it will be a good build for interest sake,Im not a fan of fabricated ,welded parts so I will give it a go at machining the complete setup from billet,

     

    Turbo build

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    I need some pointers please, I want to build a turbo katana, maybe either katana motor or GSXr lump. what I want to do is run feul injection on the bike, now what would be a good start on the injection side off things? on the inlet I want to machine my own inlet that will accommodate  a charge cooling system so I don't have a huge intercooler up front,would it be better to make busa throttles to fit the inlet so I don't have to worry about the location of the injectors or do I run one throttle on this setup? The bike will be mainly used on the road for fun..

    Carbon fibre body work

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    Can anybody help me here, Im looking for carbon fibre front fairing and tailpiece for my katana, Ive tried several times to get hold of a company "Brightlogic"

    but no luck, is there anybody else who does top quality work?

    Katana build

    in Air Cooled

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    18 hours ago, Hutch said:

    What shocks did you use on the back? Length etc?

     

    let me find out specs. they are Ohlins that were for a ZRX1200, I did change the bottom lug to suit the swing arm, let me take some photos and show you.

    Katana build

    in Air Cooled

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    Hi Guys , im new to the forum,  Im from South Africa .thaught I share one of my bikes on the forum, kinda a never ending project, always changing something on the bike.

    thanks for adding me,

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