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I did make another swinging arm bearing sleeve out of mild steel for mockup last night and fitted the swinging arm to see what was what. Today some needle roller inner rings made of carbon chromium steel arrived from Simply Bearings. I couldn't get the size I wanted so after some head scratching I ordered 2 different sizes 4 in total so one set slides inside the other which overcomes the difference between the swingarm arm and frame spindle size. Fitted it all together and made some temporary wheel spacers to get the back wheel to fit the 20mm spindle and centered it up. Not a lot of room for the sprocket carrier .

Few little turbo bits turned up to plumb the carbs. Made a temporary bearing sleeve up out of mild steel for the swingarm arm pivot which is 17mm, new arm is 16mm and the bearings are different sizes to the bearings sleeves won't swap over. Nipped all the engine mounts up as well.

For me it's about how the bike takes of when coming on boost not total HP and I agree that 300hp is still alright for road use much higher isn't really sreetable. Allspeeds had just over 400hp on carbs but had to bring it down to around 300hp for road use and I've ridden with him on my older setup before he sold it.

I remember that. Thanks for the pics it's all interesting to me bud

Two turbo bikes on the road at the moment both with big valve heads both ported by Rodger Uperton. Tdo4l turbocharger running 16psi made 250hp. IHI vf23 running 14psi made 260hp. Completely different bikes to ride.

Yea @Bowis the expert on this. I'v fitted a gsxr600/750k3 iner clutch to a outer B12 clutch basket in my Spondon project. Makes it 5 coil spring and Gsxrsam makes a lock-up for it as well.

Bought a couple more of these flip plates, obviously for show use only.

Michelin road 5 before that Metzler Z8 and before those Pirelli Diablo supercorsas. The sports touring tyres last longer have good grip in the corners and better grip in the wet than the sports tyres. Although riding a turbo bike in the wet is a bit like riding on ice

Tyre shop put 46 in I'v run as low as 12 recently.

Pie run to butcher up north west of me to scrub the new tyre in. 46psi seems a bit hard round our local roads. Reduced to 38 late in the afternoon (might try it slacker that that) which was loads better for my riding style. 55 tyre is smoother in quick corners but definitely more unstable at high speeds.

I'd be I'd be interested to to see a pic of your busa if you have one.

Bit like a Harris F1 frame with me beer goggles on, looks good I recon.

So yet another change of heart with the forks. I bought a rather trick set of gsxr forks of @Jdeacwith Ohlins internals held together with a set of extra wide Harris adjustable yokes from a race bike. Swapped some bearings about and slotted them into the Spondon. I like these a lot in this

And that hangs below the frame rails.

New tyre fitted, gone for a 190/55 17 this time. Pic of cush rubbers fitted to wheel for @jonny1bump