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Gixer1460

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  1. 2 hours ago, Paulm said:

    Drill and tap the gallery plug for a normal brake hose banjo bolt and use brake hose with normal banjo fittings,you can also tap a thread into the banjo bolt and use a carburettor main jet to restrict the oil flow.

    I've seen that done but as the plug is allen key tightened you'll lose that and then you are relying on the oil fitting adapter to tighten it - risky IMO, a proper adapter is the sensible route.

  2. Don't take turbo oil feed from cams! They need it more than the turbo. Use the main gallery via plug lower RHS just ahead of clutch cover. Re drain - built a little 'tank' (50x25x25mm should be plenty) straight on to the turbo outlet with a 1/4 hose connector to the Facet.

    BTW - that's a GSX aircooled picture LOL

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  3. I really wouldn't want to use -8AN pipe for a main cooler - especially a turbo. I've used -10AN and with a 'normal' width, 19 row on a turbo - it used to get blazing hot in summer, getting out of the Bulldog for example but once trucking was mint. I had pipes to top with 180 bend Aeroquip fittings - they were my lock stops LOL!

  4. The early GSX1100's inc Katana's still had mechanical advancers so only benefit is loosing the points! Later EFE / GS1150's had all electronic ign but the timing curve (which is effectively fixed) from a 4V 1100 will not suit a 1000 2V. Many bikes out there using a Dyna S with mechanical advancer!

  5. On first glance £175 sounded outrageous but it seems to be about the market going rate ! ! ! Last time I bought a pair they were £79 and the leads added another £20! At that cost i'd get a 2 channel Bosch Amp and 4 GSRX1000 COP's - http://www.efi-parts.co.uk/index.php?productID=124 + s/hand cops should all come in under a ton! Neat solution and maybe damn sight more reliable based on recent reports of Dyna products!

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  6. Personally I'd look at just using a Gel battery - Lithium's need good, well regulated charging current / voltage to avoid damage - look how many IPhone's have blown to bits due to dodgy chargers! The old Dino engines are heavy lumps to spin over when cold so I'd reckon on a 10 / 12Ah as a minimum. Many other places to save a kilo rather than a battery I think?

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  7. On 12/8/2016 at 9:46 AM, Reinhoud said:

    You don't need a degree wheel to determine your TDC.

    Totally agree but as you'll generally be doing timing or adjustment where the degree wheel will be requirement then why not use it and remove the possibility of introduced errors between relying on a tape measure and a degree wheel? Personal preference is use one scale for multiple measurement / setting.

    With regard turning engine backwards and forwards it doesn't make much difference as long as you remember to approach the measure point from the same direction each time ie. wind it backwards at least 1/4 turn past the point and then wind it forward - this takes all the backlash out so can be relied upon - it works for me! 

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  8. Disagree - a dead blow is like tickling it. It sounds medieval but a good Club or decent sized Ball Pein is needed to shock the taper free - and it'll sound like a gunshot if its that tight! 

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  9. Old rings will work with a fresh bored / honed barrel as they'll both wear to suit each other (if in spec!) although it can be problematic with a blown motor due to the ring lands being relatively close to the piston crown. Rule of thumb for clearance is 0.003-4" per 1" of piston diameter - larger for racing applications / tighter for road going. If the guy doing the boring is any good, he'll bore and hone to suit each piston in each particular hole and mark them so they don't get mixed up.................or maybe he won't and you can trust your judgement.

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  10. On 06/12/2016 at 11:20 AM, KATANAMANGLER said:

    Isn't that precisely why the positive stop tool is used initially to set TDC on your degree wheel? You measure the travel both ways then using the  degree wheel readings you calculate true TDC. Which is when both the conrod and the  piston are at TDC.  Then you  set your wheel to true TDC and everything else is set from there and the positive stop tool is no longer required.

    Exactly! If you don't understand the principles behind the theory then how will you know what to set the cams to? You can set them to what Suzuki designed them but is that what your engine spec wants? Single cam engines are relatively simple in that the lobe centres are fixed but with double you can move both around and still have the same centreline angle sbut with totally different responses - something to think about!

  11. On 11/3/2016 at 7:28 PM, Sweary Bob said:

    Nope! That's the original first Spondon framed Bandit.

    Interesting - how did you come by it as I know the guy that got Bob to build the first one but I didn't know he'd sold it - lost touch a few years ago - he lived in Bracknell, Berks?

  12. If you can't find the correct plug I think i'd find the correct size male pins, crimp and solder to correct colour wires, push through a trimmed piece of thin plastic laid over the females into the right places, test they work electrically and cover the whole lot with hot melt glue to set in place. Once cooled / set the new 'plug connector can be removed, more glue added and all tidied up - hey presto - new connector!

  13. A mate of mine used to work for a Suburu dealer and had a couple of turbo's off cars that went to Prodrive for upgrades and unless they've changed the unit (probable given the timeframe) they were definitely too small IMO - maybe good for a 750? The 13's may give good low down response but top out too soon - the 15's and 16's are a better choice I think.

  14. Worn or under / over inflated tyres can act weird over white lines - I deffo know i've only got a 1000 or so miles left in the tyre when it starts tracking / tram lining!

    You probably never noticed but 'counter steering' is how bikes work over about 20mph - the 190 tyre won't have helped!

  15. 3 ohms is standard on most older tackle. Fitting a Dyna 'S' or a '2000' can improve the spark reliability and only with the 2000 can you use 2.2 ohm (grey) coils (although some peeps have used 2.2's with std CDI's but IMO it risks popping the electronics). The Dyna 'S' pick-ups can be used with a Dyna 4000 spark box and 1.5 (brown) or 0.7 ohm (blue) coils but for racing only.

  16. Pretty much most things will be ok with 0.5mm cable (11amps). Horn, dip and main headlights better with 1.5mm (16amps) and alternator, battery and ignition switch feeds use 2.0 / 3.0mm.(25/35amps) If you can't re-wire all the way through, its ok to splice together, solder and heatshrink over to insulate. 

    One other thing is that the CDI may not like living above the engine nor being near the coils / plug leads / plugs due to heat and / or interference.

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