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I'm going to the show anyway, happy to bring the (standard) ET along.
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Some aftermarket kits are decent, some are utter sh1te. I had a set from Wemoto for the ET and they appeared decent in terms of finish on the float valves etc. They've been in two years (maybe three?) and are fine. A mate got a set for a not-suzuki from Eblag and they were piss poor. The threads all looked like they'd been carved in with a stanley blade.
So I would say if you're getting aftermarket stuff then get them from a reliable shop/trader and you should be OK.
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On 6/6/2018 at 5:29 PM, wraith said:You use to see more EFE's about than Katanas, but as the EFE engine was sort after for a long time, I think a lot of them for dismantled for the engine, then put in drag bikes and chips etc.
Give it 15 or 20 years and the same will be true of 'busas. The engines out of those are going into kit cars and grass track cars like there's no tomorrow.
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23 hours ago, wraith said:
Have you made any progress in it?
And where is the project build updates with pics?
Is that code for "Is the air cooled engine going spare now?"
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3 minutes ago, Hutch said:
Cheers @wraith, i have a set of RS38's waiting and as i am in the trade i have a few exhausts that would work. CDI , oil cooler will have to go on my shopping list. Nice Kat by the way
I reckon the way Ash did it would be the cheapest route, buy a complete B12, break the bike and sell of what you don't want.
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I'd agree with @nlovienstick the Bandit lump in to get you going without breaking the bank. Then you can do a full strip and overhaul as time and funds allow on the original lump. Once that's done you can leave it on the shelf to swap over at a later date.
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19 minutes ago, NorthernBloke said:
I like this idea as well but I bet its not that easy to keep some of these things hidden. How far are you going to take it i.e. how "standard " does it need to look to the average peron or to an enthusiast? Depending on how far you want to take it you could go to newer RWU forks with cartridges in them and the average Joe wouldn't notice. Good Luck with it.
As far as I can without getting silly, and by silly I mean spending stupid amounts. I got a price from Maxton to convert the existing forks to cartridges, @£800 including bushes and seals. A lot of money, but the price of USD's yolks etc. to go the 'conventional' modified route and you're soon near that money anyway.
A similar deal with using the carbs to mount the injectors. Whip out everything bar the butterflies, machine up four sleeves and sit the injectors in through where the diaphragms were. As opposed to buying throttle bodies, then spacing them to suit and altering them and/or the boots to get them to fit the head.
I just fancy the challenge really, although I'll probably feel differently about it about half way through.
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14 minutes ago, wraith said:
There is one of the modern mud wight bikes ( think it a kwak?) That if you are not looking for it could be taken for standard gsx wheels, but will give you the better rubber.
Do like your plans
a proper sleeper 
Thanks, it'll be worth a look then, but the problem with the wheels looking standard is the odd sizes as well as the snowflake pattern. If I'm honest, I'm unlikely to need that extra rubber these days anyway.
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I realised today that it's over four years since I stripped this cosmetically challenged example.
There have been a few plans for it from a completely standard restoration to, an anything goes all out modified machine. The trouble is I want to do something as different as possible, like many others no doubt. That lead me to the latest, and now favourite idea. I want it look completely standard/original and modify it as much as I can without anything showing unless you dig into it. It sounds dull, but when you start to look at what can be done I'm liking the process of getting as much in as possible.
For the engine mechanically that'll be head/valve work and a big bore. Fuelling will be to gut the carbs and use them as throttle bodies to fit the injectors into. Ignition will be small stick coils to get rid of the wasted spark set up. Then electrically/electronically it'd be full ECU control and some additional work in that for security, along with LED lighting and a better loom. Running gear is going to be limited, but cartridges in the forks, and some much improved rear shocks will make a vast difference. Frame and swing arm are going to be even more limited, but it should be possible to get a new swing arm made up that looks very similar, but is much more rigid. Wheels and tyres will have to stay standard, but I'm sure the brakes can be improved with a bit of thought.
Any other thoughts/suggestions?
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Before you consign the CDI to the bin, strip the multi-plug and check the pins and the pins connection to the wires loom side and CDI side. Poor connections there will give you the issues you describe.
Most of the time a faulty CDI will just not operate rather than be a poor spark.
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It was a fitting send off for a good bloke who'll be sorely missed.
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A genuinely nice bloke and a good friend, shared some great times with him at the TT . It was a privilege Pete, ride easy mate.
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Posted · Edited by imago
As with anything, you can only speak as you find. The problem with empirical evidence for bike parts is that you will always be up against quality control and supplier changes.
So I can say without fear of contradiction, and with proof, that the float valves that I bought from Wemoto were and are fuel tight. What I can't say is that buying from them or another source today would give the same results. Equally neither I (nor anyone else) can say that buying OEM today will be better quality for the reasons mentioned above. 'You pays your money' etc.
As for bench testing, yes is the answer. Purely because the carbs are such a pain in the arse to remove and refit. However, that test is only useful if you go away from the OEM vacuum tap, which in itself demonstrates that Suzuki weren't completely confident in the capabilities of the float valves they were fitting when the bikes were new.