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As you can see the bracing stops short of the pivot. Agreed it is a stiff chunk of ally but it doesn’t go all the way to the pivot tube.

@coombehouseI see what you mean by attaching to the pivot tube but if you look at the K1 and K2 GSXR 1000 and 750 the bracing stops short of the pivot tube. I'm not convinced that the bracing has no effect at all.

I'm curious. Why isn't the bracing contributing to torsional or flexural stiffness?

Just had a look at the Koso clocks. They look to be good value with loads of features. The only thing they don’t do is make you a brew and light a fag for you.

Cracking colour for the engine covers mate. They’ll look really good on the bike

I would love to do a track day. I am a complete virgin never done one before. What possibly can go wrong? Besides it would be good to meet up with some of you guys and put faces to names.

Glad you got it sorted and you are carrying on next year. it's one of the first posts i look for, this one

I think they maybe off a water cooled GSXR 1100 I’m pretty sure they’re the same size journal as oil cooled but not sure about the length. This is for the GSXR 1100 W https://www.partzilla.com/catalog/suzuki/motorcycle/1994/gsx-r1100w/crankshaft

Yahoo lets chuck it in the fuck it bin and move on

Glad it’s sorted mate onwards and upwards

I’m confused now. What do you want to know? First you’re asking if they’re stock (which they aren’t). Then you’re asking which type of jet to use. A good starting point would all four pilot jets of the same size and make. Seeing as you have Mikuni carbs then I would use Mikuni pilot jets of a size that you feel to be a good starting point. Dynojet ones from the bandit 1200 kit are marked as JM 018 which work well for the state of tune of your bike. mikuni standard pilot jets for your bike are marked like this: the width of the nozzle of the jet I measured as 2.47 mm hope this helps

Hi Mate, I'll have a look when I get home tonight. I've just checked the manual and all that it refers to is #15 but I don't think that is much use helping you to identify the pilot jets you have.

It can crimp up the oil seal mate, one of the reasons to put a smear of oil on it before fitting it.

Love this build. That wiring is so neat

Sorry Alex I have just double checked my sprocket cover. My mistake bolt 26 is one to omit and to trim up the spigot off the casing. Sorry about the error I have edited my reply

Yes it does fit I needed to modify the cover by omitting bolt 26 and trimming the spigot that it goes through.

Give these folk a call http://www.pittedforks.co.uk/ they re-chromed my forks a few years ago and it worked out about half the price of a new set of stanchions. I don't know how much it will be now but their work is good and my forks are still good today. They did a collect and delivery as part of the cost and they removed the stanchions from the fork bottoms which is a real pain in the arse on USD forks. But like Gixer1460 says it may prove a lot cheaper to buy a good second hand set. Best do some research on the prices mate.

Hi Ernie I have got the basic set up you have, I'm running mk2 carbs with dual pod filters and an Akropovic full system. I put a dyno jet stage 3 in and it worked sound. I put it on a dyno and it was fine just a bit if tweeking with the needles. So in answer to your question yes it is worth a dyno jet and a bit of dyno time. If you don't go down the road of a dyno jet system you need bigger mains and a dyno run minimum to sort your fueling. I've just checked the DJ kit and this should give you a good starting point all info for the stage 3 kit: Main Jet size : DJ 144 equates to Mikuni 135 Pilot Jet DPJM018 can't find the Mikuni equivalent Mixture screw 2.5 turns out

What @fatblokeonbandit said mate it is 220 mm

I’ve got the mk2 carbs with Dynojet fitted mate. I’ll give them a try tomorrow and see what they run like on the Dynojet settings

Cheers mate I realise this but Dynojet say 11 to 11.5 mm in the instructions. Am I right in thinking that the Suzuki way would mean a lower fuel level

I have a B12 with mk2 carbs fitted. I have fitted a Dynojet and the instructions recommend a float height of 11 - 11.5 mm so I did this and then measured all 4 carbs with clear plastic tube and the float bowl drain hole. The good news is that there was no leaks and all 4 carbs had the same fuel height in the bowl. Here’s the catch I think the fuel height is too high. I have put a photo of the height from the outside. Could someone with experience/knowledge of this let me know whether I’m too high or indeed too low. many thanks in advance

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I think you’ve found your problem with the gaskets number 7. Although I would have put money on the Mickey Mouse ears being knocked as you replaced the cover. I’ve done it loads of times just the slightest displacement gives you an oil leak. Hope you’ve sorted it mate

Awesome glad it's sorted. Now post some pictures or it never happened.