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45 minutes ago, RGSX said:
When I ride with my brother in law on his HD he laughs at my clunky tranny
its just letting you know its changed gear
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if anyone is interested i got hold of a NOS spindle for £12, and the length is 330mm not including the head.
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19 minutes ago, johnr said:
although to be fair, they dont have poor oil pressure, they have low oil pressure, but they only have that because thats all they need, i think time has proven that the low oil pressure isnt really a reliability issue.
poor stator output on gsx's is a bit of an urban myth, the problems with reliability of the charging system were due to the design of the charging circuit using a phase that was switched by the headlight. bikes run with the lights always on had fewer charging problems because all three phases were working the same, and bikes with the reg rec wired directly to all three alt phases were equally untroubled.. the loom was the problem, not the stator, clutches suffered because these engines took so much abuse that eventually something had to give. starter motors, well, theyre a consumable, you might as well say spark plugs werent great..... ;-)agree John,
yeah one of the things i did on the 750 was sort out the bodged wiring and do away with the light loop, its still running an original oem R/R and it still charges perfect (for now) the old motors where over engineered which makes them last, the engine in mine is so quiet for a 40 year old not like my 1200 bandit engine.
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29 minutes ago, Dezza said:
I always thought slabbies had RWU forks
they do, but someone asked the question about USD's
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USD stanchions can be a rite bitch to remove, the grub screw normally seizes in but if you get that out unscrewing the stanchion is really tight. i did one of my legs a few months ago, will not do it again unless i have all the right gear, much easier getting a shop to do it.
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looking down the bore of the carbs are all the throttle butterflies fully closed ? if so it could be an air leak.
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if i go for an 1100 AC engine it would be left standard, im not bothered about having a 130 bhp im happy with an engine that has lots of torque and low down grunt
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the carb spacing is different on mk2's compared to mk1's . you might have problems lining them up ? but not sure if you can find rubbers to match.
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10 minutes ago, wraith said:
You don't have enough bike projects on the go, if you've had time for 7 kids
when you have that many kids you cant afford many projects
most of em have gone but still got 2 at home, the 2 bloody girls 
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i like engines with a roller bearing crank. yeah i know they can twist but but a pretty strong bottom end.
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also double check the chain alignment is ok.
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3 minutes ago, Gixer1460 said:
Life does have its bonuses - fixed your quote LOL!
ha ha yeah theirs 7 of em
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20 minutes ago, clivegto said:
I bought a 1100efe motor recently for £650, though that wasn't too expensive as I have seen cranks for sale at £500. I know someone who got a gs1000 motor recently for less than 1/2 that. There are still bargains out there there just not that easy to find.
gona have to sell some of the kids and start saving up for one
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32 minutes ago, Blubber said:
Because you need "man" hands to operate the clutch of a EFE .
Viz knows.. because only his misses drives one
( it is called Valentino ) link
got ya
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3 hours ago, vizman said:
Because most people are fannies.
why ?
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33 minutes ago, johnr said:
yeah, but you could buy 2 oilcooled engine for the cost of an efe engine and thats if you can find one.
can't say ive ever seen one of them for sale ????
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on a similar vain i put a 1200 bandit engine into a Z1100 shaft frame, i know the engine is smaller than a GS1000 but as bin said loads of room for a wide swingarm and plenty of room for the chain.
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1 hour ago, Captain Chaos said:
Draw through turbo is the answer.
ha ha yeah then it'll go
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51 minutes ago, Dezza said:
OK, that makes sense. What part of the B12 carbs foul the tank? I ask as the BST 36s from a 750 Teapot have lower tops than those for the B12 (pics on this thread)
. GSXR BST 36s also vary much in 'bits that stick out and may cause clearance problems, e.g. throttle cable brackets'. Finally, BST 34s from the 1100 slabby/powerscreen are really compact compared with other BSTs, e.g. low tops, don't have bits sticking out. These fit B12 rubbers and only have an opener cable.
it was the black top on the 1200 bandit carbs, they as you know are a bit taller than the 600's. the thing is i was trying to put together a collection of parts i had lying around and build something to mess about on ( ive been on long term sick ) so cash is tight. but that bike has been put to one side as i'm on with the 750ET
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23 minutes ago, wraith said:
You need the oil pump gears as well
I'm lucky, I have the Kat with a 1127 in it, the ET with a b12 in it and the gs1000 board to 1100cc, not as fast as the Kat or ET but grate fun to ride. Got to agree with @Dezza the air cooled motors just put the power down in so much of a different way and until you have riden both big bikes you just won't understand
oh i understand wraith, ive ridden a few gsx1100's and owned a bike with a 1260 big bore in it, ive also ridden countless 1200 bandits and gsxr1100's (owned both) i love the oil cooled engine as its one of the best engines suzuki ever built but i think a gsx looks really cool with the air cooled engine in it.
this was my mad gsxr1100 i built, tried to kill me many times
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9 minutes ago, Dezza said:
I still do not understand why you want to fit 32mm carbs. B12 mk1 carbs and rubbers aren't that difficult to source.
explained in other thread
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1 minute ago, Dezza said:
If you are going to use the Blandit 1200 engine with Blandit 1200 BST36s and rubbers, why go to all the trouble fitting the bonsai 32mm micro-mini, "make my engine asthmatic" Iwajima carbs along with their rubbers? The B12 MK1 carbs and rubbers are probably the easiest OSS carbs and rubbers to source, although you'll probably have to do some work to bring a secondhand set up to scratch
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bit of a long story Dezza, but basically i have a 750 zuma frame and did have a 1200 motor (went in another bike) i have a good set of 600 carbs/rubbers and zuma airbox that i was gona use. the problem was the tank i modified to fit the frame would of fowled on the top of a set of 1200 carbs. if i raised the tank it looked shit and didn't sit right with the seat unit.
ive never ridden a gsx1200 or the GS1200 ss but what ive read is they are still very grunty low down and in the mid range but lack top end. im not bothered about doing a 140 mph
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looks like the gsx1200 rubbers are still available from Suzuki but £31.39 each !!!!!!
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6 minutes ago, bluedog59 said:
Two points.
Are we talking 33mm CV carbs or 33mm slide carbs ( possibly VM29ss bored to 33mm) ?
Would it be possible you could make some aluminium spacer plates to go between the head and rubbers to move the carbs back ?
i was talking 32mm bandit CV carbs, yeah that was another thought about 5mm spacers between the head and rubbers. their are some bikes that have them.
gsx1100 engines
in Air Cooled
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maybe your clutch need looking at ?