badgerkdd Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Nice and simple, neat . Quote Link to comment
garry55 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 the battery box, finished at last.......... 5 Quote Link to comment
garry55 Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 damaged Katana fuel tank........... who ya gonna call..........? Magical Racing .jp........... 5 Quote Link to comment
Rene EFE Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Is that just a cover? Where did you get that from? Quote Link to comment
busa ash Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 i must just say "love this build " very original and i like your design ethic of trying too keep as much katanaesque as possible carry on  really like the battery solution Quote Link to comment
MrS819 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Like the carbon cover and the battery box. Â Quote Link to comment
garry55 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 On 2/24/2017 at 8:34 AM, Rene EFE said: Is that just a cover? Where did you get that from? yes - it's a hand laid carbon cover available from here.......... http://www.moto-works.jp/magicalracing.html  3 Quote Link to comment
garry55 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 today I have been mostly fitting the Kettle air box - the tw*t put up a hell of a fight - had to remove the original Katana air box mounting bracket on the frame, the Kettle air box side cover mounting lugs and the inlet trunking on the rear of the air box to get it somewhere near. Then I had to beat some subtle dents into the air box upper rear to allow it it to clear the top frame tubes. Funny how an air box for a 3 cylinder 2-stroke is as wide as that for a 4 cylinder 4-stroke, but it's in at last............. Â although the air box mountings are far from central in the Katana frame.......... tine for some more welding.......... Quote Link to comment
garry55 Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 some more progress today...................... new air box mounting bracket fabricated and attached new air box mounting point installed air box butchered to allow clearance for frame rails and some frame bracing 2 Quote Link to comment
Rncv Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 great work so far, looking forward to the end result Quote Link to comment
homer Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Those gt750 engines are so sweet and mix with katana... perfection Quote Link to comment
SiBag Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Nice Work, I'm going to be watching with interest Quote Link to comment
KATANAMANGLER Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 When working on my own katana I often put the kettle on but I never would have thought to put the kettle in! Inspired. 3 Quote Link to comment
Dorkburger Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Damn, this a cool build. The battery box (among other things) is genius. Quote Link to comment
Fazz711 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Any more updates. Wanting to see how this is progressing. Quote Link to comment
garry55 Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 to preserve as many iconic Katana styling features as possible, whilst significantly updating the bike, I have had a replacement front mudguard fabricated. Shown alongside a 17" original from a GSX250S, it is wider to allow it to fit over a modern, wider 17" tyre............... 4 Quote Link to comment
garry55 Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Three.............................. into................................. one............................. 2 Quote Link to comment
vizman Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 i've never seen a two smoker sharing an expansion chamber Quote Link to comment
garry55 Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 It's a Strader system, made in the USA, and modified in the UK so that the tail pipe follows the line of the seat rail - hence the extensions to the header pipes.  Also added some spring hanger attachments on the collector box and 3 pipes. Piper used to produce a similar system here in the UK. Quote Link to comment
Guest Manxzookie Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Not good for performance though Quote Link to comment
garry55 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Not good for top-end performance, true - but they do enrich the low and mid-range performance, which is what I want from my road bike. And they sound like nothing else................. Quote Link to comment
sparki Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 ... 2 years later! updates required sir Quote Link to comment
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