Author Topic: The Quest for Brakes and Suspension: GSX-R Treats (Read 56630 times)

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #25 on:** November 07, 2013, 03:52:45 PM »

Yup, I can afford the poster

CB750R · « **Reply #26 on:** November 08, 2013, 07:57:18 AM »

Man I'm pretty jealous of the gsxr and spoked combo! I did my fork swap 8 yrs ago and none of these resources were out there! I had found some random Internet photos of 2 other cb750s with different forks and wheels!

Great looking build thread keeper goin!

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #27 on:** November 08, 2013, 08:00:51 AM »

Gotta definitely keep her rollin', I've got a 450 sidecar project I want to get completed by spring! Oh, the pressure!

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #28 on:** November 08, 2013, 10:45:30 AM »

My solution to gold bling...goodbye!

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #29 on:** November 08, 2013, 12:11:03 PM »

Here we have one round of rouge. I hope you guys prefer the polished aluminum to the gold!

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #30 on:** November 08, 2013, 01:38:20 PM »

Both polished and finished.

mono · « **Reply #31 on:** November 08, 2013, 01:44:40 PM »

You cut through that with rouge? Nice. I normally hate gold, but for some reason I like the anodized gold shocks. When I get around to doing a swap like that, I'm keeping it gold! Yours looks good though.

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sethdhawkins · « **Reply #32 on:** November 08, 2013, 01:49:52 PM »

I stripped both forks with sodium hydroxide (yum), after which, I polished.

Sharpy · « **Reply #33 on:** November 08, 2013, 01:52:30 PM »

Loving the idea of doing something like this! Looks awesome already!

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #34 on:** November 08, 2013, 01:54:39 PM »

Just waiting on the damn tooling to show up for the triples and then we'll have some real progress!

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #35 on:** November 08, 2013, 05:50:03 PM »

Yes yes.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #36 on:** November 09, 2013, 04:27:01 PM »

Gday Seth, how did you end up going with the RS34's mate, I see you fitted an O2 sensor, how are the carbs working now...?

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #37 on:** November 09, 2013, 04:38:55 PM »

I ran them all summer. They aren't perfect, as I can't grab a fistful from standstill, but they're nice. The wide band worked out very well for tuning, and I can see where things are still a tad off. I'm gonna up the main jet, replace an accelerator pump boot, and play a little more with the accelerator pump. Should have a pretty fun bike when all is said and done.

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #38 on:** November 09, 2013, 06:15:52 PM »

Mick, you'll have to show off some of those sexy triples we were discussing

That is, unless they're on the hush hush. I'm gonna try the stock gixxer offset to begin with, if I can't stomach the handling, I'll have a set made up.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #39 on:** November 10, 2013, 01:21:09 AM »

Quote from: sethdhawkins on November 09, 2013, 04:38:55 PM

I ran them all summer. They aren't perfect, as I can't grab a fistful from standstill, but they're nice. The wide band worked out very well for tuning, and I can see where things are still a tad off. I'm gonna up the main jet, replace an accelerator pump boot, and play a little more with the accelerator pump. Should have a pretty fun bike when all is said and done.

Keep us posted on the results mate....

Nothing to show with the triples yet, still buying too much other stuff....

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #40 on:** November 12, 2013, 12:34:43 PM »

Some mockup!

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #41 on:** November 13, 2013, 02:39:18 PM »

Gentlemen, we have some sex appeal going on here. I also shaved the lower triple and powdered the upper and lower triples satin black.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #42 on:** November 13, 2013, 02:42:22 PM »

I may have missed it but, what is that front hub mate..?

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #43 on:** November 13, 2013, 02:44:31 PM »

I sourced a stem from a member of DTT. It should be here tomorrow. It's far cheaper than getting one machined. I'm hoping to have the frontend all mounted tomorrow night, as my pretty lady is having drinks with friend...I shall retreat to the man cave

. I think I'm gonna slap a piece of billet in the lathe and turn out a dust cap that I can tack to the upper lock nut. It seems so damn bulky.

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #44 on:** November 13, 2013, 02:50:59 PM »

Mick,

A guy named Devin is turning them out and is slowly putting together quite the assortment of parts over at cognitomoto.com. The hubs are bolt on for many gixxer fronts. I started with a harley hub, but would've spent just as much having adapters made.

Vinhead1957 · « **Reply #45 on:** November 13, 2013, 02:52:41 PM »

It's going to be a long winter so keep the porno coming! Are you going to clear the down tubes with any sealer. All my polished covers took a beating at Oob over the summer.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #46 on:** November 13, 2013, 03:58:00 PM »

Quote from: sethdhawkins on November 13, 2013, 02:50:59 PM

Mick,

A guy named Devin is turning them out and is slowly putting together quite the assortment of parts over at cognitomoto.com. The hubs are bolt on for many gixxer fronts. I started with a harley hub, but would've spent just as much having adapters made.

Thanks Seth, thats cool....

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #47 on:** November 14, 2013, 09:04:32 AM »

Vinhead, if ya get bored watching the white fluffy stuff, bring over a project

sethdhawkins · « **Reply #48 on:** November 14, 2013, 02:15:37 PM »

Well gentlemen, here's to the night! Check back in a few hours. It's gonna look pretty good round these parts.

mono · « **Reply #49 on:** November 14, 2013, 03:23:11 PM »

Please tell me you had the flask PCd. ...

** ahh never mind... expanded the pic and I see it's leather bound. Still very nice.

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