So, the front end is a complete swap, triples guages, forks, wheels brakes. the bike already had a tapered roller conversion in the head, so all I did was swap the lower bearing and race from the CB onto the FZR lower triple. Top clamp, I made a plate and mounted the new gauges and stock ignition. I had to use a spacer between the upper bearing and the dust cup, or else the dust cup would bottom on the frame and not let the bearings to seat properly, I used the washer from the CB's headset. I also had to cut off the top tab on the headstock of the frame to allow my ignition to mount up. I've lost the steering lock as a result. I had to cut down the lower fork stops on the frame to allow for adaquate steering room, carefull not to remove too much and allow the clip ons to hit the tank!! I'm going to mount LEDs into the bucket of the headlight for the idiot lights, I haven't gotten that far so no pics!. If the steering is too steep, I'll have to mount standard handlebar clamps to the top of the triples, and slide down the fork tubes, we will see...
Rear. I have mounted the rear to the stock swingarm, It fits a 150 on a 18inch rim!! the hub of a FZR is 20mm narrower than the comstars. so, I measured the distance from the sprocket to the swingarm to ensure I'd have proper chain line, and low and behold, with even 10mm spacers on each side the chain line is within 1mm of stock!! The tricky part is that the comstars have 20mm axles, while the FZRs have 17mm so the spacers look like top hats, the narrow part is 15mm or so, to slide through the chain adjuster and swingarm, and is 20mm in diameter, the fat part is 10mm wide, and the large enough to but up against the stock spacers and the chain adjusters. the rear brake, hasn't been 100% figured out, I think my master cylinder of the original honda setup is leaking, so I may make the FZR one mount up to the stock lever, we shall see. I did use the FZRs bolts and hose, and attached to the CB's master, and bled it up and it feels ok, but like I said there's a leak so can't get a solid feel at the lever.
The chain is a 530, so I will have to run an earlier models countershaft sprocket on the 77's engine, I haven't put one on yet, but I doubt it'll be an issue.
I have another front rim, this one was ebayed but has a flat spot, the new one is a sweet gunmetal grey, that I will probably paint the rear to match. the rear has the edge polished its pretty sweet.
So thats one of the few projects going on with my baby. once the engine is back in, I'm mounting a D&D can to the stock 4into1 header, to giver a little sportbike flavour and hopefully a little throatier, (previous owner bolted a stock kawi can that sounded horrible) The 900cc kit is going to have to wait for the moment, untill the machine shop fixes that issue
Sorry again about the delay, just think about how I feel, I cant ride!!!!
