Hello all, I've decided to start a new build thread on here considering my previous thread wasn't too entertaining and didn't have much of a following. To start, I'm located here in the great city of Indianapolis, Indiana! I'm a Senior at IUPUI studying both Mechanical Engineering, Motorsports Engineering, with minors in Math and Physics. Enough of the boring #$%*.
To List a few of the new things on this puppy
*Chassis
- 1975 SuperSport Tank and Petcock
- All Balls Fork Seals
- All Balls Front/Rear Bearings and Seal Kits
- Buchannan Stainless Spokes (Front and Rear)
- Avon Roadriders (3.25 x 19 Front, 120/90-18 Rear)
- Bronze swingarm bushings and caps
- Swingarm shock mount bushings
- Front/Rear Sprockets
- Shaved bar clamp on TTT (via mill)
- Vortex Clip Ons (7 Deg)
- Vesrah Rear Brake Shoes
- EBC Front Pads
- Fork Gaitors
- Brake Splitter
- Drive Chain - Recommendations?
- Master Cylinder Rebuild Kit
- Caliper Rebuild Kit
- Custom Electronics Tray
- Shortened the rear of frame
- New Cafe Style Seat Pan (Was originally going to make my own considering my experience with CF, decided not to bother)
- New Custom Oil Tank to fit as a rear fender between frame tubes (Have access to CNC Plasma Cutter)
- Powder Coated Everything (20% Gloss Satin Black)
* Motor
- Wiseco 836 Big Bore Kit
- Stage 3 Ported Head by Bill D'Elve of Indy Performance Engines
- WebCam 63A Racing Cam
- APE Heavy Duty Studs
- High Performance Valve Springs
- Titanium Spring Retainers
- ALL new Seals and Gaskets
- New Main Bearings
- New Con Rod Bearings
- New Cam Tower Cyl 1,2 (Reason I took motor apart)
- New Clutch Discs - Thinking Barnett
- New Clutch Pressure Plate (original was damaged)
- New Sprocket
- 4 into 1 Exhaust Header (Thinking either MAC, Delkevic, or a Lossa Header - Recommendations?)
- Carb Rebuilds with serious Rejetting
*Electronics
- MotoGadget M-Unit V2.0
- M-Button
- M-Blaze Pin Turn Signals
- Radiantz Rear Brake/Turn Signal LED Array
- MotoGadget Wiring Kit
- Motone HandleBar Switches
I'm probably missing ALOT of things on the above lists. Now someone may say WTF is a broke college student doing building a bike like this hahaha. Being involved in the racing industry, as some of you know better than I, is a very tight knit group of fellows. Over the course of my 3 years in Indiana (moved here from Connecticut), I've met some pretty cool people and have built some relationships that have certainly helped. For example, I have the ability to do ALL of my own sandblasting and powdercoating for FREE, aside from my purchase of 2 lbs of Satin Black powder.
I started this project in February of my Sophomore year, and I'm a senior now. If you do the math you'll see that this project has been taking TOO DAMN LONG haha. But with that being said, this is a hobby, and I don't mind it taking this long. Progress has been very slow until now considering the above purchase list isn't exactly "cheap". At this point, everything is relatively ready to start piecing together. Hope this build thread is enjoyable for others. As a full time student taking 18 credits and working 20 hours at a bike shop, bare with me if I don't post everyday! Thanks Everyone!!!!!