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Cal's latest wiring job
« on: October 03, 2017, 08:50:54 PM »
Photos from Jake Gagne's World Superbike CBR1000RR SP2
Cal's been busy upping his wiring game!

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Re: Cal's latest wiring job
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2017, 08:59:44 PM »
 Making mental notes on where they cut weight out onnthe triple trees..
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Re: Cal's latest wiring job
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2017, 10:02:16 PM »
Whats the cable operated thing front left ?
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Re: Cal's latest wiring job
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2017, 10:03:51 PM »
They did not do it in the diameter of those fork tubes...I realize they are USD forks but those are HUGE.
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Re: Cal's latest wiring job
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2017, 04:36:46 AM »
Quote from: scunny on October 03, 2017, 10:02:16 PM
Whats the cable operated thing front left ?
Yes inquiring minds want to know. Some kind of cable operated belt drive gizmo. Throttle control of some kind maybe ??
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Re: Cal's latest wiring job
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2017, 09:24:12 AM »
That is a remote brake lever adjuster to adjust for brake fade


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Re: Cal's latest wiring job
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2017, 09:49:36 AM »
Quote from: ekpent on October 04, 2017, 04:36:46 AM
Quote from: scunny on October 03, 2017, 10:02:16 PM
Whats the cable operated thing front left ?
Yes inquiring minds want to know. Some kind of cable operated belt drive gizmo. Throttle control of some kind maybe ??

Remote brake adjuster.  Many racers have these.
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Re: Cal's latest wiring job
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2017, 09:57:18 AM »
Quote from: SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan on October 04, 2017, 09:49:36 AM
Quote from: ekpent on October 04, 2017, 04:36:46 AM
Quote from: scunny on October 03, 2017, 10:02:16 PM
Whats the cable operated thing front left ?
Yes inquiring minds want to know. Some kind of cable operated belt drive gizmo. Throttle control of some kind maybe ??

Remote brake adjuster.  Many racers have these.
Thanks for the info,had no idea they even had those. Shows what kind of a 'racer' I am.
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Re: Cal's latest wiring job
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2017, 12:02:25 PM »
It's pretty stinkin' amazing what the pros do -- changing maps, TC, engine braking on the fly; reading their pitboards and meter while screaming down the straight; all while trying to maintain their rhythm, pass or block as needed.
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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