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  1. Yeah I have the right groove in use. Never thought to check alignment though!
  2. Pisses me right off. Even with a new liner it struggles. Yes probably need to drop roller tension so it just skids. Actually maybe I cranked the tension prior to new liner and then didn't drop tension again.. oooohhhhhh
  3. Only bugger i have found is that it birdsnests easy, but that could be more user error than anything
  4. That's pretty good, but budget in a big regulator to take normal bottles. Those small ones are not cost effective
  5. Oooh, it's actually an es, owned by @64valiant Quite a special bike and I hope when the times right he starts a project thread for it
  6. Any and all swarf in our garage ends up in our house. They are still the same thing. Fml. Love the updates tho man. Edit. It's damn cool how you are able to successfully use many different methods of doing stuff and you know when to use each one and when not to. I admit, my first thought when I saw the scalloping of that tube was OMG ITS GOING TO BANANA WHEN HE WELDS IT HOWS HE GOING TO STOP THIS and then you bust out the silver solder and I'm like "argh, genius"
  7. Took this out for about four hours yesterday for a really good shakedown run. It couldn't have gone better, I'm REALLY happy with how these mods have gone so far. -The carbon fibre pegs didn't fall off. They felt rock solid the entire time, and unless I tactually thought about the new rearsets (at one stage I thought, hey, these aren't slippery, that's good)- they felt 100% like the old ones, which is perfect. No additional vibration either (which was a minor concern as the factory ones have rubber isolator bushes plus big rubber foot pads. -The carbon bars are amazing. Holy shit was I worried about these. I bought some bloody expensive raised clipons but ended up having to stick with the factory's rubber isolated top yoke to hold them. The CF bars saved over 1kg over the original bars and end weights. I was told that CF is naturally good at dampening vibration but that doesn't work with my brain because to me CF is "springy". Maybe its the rubber isolators doing their job, maybe its the CF, but regardless- have had the bike to some good speeds and the bars remain totally DEAD, zero vibration at all. Infact there might even be less vibration or hum than there was previously with the solid aluminum bars and end weights- but this may have been caused by the heated grips which lack squish. I went with 32mm diameter renthal kevlar grips which look unusual (pale yellow) but feel farking great for my hands (my right wrist is a problem) -I changed to an early 200's R1 throttle tube. This was a factory part and at 45$ was a real bargain- It reduces throttle movement from 1/4 to 1/5th turn. This is a HUGE deal as it means you don't have to take a second bite with your hand prior to overtaking. Again, I was a bit worried that it might make things twitchy but in reality not a concern in the least. I did not even think about the change in throttle response until after the ride when i thought " hey I didn't need to consciously move my wrist once!" -The EBC sintered metalic front pads and gen2 (metalman brand from australia) zx10r discs have got a lot more initial bite than my old discs, this caught be a bit off guard a few times when I squeezed on a bit more front brake than expected, but overall thats awesome. Everything works, no vibrations or other problems. -The weight loss. The half KG off the front wheel by going zx10 plus the other 13KG lost since last ride (I had those pipes on before i pulled it to bits) has made an absolutely huge difference to how it rides. Far far far more than people would assume. I don't know if its because that half KG is rotating mass up front, or if its because a large portion of that weight was up quite high on the bike, but shits incredibly responsive compared to before. I was worried that there was going to be some placebo effect, or maybe i wouldn't notice because I hadn't been on it for a few months, but the first time did a bit of a zig-zag up the road I was like "oh my god". Its extreme enough that for the first hour (and occasionally after that) I was pushing a bit too deep into some corners and was having to straighten back up a little mid corner. I sat round with a workmate and compared weights yesterday-One source had my year bike at 225kg (lighter than the other gen2's as I don't have ABS). Weight loss would put mine about 200kg, or 20kg more than most of the 1 liter superbikes around (like his big dollar aprilia). So I've I've managed to halve the difference, that's a long way toward making it not a "whale" and really puts things into perspective. I can't really do much more to chop out any additional weight except fit the ZX rear wheel (might be a job for next winter)...or I could shell out for CF fairings or lose 5kg front and 5kg rear by going with some billet magnesium wheels (shit would be amazing) but right now I'm 10/10 happy. Cold kiwi this weekend hence the lame roof rack on the rear
  8. I don't know if that system is usual. The ones I have seen have a lever and screw that operates on the same piston as the fluid.
  9. My brain can't figure out how the piston moves If it's hydrolocked
  10. Wilwood does cable and electronic parking brake calipers.
  11. Lots of cars have cable hand brakes- there should be a huge number of choices.
  12. Had a guy weld some new machined bosses onto the aluminium subframe. This is the final step needed to convert it to gen2 plastics (the light weight subframe is from a gen1). This saves 2.9kg over the steel subframe from the gen2 but shouldn't be used for touring with luggage and pillion (not a problem here as A, I don't know anyone I'd like to have on the back, and B, I didn't bother with the hardware to attach the pillion seat. So now it's all back together (aside from bars) and it pretty much looks just the same as it did before- which is fine by me.
  13. More titanium turned up to replace the caliper bolts (this saved 80g) and to hold down the front guard. Got them in silver and then made them dark purple/blue as usual
  14. I know I worked with a relatively small sample size, but I saw Lincoln welders fail and be sent out for repair more than any other brand. They must be alright because people swear by them....but it left a bad taste in my mouth
  15. I need to pull finger and get set up to tig here. That's a damn nice option. 8m lead is long!
  16. Okay.. last post about these rear sets. Finally all installed with torqued and loctited Ti hardware (cheaper to buy it in silver and just dip them yourself and it's only a few seconds, plus the color matches) The left side with Ti hoop was a BASTARD to color because the act of heating the Ti to do the riveting creates a layer of oxide that must first be removed. It's a patchy gold/red/purple now which doesn't match the other side, but for now it will do. (Occured to me this morning that I might need to visit @Kimjon for a Hoon on his sand blaster then immediately anodise to fix the problem) Extremely happy with how it's all come out ☺️.
  17. Definately. Plus the material itself is pricy. I justify it because I know if I don't pay someone else to do the hard stuff-i'll just never do it.
  18. Got my little aluminium spacers for the front discs (washers) and my titanium hardware, then had a new tire put on the zx10 wheel and the old tire pulled off the busa one. 580g of unsprung and rotational weight- damn happy with that!! I then drilled some holes in the left side rear set plate and used gas and a form to bend some 6mm titanium rod to shape. I hammered it through the holes(was a right fit) then heated the ends with more gas and hammered/riveted the back side. Super happy with how that's turned out too!!! Will clean up and re-anodise the whole lot, then final assembly :-D. Oh and the black guard is a glass one for a gsxr1000. It saves 370g
  19. How do you earth a 5v supply rail... Damn that's got me confused. Do you mean the 5v power supply itself?
  20. Forgot to mention. Defeat any shitty areas with tons of filler rod. Don't worry about how ugly it looks since you'll be grinding it flush before the final pass anyway
  21. I have done this a few times myself on aluminium sumps (modifications to change bowl location, shorten sumo etc). So, old dirty oily aluminium. As others have said.... Clean the crap out of it Grind the top layer off so that it's not covered in a layer of dirty pores. Weld it up as best as possible. It will probably throw a tantrum and the weld will be full of shit. Grind the weld off (including the shit that's floated to the surface) Weld it again. I think I have only had to do the clean up grind once, but wouldn't be surprised if you had to do it more than once.
  22. Yeah I had to pay to get the simulation features. Bloody expensive at near $100 a month
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