Way to keep grinding it out

Lose the spring seat and relocate that tag/brake light and you're in business

 

I think the black works. Still looks really stretched out, but that could change with whatever seat/fender you end up with. Looking forward to hearing how it handles with the longer wheelbase; only talked to a couple guys that stretched, and they said it rode smoother. If it doesn't corner well, you could always make a luxury bagger out of it...

 

Hell yea man, looks the ****!

Now, I am not meaning to push my hopes and dreams on you, but just looking at this thing here are some thoughts:

Have you thought about relocating the license plate bracket/brake light to the rear axle nut? Not sure if you would be able to, but it would help you clean up that area around the seat.

Also, about your rear fender... I may just be dreaming here, but why don't you just go ahead and get rid of those fender struts completely and then throw a hugger rear fender from the bike you stole the rear end from back on it...?


(GSXR hugger rear fender)

It should mount straight to the swingarm, it will keep the water off your back, you will have plenty of clearance from the looks of it, the rear fender will flow well with the front one (same kind of shape, etc.)and getting rid of those fender struts will clean up the look of the seat area...

Now again, this is just me thinking out loud (or in text in this format I guess...) so do what with them what you will. It's your build and, I must say, you have done a hell of a bad *** job with it!

 

Thanx for all the comps!!

I am planning to run a hugger fender on there captain. May design one or may use the stock one like the pic you posted. I dont know if you can tell in the pics but I did chop off the fender struts. The plate mount was a just a quickie set up so I could ride. I am going to center the tail light and plate over the shock behind the seat.

The spring seat is not coming back. I have to be low on the frame. I am deciding on choppin up the stock seat and having it re-covered or buying something.

It is the small victories that keep me going. Tonight I decided to tackle the front brake switch / brake light problem. Since I am running the gixxer front brake lever and master cylinder, the rear brake light was staying on because that little detent on the harley controls was not being compressed. I found that a red wire and orange wire were going to that detent. I snipped the wires and crimped two little plug ends to them. I then plugged them to the little tangs on the gixxer master cylinder and BINGO.......my rear brake now works when the front brake lever is pulled. I was so friggin stoked, didnt have to buy anything!!!!

Quick question. In the offset primary kit I bought, the offset motor sprocket is a one peice unit. How can this replace the compensating sprocket assembly???? What the hell does the compensating sprocket do and why can it be replaced with a solid unit??? Little confused on that. Thanx for any info.

Just mocked up, but you can see the solid motor sprocket as compared to the stock compensating sprocket. ????????

 

So picture the stock seat, but cut down a bit.

 

That looks like a Mustang sest to me.....either way it looks terrible on there. Wrong style sest for that style bike it has become. Otherwise looks pimP

 

The compensating sprocket has a spring in it, so it takes up the shock of letting the clutch out. Sort of acts like the springs in a clutch disc on a car. You CAN replace it with a solid unit, just the clutch take up wont be as smooth. In fact, Harley did just that on Ironheads. Staring in 1979, they switched to a solid front primary sprocket. On Ironheads, the compensating sprocket was on the crankshaft, not the clutch, but still did the same thing.

 

I know that seat looks like ****, just throwin on a different look. I want a seat that sits low on the frame like this, but obviously less bulky and big. Like I said, I think I may cut this one down and have it recovered.

I said "stock" seat because that is what was on there when I bought it. Yes, it is a mustang seat.

Gonna try and grab a chain tomorrow. I may have to pin two chains together for christ sake!!!!

 

I try to stay away from master links on chains, had too many of them fail. Spend the money and buy a chain breaker and press from Motion Pro, you'll bethankful you did.

 

I can appeciate not wanting a master link, but I am running master links on both of my other bikes and have not had any problems.

For both of the other bikes I bought standard D.I.D. chains with a plan to upgrade to o-ring chains. I have done regular maintance, adjust and lube, on the DIDs and they are holding up great. They strtch like a bastard, but I snug them up after each spin and I can tell ya, I got my 50 bucks worth out of them!!

I just got another idea on the seat. The spring seat has 5" springs on it. I am gonna throw on some 2" springs and trim that friggin shackle on the front of it. I will lower the whole thing as much as possible and then check it out. I like the overall design of it, just sits too high off the frame. Who knows, may look pretty good.