Originally Posted by comradesmcrogue@yahoo.com

Thanks Shane, greatly appreciated. I'll go onto Fuel Moto's site to have another look.
I see you use shotgun shocks. Mine just came in last week. I'm waiting for spring to put em on. Cold as hell in Ontario at the moment.

Originally Posted by Sgt_Jim

Might as well do the Level B heads, too. I just did the entire package, 107", TW555's, Level B heads.. did all the work myself. May sound like a joke, but rebuilding my engine was probably one of the easiest mods I've ever done. If you can turn a wrench, you can rebuild an engine.

The only special tools I needed was a ball-ended allen wrench to remove the throttle body (the angle for access is a bit awkward), and either a piston-ring compressor, or some wooden sticks to compress them in. If you can get your hands on the cam bearing removal/insertion tool, it makes the job a ton easier..else PepBoys or Autozone rents tools for free, and all you need is a 5lb slide hammer with a point-blank bearing attachment, and an old cam with a wooden hammer to get the new cam bearings in.

I sent my heads out before christmas, so naturally they were backed up on the return, it took like 3 1/2 weeks, but since it's snowing here in NJ, i didn't really care. Total time from start to finish was probably about 8-10 hours of labor.

The biggest pain in the *** of the entire project was either adjusting the pushrods, or having to stare at my bike while waiting to get my heads back, or having to stare at my bike because ITS DAMN SNOWING IN NJ.

good luck.

Originally Posted by tjb1971

check out my difference from 96 to 107 in my sig.you will love it im sure and when you get bored with that mod then get more haha..i think its never ending the quest for performance with our rides.

Originally Posted by QC

Sgt_Jim, Any tricks you'd care to pass on as far as the intake manifold is concerned? Will be doing a 98" kit in the near future and that looks to be the most awkward space to work in. I have ball end Allens. Did you use ball end Allen sockets, or just the L-wrench.

Originally Posted by HoggyMtnBreakdown

Did either of you 107 guys upgrade anything besides the motor like, starter, compensator spring or belt?

Originally Posted by Sgt_Jim

If you can get the rocker boxes off, you get yourself an extra inch and a half of wiggle room.. so I suggest taking the rocker boxes and rockers off first then dealing with the throttle body. But I just used the ball end L-Wrench. The bolts for the throttle body (at least on my bike) weren't torqued down too tight at all, so they spin open pretty easily.


And Shane, no I haven't.. I had to send a piece of my exhaust out to the powdercoater, and I'm picking that up tomorrow, so hopefully tomorrow night I'll be able to put it back together, but Friday we're expecting 18-24" of snow, so I won't be riding it any time soon. sadface.