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Project 700ES ( Revisited )

  • Thread starter Thread starter jwhelan65
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Coming along very nicely.....

I love that sprocket and chain you got going.....

and that phat tyre,,,,,,that is looking great...

I would have loved to put that on my 750, well at least the sprocket and chain, mind you not in blue.....unfortunately I am cheap bugger.....LOL

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GateKeeper said:
Coming along very nicely.....

I love that sprocket and chain you got going.....

and that phat tyre,,,,,,that is looking great...

I would have loved to put that on my 750, well at least the sprocket and chain, mind you not in blue.....unfortunately I am cheap bugger.....LOL

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Thanks man, all much needed upgrades for this thing
 
Nice job on that Dan.. I think I am actually going to cut and weld the bandit stay to keep the caliper parallel with the swingarm although its not really necessary just might look better.
 
I have full 1/4" of clearance from the B12 stay. With a 130 in the stock set up it was about 1/16", the 130 barely squeezed in. With this set up I am pretty certain you could run a 160 with no issues..:dancing:

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Yes I don't think you'll get more than a 150 in the way I've shown. I used some fairly thick plate as I wanted to make sure it didn't twist....

The other way is to cut the ends off & weld to a custom tube. Not sure about the 700 but the 750 stay was a bit shorter than the other GS's so there *might* be room to put an S bend in a stock stay.
 
salty_monk said:
Yes I don't think you'll get more than a 150 in the way I've shown. I used some fairly thick plate as I wanted to make sure it didn't twist....

The other way is to cut the ends off & weld to a custom tube. Not sure about the 700 but the 750 stay was a bit shorter than the other GS's so there *might* be room to put an S bend in a stock stay.
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Bandit stays are cheap and easy to find, actually the stock caliper works as well with this set up.
 
Here is the mod recipe


3.5" 1150 rear wheel
150/70/17 Dunlop GT501
98-02 Bandit brake stay
1150 rear caliper ( the stock caliper works also )

Plug and play, no cutting required, however you may want to shorten the stay for cosmetic purposes only
 
Wow, that looks really nice. I have the same model bike but mine is a long way from looking like that. how bad was it when you got it? Oh and where did you find the four to one header? I bought one from ebay but it is way too big to fit on any 700 i know of.:(
 
Danaconda7 said:
Wow, that looks really nice. I have the same model bike but mine is a long way from looking like that. how bad was it when you got it? Oh and where did you find the four to one header? I bought one from ebay but it is way too big to fit on any 700 i know of.:(
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Yeah decent headers are not easy to come by, I actually picked mine up on Ebay a few years ago. I bought the bike non-running for $400 on craigslist and did a medium restore on it. If you need any help with yours let me know I have tons of parts for your bike.
 
that is great news! I am getting my carbs set up and my valves adjusted right now. I am doing the work myself. When I come across some more missing bits I will let you know. Thank you very much.
 
Danaconda7 said:
that is great news! I am getting my carbs set up and my valves adjusted right now. I am doing the work myself. When I come across some more missing bits I will let you know. Thank you very much.
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Sure, I have a parts bike collecting lots of dust also..:o
 
I think I have the front end sorted out. With the 1150 triple clamp in place and the 700 forks inserted the only thing left to mod is the front right outer bearing spacer. This should center the calipers and make for a nice stock looking set up for all those purists out there watching this thing come apart. :) The anti-dives are going away as also.

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Is it safe for me to assume that these are worthless or a bad design and should be removed from any bikes they are equpiied with?
 
Not really, I kept them on my bike, just to keep it all stock, some guys just don't like them, they can leak, and so on, it's like the air system, it either works for you, or it leaks...LOL

if you change the springs to an updated version (progressive) you don't need the anti dive units, so it has been said....

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GateKeeper said:
Not really, I kept them on my bike, just to keep it all stock, some guys just don't like them, they can leak, and so on, it's like the air system, it either works for you, or it leaks...LOL

if you change the springs to an updated version (progressive) you don't need the anti dive units, so it has been said....

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Actually with the emulators installed the anti's are useless, but then again they are useless to begin with...:D
 
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