The Slick is On

[Anonymous]

what is an "indy"?

[RacingJake]

That's a motorcycle repair shop that has no tie's with Suzuki, HD, Honda etc. Some are good and some are bad. The bad one's go out of
business fast. My guy has been around for years and does good work, does alot of same day service at half the price of the dealer's.

[Hoomgar]

hey Jake, that is....


SLICK


Pun intended

[Anonymous]

Scotty, Well that arrow's there so when I do a massive wheelie and flip the bike upside down the safety crew know's which way to push it back over.

The slick is used and I had my indy mount it in the same direction the previous owner had.

Somehow I knew you would say something like that Jake

[cbxchris]

Another way off topic but for some reason a drag racing memory hit me. Our bikes turbo exhaust exited in front of the foot pegs(not as bad as it seems with a 80 inch kosman chasis). On nitrous the heat generated was awesome. A friend that rode occasionally had his shoe burned off.....strings and all....man thats funny thinking about picking him up on the return road and him without a shoe or sock. He learned to not get his foot in the way of the exhaust to say the least.

[lecroy]

Many questions.....

The tire looks like a nice fit under there.

Did you get the chain on it yet? If so, how much room did you end up with?

The strut you show looks like a strap. I figured because the caliper was not mounted that it's not done and your still playing around. Or, is this what your planning to use? Is there a better side picture of it?

Why not convert to a mono-shock and skip the struts and the wheelie bar? Maybe you could just fit your engine into a newer 750 mono-shock frame.

It looks like the tire has way too much air pressure. Did you have them tube it? If you can, I would run no tube if possible. If the tire does slip then at least it won't tear out the stem.

Do you have a 1/4 mile track near you that you could run at? It would be very interesting to hear what kinds of E/Ts you could get out of it compared with some of the local guys. Most of them are just running stock setups, but still quite fast.

Looking forward to the 6.75 pass! Get a camera to take some action shots for us!!

[Anonymous]

Hey Jake,, is that the stock brake caliper on there. and does it really fit without any modifications to it for the stock brake rotor for that year rim.

I have an 86 Gsxr rim(4 inches) that i am about to fit into a stock 81 gs1100 swingarm and want to retain the rear brakes just use the rear rotor from the 86 and want know if i have to modify anything.

[RacingJake]

Many questions..... Not a problem

The tire looks like a nice fit under there. Thanks

Did you get the chain on it yet? If so, how much room did you end up with? Yeap got the 630 chain on and the only problem is the chain touches the frame below the swingarm. Going to milled down the counter sprocket spacer about 3/16 to solve that.

The strut you show looks like a strap. Nope it 1"x1" angle steel from Lowes, cost about 6 bucks I figured because the caliper was not mounted that it's not done and your still playing around. Or, is this what your planning to use? Yeap Is there a better side picture of it? Go to my WWW button and there's a side pic of the bike with the shorter 1"x1"struts

Why not convert to a mono-shock and skip the struts and the wheelie bar? I cut the mono mount off so it would'nt hit the battery tray Maybe you could just fit your engine into a newer 750 mono-shock frame. I like the Rat Bike look

It looks like the tire has way too much air pressure. I got 20 psi in it now, wanted to see if it would fit Did you have them tube it? no tube If you can, I would run no tube if possible. If the tire does slip then at least it won't tear out the stem. I like that

Do you have a 1/4 mile track near you that you could run at? It would be very interesting to hear what kinds of E/Ts you could get out of it compared with some of the local guys. Most of them are just running stock setups, but still quite fast. I think the closes one is in Dallas/Fort Worth about 3 hours from me. One day I will go to a 1/4 track.

Looking forward to the 6.75 pass! Goal is to get 6.50 Get a camera to take some action shots for us!! Working on that one

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[RacingJake]

Hey Jake,, is that the stock brake caliper on there. and does it really fit without any modifications to it for the stock brake rotor for that year rim.

I have an 86 Gsxr rim(4 inches) that i am about to fit into a stock 81 gs1100 swingarm and want to retain the rear brakes just use the rear rotor from the 86 and want know if i have to modify anything.

I'm looking for a smaller caliper mount to bring the GS caliper closer to the axle sence the rotor on the 92 rim is smaller. Don't know if the bolt holes will line up so I may just get a 92 caliper and mount assy. The rotor goes about haft way into the brake pucks, not a problem for me sence I don't used my rear brake anyway when drag racing but on a street bike I would'nt hit the road until it was right. I can't use my GS rotor cause the 92 rim has 5 bolts as compared to the GS 6 bolts. You may have to play around with axle spacers, add/remove depending on how wide the rim is. I'm not going to use the caliper torque bar cause I'm going to mount it to the inside of the swingarm. I was using the oem bar bolted to the top right shock mount and had to bend the bar to line it up with the caliper.

Is the rotor on the 86 the same size as the GS one?

If you had a completed wheel, caliper assy with spacers, sure would cut down on all the hassle trying to piece it together.

Is'nt Drag Racing fun

[lecroy]

20PSI, wow!! What do they normally run at?

Crap, 3 hours to the closest track. I understand the problem. I thought you just liked the short track for some reason. 6.50 would be great to see. That's about one second off my old street bike. Is there any weight you can shave off that thing?

[Anonymous]

I would say 20 PSI is too much, make sure the whole width of the tire makes contact after a quick burnout.

I run 12 PSI in mine +/- 2 psi right now (5.5X18), and back in the 70's, I had a laydown (that is what we called them back then) dragbike with a car tire in the back (8X15) and I ran between 6-8 psi on that one and I had sheetmetal screws around the rim to keep the tire from slipping.

Good luck and keep us informed. Take pictures at the track too!

I'll be racing this Saturday myself.

God Bless!

phil

[RacingJake]

20PSI, wow!! What do they normally run at?

Crap, 3 hours to the closest track. I understand the problem. I thought you just liked the short track for some reason. 6.50 would be great to see. That's about one second off my old street bike. Is there any weight you can shave off that thing?

I'm going to run what Phil is, about 12 psi to start with.

The only thing that come's to mind is a start cart and removing the starter and clutch assy to save weight.

[first timer]

where is the all important burn out picture, i want to see some smoke :twisted: :twisted:

-ryan

[cbxchris]

Jake the removal of the stater and electrical system will help you a great deal. Remember to get the correct nut for your crankshaft end. I always like the aluminum starter nuts from kosman the best. Jale when the coins allow check around for the swingarm that has the double pivots on both sides. It will make a great deal of difference in your down track stability. Then you can run adjustablr struts and have wheelie bar connections all ready to go. Again kosman is hard to beat. But there are several others that do the job cheaper. I built my own starters out of chrysler starters and welded the 1 1/8 nut on the bendix myself. The trick little starters are nice but you don`t really have to have them. Go to a welding shop and get your cables and connectors. Carts are easy to build.

[lecroy]

On my old GS I run 8 PSI max. Normal is about 6.

If you want to keep the electric starter and shed a few pounds, no problem. If you pull the generator off, you can see the magnet is held on with 8 or so rivets. Take the unit to your local machine shop and have them cut off the magnet. Punch out the ould rivets and remove the stator and rectifier/regulator. Note that the magnet will take up about 1/2 the thickness of the mount. I would use three nuts on the front of the plate to held the starter clutch. Make sure to seal the hole for the stator wires when you put it back together. Simple change and it's worth a few pounds. The battery should be more than enough to run the bike for a day (well maybe not as many passes as you make in a day ).

If you like the Rat look, I'm sure that we could get out a torch and welder and really pull off some pounds it you want to have some fun.

If you want a few pictures let me know and I will post.