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Thats where I always keep mine. Wait, gotta go, ATF just pulled up!

Mark, Keith, good heads up on the float pins. I may have made that same mistake if you guys hadn't pointed it out I'm sure I'll break something else. Thats just how it goes, right guys?

testarossa wrote:

Thats where I always keep mine. Wait, gotta go, ATF just pulled up!

Make sure they don't find your roach clip ring you use to hold your blunt while riding/smoking

Hey, at least I don't do it when I'm flying. I see your avatar. You realize this could go on forever. Hell I haven't even seen a joint since the 1990's. I'm glad that this is in your thread. "Honey, what's soo funny on the computer." "Oh just another Harley Joke." Man your wife is turbo pregnant. Hormones! Careful. Quick, start researching baby names or bottle sterilizing techinques. I don't want to get you in trouble. Wait, I forget that you are in Cali. It's prob. OK then. I bet a lot of people there have glaucoma.

Its been a looong day and even looonger night, but the end result is a healthy 8 lb baby girl

Yes Josh, everone in Cali has glaucoma, and everyone in Northern Cali has a secret pot farm and grow their own medicine. I'm not 22 anymore, and being up for 28 hours is starting to take its toll!

Congrats on the new baby! Now try to get some sleep. I said try.

Congratulations, on the wee one.

Thank you my friends: I was able to get a couple naps in, but no work on the bike. I'll call it progress if I can make the 2 hour round trip to pick up my rear wheel.

I'm all forked up now! I made a craigslist score today on a complete front clip from a '06 GSXR1000. The PO did F up the right fork leg bottom by overtightening the axle bolts, but with the deal I got I can replace the fork leg and still be $$$ ahead!

For giggles I slapped it on the frame just to see..... yup, that should do nicely!

All I need are irishwills' custom triples, have them anodized black and slap on my new front suspension Now I need to find a shock and a front wheel and I'll have a roller.

Here is real work I did last night. I cut off the old shock mount/turn signal brackets and the center fender bracket. You gotta love a sawsall! I plan to hide the subframe down tubes behind the side covers giving the illusion the tail is unsupported.

Good going on the front end. Hurry up and bolt that thing down before the PO realizes that he forgot to take off those brake lines. I know that those aren't stock. BTW is that rear wheel a stocker for a Speed Triple? Didn't look like the picture that I saw. Rollin, rollin, rollin, keep them doggies rollin....

wipes drool from mouth,wipes hand on shirt,looks warily around reaches for the gix forks and radial brakes all glassy eyed,hand crashes into computer screen,mind snaps,shakes head,oh yeah that is porchevs new front end and he was just showing the pictures!
damn!


ummm,tasty lookin front end you got there man.something about black and gold legs and radial brakes just get's me all gooshey!

leon

There u go again! I got drool all over my new keyboard again. Thanks alot.

While you have the forks slapped on there... Place your tank on for bar rotations... Due to increased for widths, chances are you'll have to shift your tank back ~ 1"...

Nows the time to fab up the new mounting for the tank back an inch translates to the seat and rear tail section moving back an inch as well....

Or modify the bar stop where you have a decreased turn radius... Not the ideal way to go but others went this route due to "Oh crap, didn't think of that" and all other work such as powder coating where already accomplished...DOH!

Just a thought...

OMR

Josh ol buddy ol pal, the rear wheel is stock Speed Triple '08-'10. Those stainless brake lines are worth 1/3 of what I paid for the entire front clip

Leon, Mark, I take full responsibility for any damages I have caused. Send me the bill for your keyboards and pants. I'll just lump it inn with my own cleaning bills

And OMR, where were you during the swingarm installation thread in the chassis forum? I thought for sure you'd chime in on my thread there being a SSSA fan, but alas, I was deprived of your wisdom during that part of my build You are spot on with the turning radius/tank interference, In fact, one reason I'm aware of it is due to your fork swap tutorial
There is anothe member here (irishwill) that is working on prototype gullwing triple clamps with a stock KZ offset. The triples should alow stock turning radius and ride hight (if so desired). Thats the plan for now anyways! Otherwise, I'll need to perform the tank/seat relocation. I'd rather not dent my tank

531blackbanshee wrote:

ummm,tasty lookin front end you got there man.something about black and gold legs and radial brakes just get's me all gooshey!

leon

I know EXACTLY what you mean The copper colored uppers with the black sliders looks bad ass. The only thing that would make it look even better would be 6 piston radial calipers The new front should compliment the new rear nicely. Maybe later today, I'll pull out the jig and put the swingarm, tank and tail back on for a pic witht he forks.....

This one is for you DoubleDub

My total expenditures to date for my build:

SSSA- $230 (salvage yard)
shock linkage- $30 (salvage yard)
rear wheel- $200 (salvage yard)
R6 rearsets- $41 shipped (ebay)
custom outboard bearing support- $110 shipped (irishwill)
06 GSXR1000 front clip- $160 (craigslist)
materials- $110 (local metal supply yard)

Total investment for the frame/suspension upgrades to-date =

$881

Considerably more than alot of guys here spend on parts for their builds, but reasonable in my estimation for the benefits

I couldn't resist slapping the body work and swingarm back on the frame to see how it looks. It's shots like this that help keep me on track and focused on finishing. It also helps to confirm that I've made good choices, or at least followed good advice

Wow, that makes me happy. That looks goooooood.