Better Than Nothing---The rebirth of a Superbike.

I got done cutting and grinding my new hanger for my Bassani mount. After 25 years I have not lost the touch of how to fisheye pieces of tubing together!!! Got no more than a .020 gap between the pieces. My new welder will love that!!!

Got a box in from Falicon. Looks like they still do nice work!!!!! Hope it works as great as it looks. Got it laid out on my living room table!!!!

Now that's a tight fit. The crank is perdy.
Steve

thing of beauty there.



i can see the knife edge rods are the counterwieghts re-shaped?

that polish job is amazing!

leon

531blackbanshee wrote: thing of beauty there.

i can see the knife edge rods are the counterwieghts re-shaped?

that polish job is amazing!

leon

Its a superlight Supercrank from Falicon with their knife edge rods. Yea they remove a lot from the crank throws if you look at a stock crank. You can't believe how nice the polish job really is up close. No scrimping on the old family recipe when it comes to them doing the polishing!!!!

Dr. Gamma wrote:

531blackbanshee wrote: thing of beauty there.

i can see the knife edge rods are the counterwieghts re-shaped?

that polish job is amazing!

leon

Its a superlight Supercrank from Falicon with their knife edge rods. Yea they remove a lot from the crank throws if you look at a stock crank. You can't believe how nice the polish job really is up close. No scrimping on the old family recipe when it comes to them doing the polishing!!!!

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God damn son!!!! That thing is gorgeous! I was thinking about Falicon [and now thinking about them again] for rebuilding an old race engine I have! That Supercrank and Knife rods combo is $2000 though, isn't it?!?

Yes! Very cool! Nice work

Its a thing of beauty !!!!!

Looks just like mine , So maybe this answers the question of the negative comments posted by some . I say Falicon did you right !!!!
Just like they did me 34 years ago
Dave

hei gamma

all looking very tasty..... but what are your plans? going back to raicng or just doing a hot street bike?

keep up the good work!

TG

I can barely afford to put the bike back together at todays prices!!!! I just want to ride it again.

DOES ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW THE PART NUMBER FOR A SET OF K&N AIR FILTERS FOR THE KEIHIN CR33 CARBS???????

Then I need a place that sells them at a good price. I keep getting conflicting part numbers online. One place tells me one number and another place tells me another number!!!! Too bad there are not any oldtime type motorcycle shops near me that could help me.

I HATE COMPUTERS!!!!!

Dr. Gamma wrote: DOES ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW THE PART NUMBER FOR A SET OF K&N AIR FILTERS FOR THE KEIHIN CR33 CARBS???????

K&N's website has a pretty good internal search engine where you can add certain criteria like opening diameter and they'll list all the part numbers with that dimension.

Good luck!

Later, Doug

I finally got to sit on my MK II with the new feetpegs and pedals in place since back in 1985!!!! Pretty comfortable considering how much I raised them from the last position I had them at. I forgot what it felt like to sit on this bike , its been apart for so long!!!! My fancy new welder can't get me into his shop until later this week. So I have been working on little projects that I still have to finish before I can ride the bike.
When I built the bike, I made it so I could still ride it on the street. Its got the wiring for a headlight, tail light, brake light, and of course a oil pressure light. I was going to use a KZ1000S1 throttle, but its just too quick for the street. It feels like its a 1/8 turn or less!!! Got to get me one of those Motion Pro 1/4 throttles instead. I cut the cable part off the stock RH switch so it don't look too out of place with the 1/4 turn throttle on that side too. Now I have a "few" hours of sanding and painting to finish the switch so it looks like it is stock. I have got most of the wiring figured out so I have lights on the street. The bike has never had any type of stand on it since I put it together back in 1979. I just used to lean it up against a tree or a wall if I stopped somewhere. To me if its got a license plate on it, that makes it street legal. The bike looks like its going 130MPH just sitting there!!!
I rolled it outside and took some photos of it. Its the first time in 30 YEARS that is has been this close to running again!!!!!!




My fancy new feetpeg brackets!!!














IF ITS GOT A PLATE ON IT, ITS STREET LEGAL IN MY BOOK!!!!

love it !

leon