Ah man another slingshot in the buildoff? That sucks. Hahaha now I'm gonna get all over competitive and shit. It's kind of discouraging cause I don't plan on going buck wild with my 750.
Hey man I saw you need filters. I JUST got a set of brand new never used pods for I THINK, 38mm carbs. I can send one to you to check fitment or whatever. May just give you the whole set to use if youre running pods. they were given to me on the forum and the flatslides Im getting should already have pods. Might need them for the GSX1100G but I'm hoping to run an airbox on that one instead. PM me if you're interested.
That's how it's going to look but everything will be raised up about 8" and there will be some usd forks.
I have plans drawn up for a forkless front and sssa rear but its based around a inline twin. There are still some kinks I need to work out before I get started though.
Tough call on those pipes. I kinda like the craziness of the sidewinders myself. Would you leave them chrome,and would chrome pipe fit the look you're going after?
Chrome wouldn't fit with the bike because the frame won't stay polished but I kinda want to keep it chrome so I can make the pipes turn blue. It would drive me nuts though with that being the only chrome part.
I like the extra ground clearance I would have with the sidewinder when it comes to going over curbs and loading/unloading with trailers and trucks. I also like the wow factor from people but I was looking at it more and I think the oil pan issue would be a really simple fix to make the 4-1 work and the sidewinder might affect corning because the one outside tube goes so far forward before it curves back. Not sure.
Sure with dirt bars I'll be more upright and probably a little more comfortable but the problem is I'll be more upright. I wasn't planning on putting a fairing on this bike so it's gonna suck riding it out to IN for another MWFF. My body and helmet is going to be like a huge parachute. Even on the Triumph when I would be doing ~120 and sit up to slow down faster it was like throwing out a anchor. And the Triumph has the full fairing. I also worry dirt bars might awkward when I lay on the tank. Then again it's annoying when my knees and elbows hit when I lay on the tank with clipons.
I couldn't full tuck on the kat with out hitting my knees until i put on the dirt bars. A super bike low bar or a low CR bend would be perfect. I prefer them wide with mid controls few inches narrower with rear sets. Drag bars are for cruisers. To me they almost feel like clipons
I'm not sure about the cruiser bit but I can definitely confirm the part about them being like clip-ons, they pretty much are, same angle and everything, they just put your hands 2-3 inches higher. I went for them on my build because I like clipons but wanted the raiser bar look.
Im having the same problem with where my bars are gonna go. It feels like dirty bars arent gonna feel right nut Im going for it anyways. It should still be better than clip ons. As for shocks, I've got either a 2004 Hayabusa shock, 2006 GSX-R1000 shock or a 92 GSX-R 750 shock I wont be using. If youre interested on picking up one of the ones Im not running then holler at me.
I've been watching Craigslist and Ebay and searching forums for a deal but since the front 929 wheel is already fitted and the rear is almost done being fitted I probably won't go through the trouble of changing them unless I find a pretty good deal.
Man Im going through the exact same BS with the rear shock vertical alignment on my slingshot. Youre gonna make some dogbones. How long they gonna be center eye to center eye? Would you mind cutting a set out for me?
The dog bones I need are probably going to be totally different then what you need because I'm still running the shock centered but the mount on the swingarm is offset so all my linkage is goofy offsets. If you need some links though we can talk.
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