[Toksick660]

:suzuki: SOOOO..... I have been crawling this site as a guest for a hell of a long time and having been inspired by many of the members rides. Major props to Cabbie on that mock up and subframe for the blade with that k5 tail section. That job was TITS! Gave me the courage to take my Sawzall to my tail section today.

But any who. This is what I have goin on in my garage
Kind of a streetable drag bike type of deal
My Goal: To build a streetable drag bike that doesn't look too Intimidating but will give most a damn good run for its money

_Started out with a 91 gsxr 750 frame I got from my buddy
_Bandit 1200 motor ( the 1157 v-head ) Bored out to 1216 and milled the head and block surface down to achieve 12.8:1 compression and am running a set of yoshi stage 2 cams and a dynojet stage 3 jet kit going in on the stock carbs
_92 gsxr tank with the nasty california emissions hump
_a severely beaten carbon cbr f4I Tail fairing
_extended bandit swingarm
slowly aquiring the parts and putting it together. still all in mock-up but yeah. the real work is now beginning so i figured i should stop procrastinating and start actually documenting this build and get input from all of the knowledgable minds in this forum. here is a few pics of the project as it now sits in the garage

A close up of the Power PLant

Beat up Tail section, is carbon fibre and it was free so regardless of the work needed definitely a score

U should see the hole on the other side, aBout as big as a pack of smokes

a Front end shot

this is how the tail section slid up on the frame with the angle of it all. the way I have my suspension set up to get a little bit of a rake on my forks and tilt the motor up just a pinch. the subframe has dropped quite a bit. this angle wont do

tail is WAYYY to low

fibre glass repair. ( I know it looks odd but i have a few things I have learned through years that have come out perfect in the end)

side profile with no tank or fairing

MMMMMMMMMMmm..... Baby Squats low. ( Keep in mind the bike is suspended by a strap. it sits about an inch lower without a rider on it. im gonna have the crank the fuck out of the back end spring. [ I currently weigh in at 270 ] am thinking about running a sidewinder.

That Looks better

still need to work out my support angle for my sub frame

Yeah so my fiberglass needs a fuck load more prep. she'll be done soon enough. about to go and chop off that bit of sub frame. then extend it up an make my battery mount and mock up my seat mounts and a few more tricks I am saving for the end.

Thanks for checking it all out guys. any input or criticism is greatly appreciated. thanks for checking her out.

also all the red hardware I have on the bike I had ordered from pro bolt. I am planning on swapping out to gold. any body want some red hardware. hit me up with an offer and also..
anybody got a petcock that will bolt up to this tank?? I have a brand new Bandit petcock. I had assumed it was the same and am wrong. so I have bandit petcock for sale or trade and is brand new.
Once again thanks for checking out my project. I'll be trying desperately to post daily. money factor is tough right now. but i try to do a little something every day. so I will be back with more quite frequently. I look very forward to hearing from the members of this community regarding there observations and input on this project.

 

[rubbersdown]

Hell of a start man, good job. I personally think it'd look better with a stock length swingarm on there, maybe with a custom brace or something but hey, to each his own right! You should put a 50 or 75 shot of nitrous on there, it'd be a reason to keep that extended swinger plus a bottle hangin off the side of the bike will help with that street/drag look!

 

[Toksick660]

Hell of a start man, good job. I personally think it'd look better with a stock length swingarm on there, maybe with a custom brace or something but hey, to each his own right! You should put a 50 or 75 shot of nitrous on there, it'd be a reason to keep that extended swinger plus a bottle hangin off the side of the bike will help with that street/drag look!

yeah I agree on the looks with the stock swing arm but believe me the extension is purely for function. It's going to be my summer daily and once I get a decent low profile car tire on that bastard after i widen the rim and throw in the lock up clutch i just ordered. I have ever intention of dumping the clutch at 8 grand and flying out of the hole. haha. I actually have a guy out here who used to do some welding and fab for roush racing. going to tak to him about widening my stock rim just cause I love the look of the stock rim, and actually extending that swingarm a few inches more. I dont want that tire coming more than 3 inches or so of the ground once she hooks. I have stage 5 springs in the front forks and a progressive setup in the rear that should help with a good solid squat without completely dropping the ass end. but yeah. I cant find swing arm extensions for that bastard to save my ass. only ones i found were online for about 400 bucks. very steep. will only cost me about 150 to have my guy weld anywhere from another 2 to 6 inches on there if I wanted. and yeah I am thinking of a bottle for sure. only problem with that is if I were to put one I'll be having cherries and berries lighting up behind me constantly out here. and if I do put a bottle I want it to be visible. kind of a fair warning type of deal you know. haha. I'm not one for the sneaky pete setup. I was gonna boost her. but decided to go higher compression instead. I suppose I could fab up a spacer if I ever changed my mind. who knows we'll see. Thanks for the input brotha

~ Fil

 

[rubbersdown]

Sweet man, Sounds like you know where your goin with it, ill be staying tuned, loving it so far!

 

[whitey818]

Welcome in, deffinately a beast of a bike! Some one sugested in another post of having the lower supports for the sub-frame coming off of the upper shock mounts, if I ever get that far on my old GSXR frame gonna keep that in mind.

 

[Toksick660]

Welcome in, deffinately a beast of a bike! Some one sugested in another post of having the lower supports for the sub-frame coming off of the upper shock mounts, if I ever get that far on my old GSXR frame gonna keep that in mind.

That idea is beast. definitely going to be mocking that up in the am and seeing how it all looks. right as you said that I had completely envisioned mounts up the center. running a bar across the upper sub frame and having two bars come down onto the upper shock mount and just sourcing a wider bolt for the shock and having the bolt run through those two posts. i bet that would look real clean. and actually give me a sick spot to hand my adjustable reservoir for my shock and a nos bottle. sexy pictures in my head now. definitely gotta mock that one up. that is one slick Idea. I am not sure who it is you mentioned who came up with that Idea originally but props to yah whoever you are for sure. thanks for the info ******. definitely glad I joined up on here. off to an awesome start. im only worried the influences will slow me down. hahaha. every time i mock something up someone gives me another idea or something that turns into something completely unique and I end up stopping and cutting the welds i made the day before. haha. once again very awesome Idea. props to you and the original poster. definitely something I will look into there.

~ FIL

 

[Kaos]

I dig it bud. Nice work happening there and I def like the nitrous idea lol...

 

[warbird]

sub'd mate nice work so far! cant wait to see wat u do with the subframe cos im trying 2 work out wat to do with mine the now too haha got a cagiva mito 125 tail on mine the now

 

[Stainr]

I'll sub to this.

 

[ultimate fighter]

Welcome to cf again.

Nice bike for sure.
Cheers

 

[chaos6]

I'm not usually into the drag bike thing, but nice work so far brother. That engine looks very good all blacked out and glossy.

I'll be watching your progress.

 

[Toksick660]

sub'd mate nice work so far! cant wait to see wat u do with the subframe cos im trying 2 work out wat to do with mine the now too haha got a cagiva mito 125 tail on mine the now

you know what brotha as far as my subframe is concerned I just decided to go with this Idea that ****** had mentioned about mounting the lower subframe to my upper suspension mount. I just laid out some square tubing on the frame and decided that is exactly what I'm gonna be doing. I cleans it up SOOOOOO much its unreal here is some pics so you get an idea. just ignore the extra piping hanging out the top and you have the concept. haha. where it runs across the upper subframe rails is where my mounting point it going to be actually. and am going to fashion the ends to slide onto a slightly longer bolt that im gonna use for the rear shock. right now the idea is looking like its going to be the direction I am gonna be going on that
Now just to chop out that extra three inches of junk I had left behind. I was going to chop the top and make it bolt on. which is why i left the slack. but now after seeing this. I am comfprtable chopping those 3 inch sections of and trimming those welds down

Really Liking where that Idea is going. gonna play with it more today and get some more pics up and quite posibly even make a few sub frame brackets today for my mount up of the fairing and a battery tray and my component mount up hopefully

~FIL

 

[escort1991]

Looks like a pretty damn good start. What size is your stock rear? 5.5"?

 

[Toksick660]

Looks like a pretty damn good start. What size is your stock rear? 5.5"?

the tire is actually 7 inches wide in the rear. I am debating on the widening of the rim. I have a half an inch of clearance on either side of the tire and I have a brand new zr rated Nitto from one of my front rims i have sitting from my 87 supra. ( i just finished that project last year. i have that one running with a 4.6 i bored and stroked out to 5.4 and twin charged her. i'll share a link to that project one day once i put her online.) I am thinking about bringing that tire to discount tire. u know how they have that machine that scores the tires with razor blades diagonally and softens the tire for grip? I am thinking about having them do that and fitting that tire up to that rim. the tire is just over 7.5 inches wide so I'll still have about 1/4 inch on each side so clearance will be close but good. since the tire is flat instead of rounded out I can get much better traction that way instead since i have more surface on the pavement. tire ends up being the same size circumfrence wise as well. so thats what im leaning towards.

ALSO UPDATE ON MY TAILSECTION!!!!

If you noticed in my first few pics of the bike I had a pingle adjustabl race strut in back in place of the current setup. Wellll.....

I am thinking to chop the bars of my upper sub frame and make them bolt on and fashioning a bracket above my upper shock mount so that i can use an extra adjustable strut i have as the actual lower subframe. its billet, sturdy, and adjustable :rock: !!! so now I can raise my tail section for normal street riding to the angle i was showing in more recent pics and on my days at the strip i can screw in a rear foot set since i am going to pick up an air shifter next week and actually lower the whole tail section so i can get into her real low and have the top of my back parallel to the ground for less wind resistance and getting a better lean into her. especially since the rear swingarm foot set will be much more comfortable to use with the lower riding position. especially since that is a stretched arm and they sit pretty far back.

ALSO!! I feel like I won the lottery today. hahaha. My buddy called me up and told me he was cleaning out the attic. and has a nice sized moving box of gixxer parts he is gonna toss my way. It's days like today when you know who youre real friends are. haha. off to bed tonight. might be quite a bit of snow tomorrow and the day after so ill be doing nothing but sleeping and plowing. but I will have an update for all you guy soon enough.

~FIL

 

[Toksick660]

Looks like a pretty damn good start. What size is your stock rear? 5.5"?

forgot was gonna post a pic of that rear tire for yah escort. haha

 

[htech71]

forgot was gonna post a pic of that rear tire for yah escort. haha

looks like a dunlop 616. i ran those tires on my z & loved them. was awesome grip & handling, wet or dry.

 

[Toksick660]

looks like a dunlop 616. i ran those tires on my z & loved them. was awesome grip & handling, wet or dry.

U got it right on the money brotha!!!!

 

[Toksick660]

Also Massive UPDATE on my subframe. I had completely mocked up the lower end of my sub frame today to my upper shock mount. looks sick. sexy N clean from all angles. and believe it or not all i had today was a table saw, drill and hammer. hahahaha. I made the bracket going across the to side rails. placed a piece of square tube to the underside. which u will see. but yeah. need to add one more piece to make up for a slight miscalculation and lack of materials. and yeah obviously since i am doing it this way. no more adjustable tail section. but its okay. i'd rather have the strut for the days i feel like running a ridged rear. check it out

the tools.

pics of the work

Aluminum adapter plate i made for the newer model foot sets. ( also moves my sets up and back)

And now shots of the lower subframe work

Still need to cut off the excess from the old bottom end rails. haha. will do in the am

Need to add another bar of ally there and cut braces accordingly

LOOKS FUCKIN SWEEEEEEETTTTTT!!!!! loving the upper shock mount Idea. thats a keeper

 

[Racing Geek]

sounds like quite the motor! :letsride:



How streetable will the bike be with a car tire at the back?

 

[Toksick660]

sounds like quite the motor! :letsride:



How streetable will the bike be with a car tire at the back?

Completely streetable and 100% legal. it is a DOT approved tire after all..

I had cops bust my balls for it before. but there is nothing they can say or do about it on the road. unless its a slick.