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  1. pmcburney

    Finished...my 1983 Katana Resto-Mod 1428 big block

    I've got to ask (this was the first thing that came to mind when I saw your bike)... Why have you increased the complexity of the charging and ignition systems? I kind-of understand 'customs' (I don't get them personally though), and for the most part it seems customizing folk like to simplify...
  2. pmcburney

    Master link

    Fair comment, but a 500cc four-stroke single makes about 40hp of which maybe 30 gets to the ground. A 500cc two-stroke single makes somewhere in the vicinity of 70hp at full noise and not in a particularly linear fashion (like a big four-stroke) either... I dare say, given the harsher...
  3. pmcburney

    Master link

    Good points raised here... I while back I talked about this same topic to a guy who had a CR500 as a trail-bike (why a CR500, I don't know - he was a bit of a sucker for punishment :-s ). He had a couple of different rear sprockets for different terrain, and I think he used to super-motard it...
  4. pmcburney

    Master link

    Be aware, different brands of chains have different links - an RK link will NOT fit a EK chain (and vice versa). I think you're being overly-dramatic on this one. I have always had circlip-type joining links on my chains and I have never had a (link) failure. The times I have had chain...
  5. pmcburney

    oil

    Here we go again... Sorry to have to say this, but, look up the word 'gullible' in the dictionary and it will say 'feelergaugephil' :rolleyes: . ANY modern oil, regardless of it's price or provenance (mineral/synthetic), changed regularly will do the job. Unless it specifically states, on...
  6. pmcburney

    Hey SK, Next Saturday sounds fine - I'll drop you a line during the week if anything changes...

    Hey SK, Next Saturday sounds fine - I'll drop you a line during the week if anything changes but at this stage I've got no other plans. Cheers Paul
  7. pmcburney

    Noisy 5th gear...

    Thanks for all the info... The only thing that bothers me about this is how difficult it's going to be to slot the selector forks back into the gears on the input and output shafts. If a GSX bottom-end is anything like a GT bottom-end, the selector drum and forks reside in the bottom case -...
  8. pmcburney

    Noisy 5th gear...

    Hi all, Having finally gotten the Kat registered (no thanks to Team Moto... tools :mad:), I've been riding it around a fair bit shaking it out. All looks good apart from a leaky cam-chain tensioner (easy fix) and 5th gear is pretty noisy. I'm thinking it's simply age related with the gradual...
  9. pmcburney

    GSX LH switch-block...

    Hi Shin-Ken, Yep, that's exactly what I meant, and I've discovered the problem... The 'pyramid' knob has on its base a 'T' which fits into the sliding switch for the indicator part of the switchblock. Commonly, one half of the 'T' breaks off. The knob can still move the switch but it hangs...
  10. pmcburney

    GSX LH switch-block...

    Has anyone successfully repaired a worn (wobbly?) LH GSX switch-block :confused:? This is the four-way, 'all-in-one' switch arrangement... My Kat's switch knob is hanging out some way from the face of the block. I know it's fairly common and I think it's to do with where that knob fits into the...
  11. pmcburney

    GSX1100S Katana rim sizes...

    Hmmm... maybe? It doesn't mention anything on his website - www.mww.com.au Cheers Paul
  12. pmcburney

    GSX1100S Katana rim sizes...

    Hi Shin-Ken, I can only echo Sharpy's comments about Ash, he does really excellent work and is a bloody nice guy to boot. He did a set of Kat wheels for me for an 1100 I restored about five years ago, and he's done my GT750 wheels (two sets), all my dirtbike wheels, and if I decide to build...
  13. pmcburney

    GSX1100S Katana rim sizes...

    Heh, I'm in Brisbane also and that quote is from Ash's Spokewheelz... I get all my spokies done by them. They're good guys and really know their stuff. I'm not particularly surprised at the cost. Rims are expensive, spokes are expensive, it's just the nature of the beast. But, if there's a...
  14. pmcburney

    GSX1100S Katana rim sizes...

    Tony, The Factory 'wire wheel specials' were known as the GSX1100SXZ. They had a completely different frame numbering system and were, as you say, a bit different in a couple of areas. AFAIK, the wire wheels were fitted specifically for racing as a weight advantage over the alloys (and were...
  15. pmcburney

    GSX1100S Katana rim sizes...

    Does anyone know the exact rim sizes fitted to the wire wheels on the early Canadian and Australian Katana's? I've tracked down hubs (thanks Chuck!) and I know the rim's diameter - 19' front, 18' rear, but I can't find any info about how wide they were. I can fit a number of rim widths given...
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