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1980 In a act of gross stupidity 70mph highside
Lessons learnt 1 I cannot fly 2 Gravel rash really hurts 3 Never ride at speed in t-shirt & jeans 4 Abandoning your bike at speed is not pretty
Benefits Increase in pain threshold
Chance to modify bike
Downside Broken arm & heaps of gravel rash
Empty bank account
Shortly after these pics the search for POWER became an obsession
The mags were discarded for wire wheels fitted with alloy rims 3 1/2 by 18 rear 2 1/2 by 18 front then a Cosway Racing swing arm to allow fitting 140/18 rear tyre S&W street stroker shocks Lockhart oil cooler Piranha ign Powerflow head cams were reground to Yoshimura road & track spec H/D valve springs H/D springs for back of clutch K&N pods.
this was ok for about a year then the bug bit again 29mm smoothies were discarded for 33mm smoothies this means machining to fit larger manifolds so while the head was off Cosway Racing further port work and recut all the valve seats . regound cams again to full road race spec plus fitted under bucket shims and retainers Yoshimura 1080 kit this was all very good except the cams hard facing kept lifting so a set of Yoshimura billet race cams was fitted no more dramas
Same feeling again 6 months later decided to lighten the load Macintosh frame its all about power to weight ratio another new 4into 1 Mega-cycle
By this stage i reckon i had spent equal to 3 GSX1100's or about $10000
I discovered
the theory of relativity POWER & HANDLING GAINED IS RELATIVE TO WHAT YOU SPEND
ozman
Lessons learnt 1 I cannot fly 2 Gravel rash really hurts 3 Never ride at speed in t-shirt & jeans 4 Abandoning your bike at speed is not pretty
Benefits Increase in pain threshold
Chance to modify bike
Downside Broken arm & heaps of gravel rash
Empty bank account
Shortly after these pics the search for POWER became an obsession
The mags were discarded for wire wheels fitted with alloy rims 3 1/2 by 18 rear 2 1/2 by 18 front then a Cosway Racing swing arm to allow fitting 140/18 rear tyre S&W street stroker shocks Lockhart oil cooler Piranha ign Powerflow head cams were reground to Yoshimura road & track spec H/D valve springs H/D springs for back of clutch K&N pods.
this was ok for about a year then the bug bit again 29mm smoothies were discarded for 33mm smoothies this means machining to fit larger manifolds so while the head was off Cosway Racing further port work and recut all the valve seats . regound cams again to full road race spec plus fitted under bucket shims and retainers Yoshimura 1080 kit this was all very good except the cams hard facing kept lifting so a set of Yoshimura billet race cams was fitted no more dramas
Same feeling again 6 months later decided to lighten the load Macintosh frame its all about power to weight ratio another new 4into 1 Mega-cycle
By this stage i reckon i had spent equal to 3 GSX1100's or about $10000
I discovered
the theory of relativity POWER & HANDLING GAINED IS RELATIVE TO WHAT YOU SPEND
ozman
