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finally some pics of my frankenstien

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TheCafeKid said:
Well, i will have to say i may stand corrected...i'll have to research myself, heresay will do that to you...but i did take this right off of Airtech's site

Please note these very important items!
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Please note!!!! These gas tank are not recommended for street use, these are fiberglass gas tanks that will not dent!!!! It is possible that the gas tank will rupture and spill fuel possibly catching your motorcycle on fire if you happen to crash on the street. This lightweight racing gas tank is recommended for racing purposes only!!!![/FONT]​


and on the for legs, i didnt paint them, but i drew the rest of my idea from that, i like that contrast. Thanks for the compliment!​
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Almost all compaines put this disclaimer so that you can't sue them.
 
TheCafeKid said:
Here's some more pics..i painted the side covers yesterday and i'm not sure about the stripes. I didnt like them horizontal, and im not sure about them vertical, what do you guys think??
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I also chopped down that rear chrome fender, and painted it black..thats probably going bye bye when my new shocks get here, as like i said its mounted at the bottom to the swing arm. I want a small fender back there, but im not sure how to go about it. I do like it tucked in and under so you cant really see it.
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I also painted my headlight bucket. I was going to take the stripes up the bucket, as i thought that would be pretty sweet looking, but i couldnt get the damn tape to lay right around all the compound curves...maybe with some more practice...I have yet to figure out where im going to move the light switch, and the little starter togggle is useless as its currently kick only. (which is fine by me...at least that will hardly ever break..lol)

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Maybe lay the stripes diagonally....to kind of add to the "speed effect" ? I'd take the stripe on the tank from the far rear corner (left or right ) to the opposing corner, then the same for the sides.....? just a thought....other than that it looks pretty "mean"....rear of the seat would(to me) look better if it was more "rounded"
keep up the good work!
 
Ironriot said:
Was talking about getting one like the small round one you gots on yours. I have the giant rectangle gas cap. Its fugly and I hate it. And another note on ebay. Damn ebay there's so many things I want to buy and DO buy. They should just give me an ebay charge card \\:D/
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I would like to be able to modify one of those " push button " types I've seen on choppers, where you push the center, and it opens.....I saw them once, but don't remember if it was in a mag or on t.v. that would be very sleek, and add a " cool " factor, I hate the one on my Intruder(makes the otherwise Harley clone look like what it is.....another rice-burner clone, and sticks up like a speed bump!), and the one on the GS, gotta take out the stupid key at the gas station to open it, then to put it back on!......maybe I could see this on a car/truck with a big gas tank.....but c'mon....how far is someone going to get on a few gallons of gas?? or is there that many motorcycle gas cap thieves out there?:-s

P.s. Iron.....I got one......it's called a PayPal card......might as well be a E-Bay charge card....I spend WAYYY too much time on there.......and here!!
 
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That whole seat is going bye bye VERY soon. its makeshift at best, made from a flat of heavy aluminum with memory foam pad and that lovely "Grandmas old kitchen chair tops" vinyl complete with sparkles riveted to it. She will have a full on cafe seat soon. I just cant decide if i want a boxy seat or a bubble seat. I think the boxy would help make it look very retro, and still keep some of the original GS lines, but i also think a classic cafe bubble will follow the lines of the tank better. Im leaning toward boxy just cos i think it will keep that mean look a little....meaner...lol

Thanks for the input and the compliments!! I do appreciate them alot. While cafe bikes are all about self expression, it helps to have an outsiders opinion when you're torn..

TCK
 
97Intruder said:
I would like to be able to modify one of those " push button " types I've seen on choppers, where you push the center, and it opens.....I saw them once, but don't remember if it was in a mag or on t.v. that would be very sleek, and add a " cool " factor, I hate the one on my Intruder(makes the otherwise Harley clone look like what it is.....another rice-burner clone, and sticks up like a speed bump!), and the one on the GS, gotta take out the stupid key at the gas station to open it, then to put it back on!......maybe I could see this on a car/truck with a big gas tank.....but c'mon....how far is someone going to get on a few gallons of gas?? or is there that many motorcycle gas cap thieves out there?:-s

P.s. Iron.....I got one......it's called a PayPal card......might as well be a E-Bay charge card....I spend WAYYY too much time on there.......and here!!
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And on top of that, a new cap is like 10 bucks...ive seriously thought of buying a surpluss of them, just in case..Couple that with the fact that i pretty much make it known wherever that if anyone so much as breathes on my bike funny i will throttle them...im my own alarm system..lol
 
Actually i DO need some serious input from you guys, tho it may be impossible for you to see just by looking at photos...I have some NJB racing shocks coming, and its going to raise the rear about 3 inches...obviously the bike is slammed in the rear and lowered a bit in front. (believe it or not those are dirt bike forks on it) The current "shocks" if you wanna call them that, are ten inches eye to clevis and the new are 13 eye to clevis. Do you think 3 inches in lift is going to cant the bike too much to the front?? Im just not sure..i dont think so, cos it sorta cants to the back a touch..what do you guys think?

Thanks for the input in advance!!

TCK
 
When i first started looking at the rear height of my bike to see how much lower i need to go to make it look good I put it on a jack and took the rear shocks off. I lowered it and measured from the lower to upper shock mount and found that 1 to 2 inches made a HUGE difference in the way the bike sits. Like after I had it sitting at about 1 1/2 inches lower for a while it just looked funny when i put it back at stock ride height. I dunno what 3 inches will do for your bike but i know a small change does make a BIG difference

Other than that the bike is looking awesome. I like the gold forks and black spokes. Makes it look tough. Where did you get those spokes?
 
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well i do want it to sit higher obviously, but not stock high, and thats gettin kinda close..i think stocks are 13 3/4...even stock high isnt that bad i just dont want it all thrown to the forward so much it looks jacked up in back. we'll see i guess.
 
Stock high for my bike was a twelve inch shock so yeah 13 3/4 is pretty up there. But yeah i guess we'll see what happens. How long till the shocks get there?
 
welll...we got the valve adjustment done, and synched the carbs today (Thanks Steve!!) But im still fookin rich as all get out. Went for a ride for a bit and she started drowning on me at lights after she warmed up good. Started blowing a bit of fuel smoke in the exhaust too...UGGGH. I am thoroughly frustrated...Steve and i did play with the air adjustment screws, got them set closer together, as they were ALL OVER the place...one 2 turns out one 1 turn out...crazy that it ran at all.. so now ima have to figure out the fuel screws...I looked through the carb stickys and didnt really find one...anyone have a fuel screw base for a 77 750 with pods and a 4-1 on it?? Even better if its a VH 4-1?? At least she runs well enough to ride, but i gotta fix this or ill go nutso...:shock:
 
TheCafeKid said:
I looked through the carb stickys and didnt really find one...anyone have a fuel screw base for a 77 750 with pods and a 4-1 on it?? Even better if its a VH 4-1?? At least she runs well enough to ride, but i gotta fix this or ill go nutso...:shock:
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You don't really need one, since it runs (sort of, at least). Since you were really rich down low, try 1/2 turn leaner on them all (I don't know off-hand if in or out is leaner on your bike) and see how it goes. You don't say where you set them before the test ride? Keep chasing that until it is OK or you are less than 1 turn out or more than 3 turns out. At that point, you need to step up or down on your pilot because you have reached the end of your adjustment range with the air screw.

Are you certain all your issues are only with the air screw? Or are you opening the throttle enough to get onto the needle as well?

Mark
 
Well Steve and i adjusted the air screws so that they're all the same or very very close...shes just plain (it seems to me) getting too much fuel...like i said, i can smell it and its blowing white/grey fuel smoke out the tail on blipping. Idles a bit stumbly but MUCH better than it was before...and it seems to drown itself sometimes at stop lights (only happened once today while i was out, and i was already stopping anyway) My assumption is that if the air screws were that far out of wack, the fuel screws probably are too...just was looking for a baseline...what was the factory setting etc...what do youthink??
 
TheCafeKid said:
Well Steve and i adjusted the air screws so that they're all the same or very very close...shes just plain (it seems to me) getting too much fuel...like i said, i can smell it and its blowing white/grey fuel smoke out the tail on blipping. Idles a bit stumbly but MUCH better than it was before...and it seems to drown itself sometimes at stop lights (only happened once today while i was out, and i was already stopping anyway) My assumption is that if the air screws were that far out of wack, the fuel screws probably are too...just was looking for a baseline...what was the factory setting etc...what do youthink??
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Just a guess, but, you might want to check your main jet, and see where it is....you might have to lower the needle a notch. And, on your air screws, in is lean....stock I think is 1 to 1 1/2 out, mine are set at 2....smells a bit rich, so I might need to go in a 1/4 turn....there's a fine line between blueing the pipes, and smelling the raw gas....
Don't remember, are your carbs vacuum or manual?.... mine are vacuum, and there's no adjustment for the needle....at least not that I saw, and I JUST had my carbs off....no.... wait, that was on the Intruder.....never mind.....but, never took the tops off the GS...so there may be an adjustment for the needle.
 
Yeah the needle adjustment is just moving it up or down, But..ive pulled them apart, since i didnt know what kind of jetting set up the PO had in it..come to find out it looks freakin stock...the needle is even in the third slot which i believe is stock...Ima clean the shiot out of them and then check her again...I also noticed my timing is off one degree on the 2/3 and 2 degrees on the 1/4 so that may make a difference, i dunno with points if theres a measure of relativity there, some grey area..but stock is 17 degrees. I got 18 on one and 15 on the other..:shock:
 
TheCafeKid said:
Yeah the needle adjustment is just moving it up or down, But..ive pulled them apart, since i didnt know what kind of jetting set up the PO had in it..come to find out it looks freakin stock...the needle is even in the third slot which i believe is stock...Ima clean the shiot out of them and then check her again...I also noticed my timing is off one degree on the 2/3 and 2 degrees on the 1/4 so that may make a difference, i dunno with points if theres a measure of relativity there, some grey area..but stock is 17 degrees. I got 18 on one and 15 on the other..:shock:
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Whoa man that's some screwed up timing and ignition. Although one or two degrees of timing shouldn't make much of a difference I don't know if the points being off also contributes THAT much to the poor running state of the bike. Either way sounds like time for new points!
 
Ironriot said:
Whoa man that's some screwed up timing and ignition. Although one or two degrees of timing shouldn't make much of a difference I don't know if the points being off also contributes THAT much to the poor running state of the bike. Either way sounds like time for new points!
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Naw...its time for Dyna...and smash the points with a hammer...hehehe
 
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