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Major 1100 Kat rebuild...last post.

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Katman

Thanks for the great tip. Keep up the grea work!

Regards, Archie
 
sheeeeeeeit bobkatman!!! 8O

you really went nuts with the polishing! 8) 8) 8)

and i thought i was nuts!

way to go dude!
 
I can't look at this thread anymore if your going to keep posting those gorgeous pictures of that machine. Unless your going to let me ride it :)

Your making me want to go get a Kat.
 
Thank for all the encouraging words, it gets frustrating sometimes. but I'm almost there.

and when this is done I start to work on my 7/11 kat so I can sell it.

katman

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katman said:
Hey Solo..

That's a nice pic.

I just picked these up and am considering mounting them, though I will need some brackets. What do you guys think? I heard they are made of cast iron and rust in the rain easy. Not that I will be riding in the rain much.
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beautiful!,love the rotors :D

if you're taking 'bout the avatar photo, a friend came over with his digit camera saturday before last and we took a few pix behind the garage.
i've posted some at oldskoolsuzuki.info: 3 of the GS(X) and 3 of the KAT!

http://oldskoolsuzuki.info/index.htm?/cgi-bin/album/album.pl~main

ps:how much for a kat nose ? (saw them on another tread)
looks to me like you'll end up with enough parts for another project bike.

keep us posted, lookin' real good from here! 8)
 
just picked these up and am considering mounting them, though I will need some brackets. What do you guys think? I heard they are made of cast iron and rust in the rain easy. Not that I will be riding in the rain much.
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I am not sure about the stainless used for rotors, but generally stainless is non-magnetic, so you could try seeing if a magnet will stick or not to determine if they are cast iron. That said, cast iron is the ULTIMATE material for rotors (for street use, anyway). It has a coefficient of friction about 15% higher than stainless, wears less than SS with abrasive pads and dissipates heat better. It also rusts easily... :(

C'mon, Katman - you live in Vancouver. It is impossible to ride there and not ride in the rain... :) How much the rusting will bother you is up to you. It is only light surface rust that forms and it scrubs off in the first couple of stops after you start riding. But things can look ugly if it's been sitting a while, and the rust leaves a reddish tinged brake dust on things. The humidity on the lower mainland will be enough to rust the rotors while sitting, without ever seeing rain.


Mark
 
That's not true Mr. Alberta,

We have been on water rations for many years now in the summer. Last year was in the spring. We haven't seen a lot of rain in the last few years.

This winter isn't looking to good though but, again, this isn't my daily ride so riding in the rain won't be common. Even so the rotors run so hot that they will be dry shortly after hitting my heated garage/shop.

so, DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE! lol

katman
 
brackets are done and mounted. SS Brake lines are on and bled. Getting close. I decided to go with the 83 front pegs... think they look better.
 
The final mounting of the fairing was a pain. Lots of futsing about. I trimed the upper and lower plastic, then the forks hit the forward mounting brackets so they had to be removed and relocated.

I had to take so much off the lower part of the fairing I couldn't re-use the brackets and made new ones. The first weld was was in the wrong place so I had to ask good neighbour to weld them again......don't like doing that.

The forks are such a tight fit with the XZ6 clipons. there is only a few mm before contact with tank and the fork legs are just...just touching the fake oil cooler plastic at full lock. Not a big deal there the oil cooler will be set in a bit so they won't touch.

The lower triple pinch bolts hit the head light adjustment screw and the gsxr ignition had to be trimmed so it wouldn't hit the fairning center stay.

It is all tucked away now and fits tight but that is the way I like it. WHAT A DIFFERENCE in lookand style. As it is all coming together I am very glad I did this and I haven't even fired it up yet. I am getting itchy.

I've got a thunder hole gravity feed fuel valve coming from Pingel with a double fuel feed for my hungry carbs. Hope it doesn't effect my gas mileage too much........HA.HA.HA.HA.HA.HA
 
Looking great Kat. I ran into the same probably with clipons hitting too close to the tank. I decided to use some short clamps on top the triple with a a K&N Superbike bar that I narrowed by about 1 1/2". They have about a 2" rise so they are plenty low. I have an 1150 fairing I'll mount someday and it looks like the bars are going to hit just about right in the fairing.
 
Looking good Katman :) Don't make it any cleaner, you wont want to ride it!
LOL, like that would happen :)
 
ARCHIE ANDERSON said:
Hello Katman
One question Remains to be noted. Did you have to modify the rear axle to get the GSXR wheel to fit
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Sorry Archie I didn't get back to your question.

No I didn't have to modify the rear axle. same diameter as my stock one so I used it because the gsxr axle is too long. I would have to spacer outside the swing or cut it down. The other dif. is the gsxr axle doesn't taper at the threads like the stock. With the stock swingarm the stock axle works great.
 
I decided to go with S.S. fittings and sent the alum ones back......I am sorry I did..but it is done now....they look ok but it wasn't any cheaper which was partly my point in doing it...anyway.
 
Well..the rear fender has been bugging me for a while. I have cut it a couple of times now there is no more to cut.

there is a metal bracket runing along the lines now but I am happy with it finally......

I also took the hood, or brim off the back top of the seat cowl and angled the tail light and lic plate bracket to give it a bit of angle ot it. Kind of more modern line if I can say that. and I ran some chrome edging along the cut edge of the fender....what's left of it that is.

Tell me what you think?

http://groups.msn.com/GS1100KATANA/82katbuild.msnw?Page=Last
 
I would need to see it from a shot that shows the whole bike as well. In that shot it would appear that the angle of the tail light and the seat color are both not complimentory to the bike. But I know how differantly things look when you see the whole picture and I am sure it will look differant to me since I know the bike is all light colored. It probably looks awesome, just can't tell from that close up only.
 
Yeah that's what I thought, it looks totally differant like that. The tail light angle is perfect. The light seat color is cool too as i expected. That's the stock light grey color isn't it?.

Have you had any trouble with your rear fender bobed that short? Mine is still stock and I still get crap on my back at times. Chain lube used to be an issue until I found out I was using the wrong lube for my o-ring chain that was on at the time. But road dirt, mud, water etc... seems to find it's way up onto my back on occations. Weird? Do you think it is from me breaking too hard? Hitting a puddle and then stopping fast? i have never been able to figure out how it gets up there since it looks like it should be physically impossible. But it happens. This has always made me wonder about bobed rear fenders. I think they look sporty as well but always fear additional dirt on my back from doing so.

That stock light I like better than that after market one you pictured. Just my opinion on that one.

Looks great man, I wish we lived closer so we could ride together come spring. I have spring/bike fever already so bad that my wife is ready to kick me out into the shed. It's extra bad this year. Probably this darn forum not helping to much with that one :)
 
Thanks for your oppinion. it's good to get lots of people's thoughts in case there is something you didn't see.
Your reply came in just as I posted a photoshop version of the RC51 tail light. Don't know if you saw it.

You are right, this forum doesn't help the bike fever. My bike is done waaaaay ahead of my winter project schedual. Fortunately winters in Vancouver BC are very ridable (when it isn't raining) Only a couple of days snow maybe a year. It is 10 degrees today.

As far as getting dirt on your back ...... RIDE FASTER!!!!!!!

cheers,
 
katman said:
Your reply came in just as I posted a photoshop version of the RC51 tail light. Don't know if you saw it.
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I commented on it: That stock light I like better than that after market one you pictured. Just my opinion on that one.
Maybe you viewed my post before I edited that part. Do a refresh once.

katman said:
As far as getting dirt on your back ...... RIDE FASTER!!!!!!!

cheers,
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I've been thinking thats my problem :) I ride toooo fast. I only have foggies to ride with around here. All the younger speedhead guys i used to ride with are out now. Either moved away, got married and sold out or just gave up for lack of funds. I am a die hard, I am still into thrashing sport bikes the same as I was when I was 15! Maybe even more so :twisted:
 
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