fazer1sniper

Motus has been working on the V4 bike for a couple years now & been taking their sweet time with getting it out there.

...And that little bike could MOVE.

The Best In Show Bike: The Virago (my lil OD Green chop behind it)

darn i was hoping for some pics of the indiviual bikes

Ask and we will receive

I have to find a use for once fired Fed Match brass. I gave away about 700 of them last year. I can't use reloads due to departmental liability. I gotta use factory ammo only out of the bolt rig for operations. My stick likes 168 Gold Medal Match, 165 Fed bonded & the 150 Hornady TAP. I'm sure somebody had a great load that I'd love but I dont wana collect data on a round I can't shoot on the job.

It would seem my photobucket took a crap so i made a new one. here are some finished pics...

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h330/]

Love it. Keep it up.

I rode the snot out of it today. Ended up up at the local bar where a half dozon bikes were parked. I got alot of "what the hell is that?"'s. Was fun. It scoots out pretty good for a 400. Tracks nice, breaking is decent, turns easy as speed. Good times. Just came home to park it before I got so lit that I end up dropping it.

+1 on .308. Lots of great loads for that caliber. 30-06 loads are very simular in performance to .308, dont let the longer cartrage fool you. .308 handles higher pressure and the short action rifle is more rigid than the long action. I'd be looking at the Remington 700 over any Savage. Little more money to get into but alot more high end upgrade can be done down the road. My Remington has D.D. Ross bottom metal and a 20 MOA scope mount. Both parts make the rifle more rigid and give you a bit better barrel harmonics. Now If I could only afford a .338 Lapua...

Modern mag spring are pretty tough. I have a couple dozen m16 mags for the M4's loaded at any given time. The failures in feeding that come from a "bad mag" are mote often the boby of the mag failing (broken weld on the back) or sticking follower. I store most ammo in .50 and .30 cal ammo cans like several other do here. My Federal Match for my .308 is mostly still in the origional boxes, not counting the 100 rounds or so in the drag bag and the rounds stowed on my rifle it's self.

I'M A CRAPPY Traffic guy (too much SWAT and violent cime time)but IMO the vehicle in the intercection has right of way, the one behind it is in holding patern. If that vehicle ( the dumb ass that nearly hit you) caused any type of accident by putting it's self ahead of the vehicle with the right of way, I would cite them for failing to yeald right of way (x2 if I could) and likely tag then with what ever else I could think up just to push the point home that they are retarded.

No time or money to get the new front tire. Rear turns were salvaged out of parts that I stripped off my old Magna. With the new battery and oil breather I had to get puts me at $276 invested in the build.

Finished up today. A mild ride on the street but rain and wet prevented me giving it much. Any way here it is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNpuNh9G6vk

Where almost there.... Getting close and using the last minutes.

Not sure. better signals and headlight maybe. Spoked wheels. Alot depends on how I like riding it. Wont be a daily rider for sure, but may be a fun bar-hopper. I really made it "mine" with the military-sniper theme.

SO CLOSE!

The battery I had for this bike/battery box took a crap. I used this "barrowed" battery to test all the wiring and start the motor. Rear wheel & fender cant be replaced untill the new battery is installed. I plan to get the replacement tomorrow and get this bike ready to ptut in gear and see what happens.

From tank forward I finished up with some detail work I wanted to knock out.

Nothing is done till I can start it up and roll down the road. After that I'm ssure i will be happy to get off this 27 HP beast and back on my 1000 with a fresh set of Perelli's. But I gotta say it's been a fun time building it so far.

MUCH, well done.

Today wired most all of it up, with a barrowed battery fron one of the other bikes. The one i used for mock up ended up being dead, will grab a new one this weekend. Down side is rear tire fender had to come off to get the dead one out. That being done, I cleaned the carbs and installed them. Some gas line and a beer can of fuel I went to fire it up. 15 minutes later it RAN! Ran well too. Sounds cool for a 'lil 400. All the parts I messed with day should be all painted by the weekend and if I can pick up a few things, maybe a running bike by this time next week.

Update. Getting closer.

NICE! My 27hp XS 400 is all in peices.

That's sweet Gix. What's gonna power that beast around?

Torn down, pulled motor...

Triple tree's back and bored out for the new stem...

Frame ready to be taken to Dad's shop for a date with bigger welders.

$210.51 in the build now with the steering bearings paid for and ordered.

Front 19" tire and a set of turn indicators yet to buy.

Did some tank art...