2fat2fly

If you're talking about Little he was one of my best friends.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum and Ohio. As for your tires check with Z Performance on Woodman in Riverside or Vista Kawasaki on Wilmington over in Kettering.

Welcome to the forum.

It sounds to me like your carbs need thoroughly cleaned. Read this: http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159718

Good eye. The last piece of the puzzle is new shoes. It'll be outfitted with new tires as the last thing before riding it.

This is all the progress for this week. I won't touch it again until next Thursday because tomorrow is Easter and my work schedule for the rest of the week blows goats. The upside is that I have more parts ordered and they should all be here by Thursday at the latest. Next weekend will be busy.

Didn't get anything accomplished today other than washing the missile in anticipation of riding it soon. And here's a look at the final shape of the airbox plugs I made: They look kind of irregular across the top but that's because I tried to follow the contour of the top of the airbox slots where they sit. They are bolted to the front of the airbox slots so you get an idea of how they sit in the airbox.

Thanks Nick. One of the reasons for doing this thread is that it forces me to stay on task. By doing this it' s keeping me motivated to get the bike done, so it's helping me too.

Thanks for the compliment. Anybody could do this if they wanted.

Motorcycling is about passion. If you try to make sense out of it you're missing the point. It's your bike, you enjoy it so do what you want with it.

Both are done and ready for final installation.

If this doesn't work I will put a single piece of rubber across the top of the plugs I made and a thin piece of stainless or aluminum with screws threaded into the plugs to seal it all from the top. That's why I'm contouring the plugs to the top of the airfilter slots (so I don't waste aluminum and have to make a second set).

I'm back at it this morning. After my wife left for work I went to the garage to play. I have the first plug drilled and fitted. I have not trimmed the bottom down yet. I'll do that after I get the other one fitted and drilled. I don't have a Bridgeport at my disposal so I have to do this all with a bandsaw, drill press and dye-grinder so this will take longer than the preferred method. I'm not complaining, in fact I'm quite thankful I have these tools in my garage. Time to make the next one. After I get them made I will install them with aircraft fuel tank sealant to seal the top of the airbox. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/ac236b.php?clickkey=4275

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I decided on a pattern for the airbox plugs and I started making them. I got one rough cut out on the bandsaw before the wife said she wants to go out for supper. So this is where I'm at for the day: One side is partially made. Still needs holes drilled and finish formed/sanded into shape. What's left of the donor material: Where it's going: Still needs final fab work to fit properly, but you get the idea: It will be slid all the way in to where nothing sticks out of the slot when it's done.

My guess is smoother engagement and no false neutrals, etc... for racing use.

The next order of business is figuring out how to plug the airbox. The airbox is part of the frame on the 12 so you have to do this in order to make the turbo work. I looked around my scrap metal cabinet and found a piece of aluminum I'll machine into two plugs for the top of the airbox. Now I'm off to make a couple drawings for the necessary machine work.

Here's a couple more pictures of the charge pipe routing. I ended up having to order a 45* elbow to finish the charge pipe. With luck I might have it tomorrow. If not I'll have it by next weekend and I can wrap that all up.

Good news! The re-routing of the piping will work the way I want it. The elbow turning the duct upward is in place in this picture: and it's hidden behind the fairing! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!!!!! Here's the top view: I need to connect it now but that's not a big deal. Life is good for the fat kid!

I did consider an undertail mount but I coudn't hide the turbo if I did that. I took the hardest path by doing it the way I am, but I'm still planning to have everything under bodywork as much as possible.

Since I had to hang the left lower fairing for working on the turbo piping I decided to take a few photos of the air shifter to show how it clears everything with the bodywork on.

This afternoon I spent my time trying to work out the routing of the charge pipe for the turbo. If you look at the first picture there's all the room in the world to run it. But as you look at the rest of the photos you'll see the open space goes away quickly. I'm not done with it yet and the last photo in the sequence shows where it's at tonight. Tomorrow I'll attack it again and try to finish routing it. The good news is that I believe I have everything I need to finish that part of the project. The black hose with the blue inside is the charge air hose. It needs to turn and go straight up in front of the radiator. And this shot is the view from above. Again, the black hose is the charge air tubing. As you can see, keeping everything inside the fairing and hidden will be a nightmare but I believe I can accomplish it.

I started today kind of slow. Somebody asked for details on my undertail so I measured it's dimensions, etc.. for him. I got it installed on the bike and now I need to start sorting the wiring. Here's pictures of the miniscule progress this morning: The pictures aren't that great due to lighting. The innerfender follows the frame contour for a nice clean look underneath the tail.