RHill Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Now that the snow melted off, I started tearing down the "new" to me bike. Nothing major is wrong from the outside(knock on wood). Luckily I still have all the fasteners from my 01, because this bike has random steel shit throughout that needs replaced.The street trim will be going back on the old bike, and the one in the photo will be the track whore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaDoc Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 congrats ryan now u have a street bike to come ride with the slow pokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHill Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Thought u would be happy Nivin, guess I dont have an excuse now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Copeland Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Who'd you by the tracker from ?Looks nice ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHill Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Went and picked it up yesterday from a guy in Kentucky. It was a passed around between a few people on the assfaultjunkies forum previously.Needs a little love, but it will get the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRMN8TR Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Nice pick up. So the Penske shock you just got done putting on the other bike, going on this one now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHill Posted December 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 yep, and the forks will get switched too. No big deal, didn't even mount the reservoir on the old bike.I'll probably wait till the first couple track days, then order more springs and respring the street bike as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Copeland Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 Went and picked it up yesterday from a guy in Kentucky. It was a passed around between a few people on the assfaultjunkies forum previously.Needs a little love, but it will get the job done.I seen that one on AFJ site !You got a great deal ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LINK Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Congrats, nice find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHill Posted December 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Thanks guys!The wait to get it on the track is going to be killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHill Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Update:Worked on the bikes a bit yesterday...switched forks around so now the track bike has the 1.00 springs and the street bike has whatever the other bike came with. The "new" forks are a little beat, not rough, but you can defiantly see wear...hopefully they dont leak. Pulled the clip-ons off the street bike, because the stock bars will be more comfortable....Track bike already has a set of woodcrafts on, so I guess the vortex ones are going in the spares box. I'm not sure if it is the cold or if a gorilla was the last one to work on the bike, but a lot of the fasteners are way over torqued. One of the caliper bolts stripped out like butter...which caused a little headache removing the forks. Track bike already had steel braided lines on, so I installed the set I bought previously on the street bike. Ordered a couple sets of levers and a used set of rearsets for spares. Unfortunately I should have paid more attention when buying the rearsets, they said vortex in the description, and look similar, but it turns out they are OSF rearsets after inspecting them closer. No big deal, the ones on the bike (one vortex and one unlabeled) feel great, these will just be spares.Generators?Been keeping an eye out for a deal on a generator, the honda/yamaha/hyundai inverter generators are all a little out of my price range, but the a 73531i Champion is a little cheaper. The refurbished units run a little over $400. Reviews say it doesn't have the capacity of the more expensive units and does not handle initial start up loads as well, both shouldn't really be a negative for my usage. Other option is an open frame generator like This one harbor freight has for sale. Save some money, but then it is larger(transport and storage), louder(longer extension cord and walking back and forth), uses more gas, and parts support probably sucks for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photos by Marty Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Generators?Been keeping an eye out for a deal on a generator, the honda/yamaha/hyundai inverter generators are all a little out of my price range, but the a 73531i Champion is a little cheaper. The refurbished units run a little over $400. Reviews say it doesn't have the capacity of the more expensive units and does not handle initial start up loads as well, both shouldn't really be a negative for my usage. Other option is an open frame generator like This one harbor freight has for sale. Save some money, but then it is larger(transport and storage), louder(longer extension cord and walking back and forth), uses more gas, and parts support probably sucks for it.As I usaully don't use mine during the day, I'm always willing to lend it out to people I know / trust. All I ask for in return is gas and a CD order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHill Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 May take you up on that Marty, planned on scoring a set of photos from you in the spring anyway. Still will need to pick up a genny for other tracks that don't have power available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Get the champion 3500W from TSC for 299, wheel kit,and splitter. About 50% of the guys run these, I have one, Craig does, and I know a bunch of others.They run specials on Amazon for wheel kit genny and splitter for like 350 shipped, and TSC will ahve them for like 279 at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHill Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 I'll have to stop at TSC and take a look if they are in stock. How do you think it would hold up on an opened trailer? I can probably fit an inverter gen in my car, but an open frame would probably have to be tied down on my trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Totalyl fine, I leave mine out for weeks at a time when we are at the dirt track races. And trust me, they get way more wear there then at the track. Run 24/7 for 4-7 days at a time. Mine still looks new actually. Changed the oil once actually, probably should do that more often, but oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHill Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 I'll check it out. Would be easy to mount the gen to the trailer tongue and move the wheel chock back a few inches to balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Yep, has predrilled holes on the bottom for the wheel kit. Instead o that get some wing nuts and carriage bolts and done. Then just get a GOOD HIGH QUALITY extension cord. warmers dont work so well with little cheap POS's. Plus then others can use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHill Posted January 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 3500watt generator should power 2 sets of warmers and a couple accessories fine, right? Most of the time it will just be powering a single set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owndjoo Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 IIRC we usually ran 1 set and 1 rear plus fan/radio on our quiet 2000w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 3500watt generator should power 2 sets of warmers and a couple accessories fine, right? Most of the time it will just be powering a single set.Yep, I run 2 warmers and 2 fans all the time on mine. I used a high quality like 4-6 gauge 50 ft extension cord into a surge protector. Then a smaller line to the fans, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 I have ran 3 on my champion 3500watt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHill Posted January 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 3 sets? Thought they pulled about 1200 watts apiece? I guess they are just a bunch of resistance wire, so a little voltage drop won't kill em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue03636 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 The champion is 4000 peek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Also, note, not all warmers take that many watts and the peak is just to warm them, if you stagger them easily get 3 sets on there and something even a tad smaller. But yeah, the 4000 peak is key for startups for when all 3 sets are drawing a full load.I mean unless you are planning to run multiple bikes, just get whatever works for YOU, and others can worry about themselves. We always have plenty of genny's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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