makenzie71
16th June 2003, 12:46
Hello...I'm hoping this forum will be better than the lst forums I've tried. Anyway, I just bought an 83 Maxim 400. Pretty nifty bike despite it's size, but I love smaller bikes. I would lave to get either a YSR50 or an Aprillia RS(?)50...dream bikes...lol.
Anyways, here's my plans for this bike though...it's going to be a toy until I totally take care of my debt, then I'll either tinker with it more or get something more along the lines of what I want.
but anyways...here goes.
Braking sux on this bike...the rear brakes are worn and work crappily. I just got the fronts working again so I guess it's acceptible but only slightly. I also don't like the width of the rims and tires. I'm not a speed-demon, I love the twisty turny streets. I plan to fix this using an R6 (or an FZR) doner bike. With this bike I get the forks, front wheel, rear swing arm, rear wheel, 400 mile battleaxes, toasted engine (some bikes do not need turbochargers), and various other little goodies. I want to adapt the swing arm, the forks, wheels, and the entire braking system to my Maxim. On such a light bike I think that these goodies would really kick ass. For the moment I'm going to rework the exhaust on this bike (mandrel merged duals) and the carbs/intake system and call it good. The next spare check I have lying around I'm going to either find a Ninja250 engine (I just like the sound they make at 14000rpm, lol) or an air cooled (might go water cooled but dunno) 650-750 engine. I'm thinking like a hawk GT or so...something with 6 gears and and still be a sub-litre bike.
I guess the biggest reason, before someone says "Why?", that I'm doing this is that I can't find a single modded Maxim 400. Just think it'll be cool.
Anyways, I'm just looking to share my plans and get some opinions or suggestions. Tahnks for reading.
This is the coolest emoticon I've ever seen...:angry2:
Anyways, here's my plans for this bike though...it's going to be a toy until I totally take care of my debt, then I'll either tinker with it more or get something more along the lines of what I want.
but anyways...here goes.
Braking sux on this bike...the rear brakes are worn and work crappily. I just got the fronts working again so I guess it's acceptible but only slightly. I also don't like the width of the rims and tires. I'm not a speed-demon, I love the twisty turny streets. I plan to fix this using an R6 (or an FZR) doner bike. With this bike I get the forks, front wheel, rear swing arm, rear wheel, 400 mile battleaxes, toasted engine (some bikes do not need turbochargers), and various other little goodies. I want to adapt the swing arm, the forks, wheels, and the entire braking system to my Maxim. On such a light bike I think that these goodies would really kick ass. For the moment I'm going to rework the exhaust on this bike (mandrel merged duals) and the carbs/intake system and call it good. The next spare check I have lying around I'm going to either find a Ninja250 engine (I just like the sound they make at 14000rpm, lol) or an air cooled (might go water cooled but dunno) 650-750 engine. I'm thinking like a hawk GT or so...something with 6 gears and and still be a sub-litre bike.
I guess the biggest reason, before someone says "Why?", that I'm doing this is that I can't find a single modded Maxim 400. Just think it'll be cool.
Anyways, I'm just looking to share my plans and get some opinions or suggestions. Tahnks for reading.
This is the coolest emoticon I've ever seen...:angry2: