Dirt-bike handlebars on and FXR150?

[Damien_Toman]

The FXR150 now with the dirtbike bars and slicks. Looking forward to Mt Wellington at the weekend. Still working on XR jetting.

All the photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/se...534798/detail/

[woodyracer]

The FXR150 now with the dirtbike bars and slicks. Looking forward to Mt Wellington at the weekend. Still working on XR jetting.

All the photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/se...534798/detail/

i like you handle-bars.....great idea, when i had a sat on your bike it felt very natural. One good looking fxr damien, done nay engien mod? or is it still stock?

[Damien_Toman]

Stock everything except the new bars and a new (old) XR carb just added. Not tested it with new carb on the track. Still working on jetting. Exhaust still standard. I'm interested in ideas about opening it up a bit if that is likely to help. A wider down-pipe maybe? Taking out restrictions inside? I now have a welder - just need to practice with it!

[Damien_Toman]

The only thing I can think of is that you might want to make sure your throttle cable and brake line are going to be long enough to reach the new bars before you start drilling holes. Other than that I can't see any issues.

Well, of course, you nailed it! I needed a new throttle cable, new front brake line and I needed to modify the clutch cable (the metal right-angled bend had to go). It was all worth it though. I just did the clutch cable yesterday.

[woodyracer]

get some made up pipe from custom chambers and weld it together with a pit bike muffler then your good.

[Damien_Toman]

Sounds interesting. Any sources for a suitable pitbike muffler? Would it feel much more powerful than the standard exhaust? I'm not worried about weight at this stage - I still have speedo, ignition key, starter motor and battery.

[Damien_Toman]

Curious about the braided line. Let me know what you think of it once you've tried it. The front picks on mine are a bit wooden in any case and I suspect braided lines might give me more power but even less feel.

The braided line has a better feel, it is more precise and is not so spongy - just as I expected.