ducatilover's squidtastic pile of crap

[blackdog]

I knew the indicators light up fully on a good battery.
So, I casually grabbed a grunty battery with more than 12v, slipped the jumper leads on and it's sorted.
Bike battery is currently at 11.8V simplest fix evah!





My retinas burnt when I looked at the indicators, I went blind and walked in to the electric fence and now I'm dead.

I may not have done that at all.

Hahaha, and I can't rep ya for it.

[ducatilover]

Agreed!

Looking real good. Spoked rims would look mean......



Kinda like this but more cafe racerish and cooler

I need that front mud guard!
Spoked rims are the shizz, I'd love some. Not sure about putting 100hp through spokes though?

Have to D/L some pics of monster front guards, I'm thinking of making one similar, not as big though
Hmm, might be able to make an image of one on the photo studio thingy

[yod]

That's looking fucking mint DL, Autosol for the total epic win

I need more shiny bits on the bird

[ducatilover]

Chopped up some pics, 'zorst doesn't look right in the second pic, the angle of the photo I stole it from was wrong methinks.
I want that front guard.

[Conquiztador]

U planning some work on the header pipes to tidy them up? On the pic's they look kinda rusty.

[ducatilover]

U planning some work on the header pipes to tidy them up? On the pic's they look kinda rusty.

When the money situation permits I'll be giving it to Bogan for a nice tasty set of stainless headers.
In the mean time, once these are chopped/shut to a 4-1 I will clean 'em up.
They're my biggest dislikes at the moment, along with the black oil cooler and ugly radiator.
Will have a sexy oil cooler one day, yet again it's down to money

[ducatilover]

Today we have learned that Kawasaki were a bunch of goat cuddling tree hugging hippy faggots
Ugly standard headers:

What I found inside it:

I knew there was some sort of dividing plate to make the air flow to the 4-2-1 even, but I didn't know there was a baffle from the collector all the way up both pipes what a fucking stupid idea Kawasaki. So, obviously being me, I ripped it all out along with the rest of the noise and HP killing junk. What a huge waste of potential CFM.

Moral of the story: More HP for Doug.

In my mind:
The ZZR600D was claimed 100hp at the crank.
K&N filter
Jetting.
4-1, no baffle in the headers
Moriwaki can
4 degree ignition advancer.
If that doesn't make near 100hp at the wheel (let's not have arguments about dynojet vs factory pro here) I'm going to..well, not have 100hp at the wheel.

My mind went in to power mode and I started having visions of later model cams...
Then I looked up the spec, the D model has a more aggressive 'zorst cam and the lift difference between an E model and D model intake cam wouldn't make any difference whatsoever.
So, if I want moar powaaaah (don't really need more...) I'll buy an E model block and go the turbp route as already planned.




Quick edit:
Pipe size after collector: 50mm, 1.3mm wall
Header pipe size: 36mm, 1.3mm wall (ish)
Baffle thickness; 2mm
So my maffs sez, that I effectively have 43.6mm pipe after the collector, that is quite a restriction. Especially considering it is perforated tube and fucked, so creating lots and lots of turbulence. To my knowledge I want no restrictions after the collector, so that's a bonus!

[Mushu]

forget the bike go back to the pics in the original post and tell me about that AW11 you got sitting there.
Now I understand why you were asking about mine

I think I need to get mine running again - I'm getting withdrawl

[ducatilover]

forget the bike go back to the pics in the original post and tell me about that AW11 you got sitting there.
Now I understand why you were asking about mine

I think I need to get mine running again - I'm getting withdrawl

My old flat mate's. Completely original when he got it and pretty damn mint, but he's like me and likes perfection, so he's restoring it.
Mods will be simple bolted on bits, nice suede steering wheel and Recaro fish nets.
I haven't owned one (yet) but I love 'em and have driven a fair few. Bloody brilliant cars.

[Fast Eddie]

its looking sweet bro - when u polished the wheels did you paint centers first then polish or did u polish first then mask off the polished areas and paint?

I think I'm polishing first then painting after.. but not sure if I will get a clean line etc

[ducatilover]

Sanded the lot down smooth, paint/masking then gave the lips a proper polish.

Might have to start a thread on Geoff the GN now.

[Mushu]

My old flat mate's. Completely original when he got it and pretty damn mint, but he's like me and likes perfection, so he's restoring it.
Mods will be simple bolted on bits, nice suede steering wheel and Recaro fish nets.
I haven't owned one (yet) but I love 'em and have driven a fair few. Bloody brilliant cars.

Yea I'm lookin for fishnets too, I been trying to convince a guy I work with to sell me the ones out of his Isuzu Irmscher, its the only place I commonly see them, I wish I had the finances for perfection

You should have a look at this thread, nicest MR2 in Australia as far as I can tell http://www.mr2australia.com/mr2play/...m=1132&mpage=1 I have a set of OEM ski racks just like the ones the guy in that thread has that I might be convinced to let go of if your mate is after some rare bits

[Fast Eddie]

Sanded the lot down smooth, paint/masking then gave the lips a proper polish.

Might have to start a thread on Geoff the GN now.

lol Geoff..

was riding the mrs one today eh.. hope the little fellas alright I made use of all 5hp it had to offer

u been riding yours? find some real windy tight hairpin type corners they are hilarious to ride.

[ducatilover]

Yea I'm lookin for fishnets too, I been trying to convince a guy I work with to sell me the ones out of his Isuzu Irmscher, its the only place I commonly see them, I wish I had the finances for perfection

You should have a look at this thread, nicest MR2 in Australia as far as I can tell http://www.mr2australia.com/mr2play/...m=1132&mpage=1 I have a set of OEM ski racks just like the ones the guy in that thread has that I might be convinced to let go of if your mate is after some rare bits

Fuck that's tidy!
Get some from a Hilux Surf, my mate picked his up for $200 and they're bloody clean

Perfection costs time more than anything lol

lol Geoff..

was riding the mrs one today eh.. hope the little fellas alright I made use of all 5hp it had to offer

u been riding yours? find some real windy tight hairpin type corners they are hilarious to ride.

Mine runs like a boss now, picked it up yesterday.
Cleaned polished it (especially the epic wire wheels)
Today, cabr clean/tune.
Plug.
Oil.
Valve clearances.
Checked charging system
Blah fuckin' blah.
Runs well now.

Bringing it home, the suspension was wound back to softer than soft so I had my boots down a few times and I was going rather slow lol
Second GN for me

[Fast Eddie]

Bringing it home, the suspension was wound back to softer than soft so I had my boots down a few times and I was going rather slow lol
Second GN for me

keeeen haha.. mrs one is pretty much new.. chinese made tho so see if the chrome stays that shiny during her ownership. It spent a night in the rain the other day.. not sure if thats gonna kill it. I dont think its been wet yet since new haha