Are bigger carbs better?

[mossy1200]

Took me a while to get what you meant, just saw the car in the background.

gotta love over engineering.

Wow. Shes so hot the car has an erection.

[GrayWolf]

Nah, put the blower pulley out the stator side, would be easy enough to make a shaft that bolts on to the flywheel/crank bolt with a pulley on the end


Thought I'd add, I spent another whole day playing with both my bikes, which are apparently too old and shit to bother with. I challenge any to who think so to present a better bike they've built

I'll repeat this again.. they are labour's of 'love'.. so worthwhile to you. The OP is purely looking at the work to make a 'stop gap' machine. Hence why I would say sell the 4 hundy put the 1-2k alongside the cash it sells for and buy a mid 90's onwards 600

[nzspokes]

I'll repeat this again.. they are labour's of 'love'.. so worthwhile to you. The OP is purely looking at the work to make a 'stop gap' machine. Hence why I would say sell the 4 hundy put the 1-2k alongside the cash it sells for and buy a mid 90's onwards 600

Where did the 1/2k cash come from? You giving it to me?

So what apart from motor makes a 90s bike better?

[bogan]

Nah, put the blower pulley out the stator side, would be easy enough to make a shaft that bolts on to the flywheel/crank bolt with a pulley on the end

Thought I'd add, I spent another whole day playing with both my bikes, which are apparently too old and shit to bother with. I challenge any to who think so to present a better bike they've built

Whats the strength like at that end though? Actually speaking of which, have you seen the RC31s which put extra crank bearings on the cases, fucking crazy cool!

The definitely a few around which could give you a run for your money... and its def the old one which have more class!

[ducatilover]

Where did the 1/2k cash come from? You giving it to me?

So what apart from motor makes a 90s bike better?

Brakes mine has great brakes.

[nzspokes]

Brakes mine has great brakes.

And does good wheelies?

[ducatilover]

Whats the strength like at that end though? Actually speaking of which, have you seen the RC31s which put extra crank bearings on the cases, fucking crazy cool!

The definitely a few around which could give you a run for your money... and its def the old one which have more class!

You have access to a welder, just make a huge fuck off crank brace
Extra crank bearings? That's pretty intense, got link?
My bike's the bestest ever

[bogan]

Brakes mine has great brakes.

And USD, oh wait, though it was only briefly with the stockers, more permanent now

You have access to a welder, just make a huge fuck off crank brace
Extra crank bearings? That's pretty intense, got link?
My bike's the bestest ever

lol, and I wouldn't need to put parts in the vibration polisher then, the unblanced crank would shake everything smooth while on the bike!

Nah, the forum is down again.

[ducatilover]

Well, there we have it; a plan for you spokey.
Keep teh GPZ.
600 motor.
ZXR forks, wheels and L model swing arm.
6 piston brakes from a ZRX400 (bolt right on to ZXR forks)
Supercharger.

Sorted

[nzspokes]

Well, there we have it; a plan for you spokey.
Keep teh GPZ.
600 motor.
ZXR forks, wheels and L model swing arm.
6 piston brakes from a ZRX400 (bolt right on to ZXR forks)
Supercharger.

Sorted

We shall see what happens this week as to what way I will go. See if I can make this Bandit deal work.

Then Bandit mods will start.............

[ducatilover]

You'll be happy to know that Bandits are an epic platform to mod.
They loooooove some forced induction

[pete376403]

Well champ, I just got home from a morning blasting around on an 82 XR200. I got that bike for $400 with a stuffed motor. Why would I do that when Ive never pulled a motor cycle engine apart? Because I wanted to learn how to. So I got a manual and got amazing advice on this site. The bikes still old and ugly but is huge fun on Trail rides.

My Dad told me getting an old RX7 S1 was a waste of time and get something more modern. I learned how to rebuild the motor and bridged it. I raced that car in club events.

The CBX250 I started riding on was in rough shape when I got it. And at one stage it refused to run. But with advice from this site I got it running and rode it from auck to the cape and other adventures for 13000k. And by the end it gave modern 250s a good nudge.

There are many other projects ive had and had fun with.

All of that is from learning. So please tell me what is wrong with that?

Spokes, without meaning to belittle your efforts (and damn good on you for trying; Munro, Britten, etc never took no for an answer either) you describe rebuilding an XR200 following factory supplied instructions, so thats not really modifying.

The rotary, well there is a huge wealth of information about making them perform, so again, thats really just following instructions.

The 400 - because of what it is, no-one has really bothered with them much so the information isn't available. Being right at the very leading edge of discovery tends to be both expensive and dissappointing.

OTOH, make your 400 into something that will almost keep up with 600s and I'll be the first to applaud.

[nzspokes]

Spokes, without meaning to belittle your efforts (and damn good on you for trying; Munro, Britten, etc never took no for an answer either) you describe rebuilding an XR200 following factory supplied instructions, so thats not really modifying.

The rotary, well there is a huge wealth of information about making them perform, so again, thats really just following instructions.

The 400 - because of what it is, no-one has really bothered with them much so the information isn't available. Being right at the very leading edge of discovery tends to be both expensive and dissappointing.

OTOH, make your 400 into something that will almost keep up with 600s and I'll be the first to applaud.

Tough crowd.

XR. Not modded apart from some porting. But had never done one before. So learning.

Rotary, Ran it bridge with holley. I didnt have a manual for it. So learning.

I ported a 2l Pinto motor from an american manual. Had not done one before so learning.

400 would just be a tuning exercise. So the basics are not that hard. Decent exhaust and tune carbs. I guess for some thats a big deal.

Im not trying to beat anything. I keep up fine with the people I ride with.

I just enjoy the process.

So I dont get the problem, why is reading manuals and learning a problem?

[bogan]

So I dont get the problem, why is reading manuals and learning a problem?

I guess some just do repairs from a manual by following the steps, without the curiosity or aptitude to think about why and how the parts work.
"The service manual is no more than a cook book. It is a good reference to a chef, but a lousy textbook for a novice."

[nzspokes]

Soooo, hows got some Bandit mod ideas.......