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Is this mod available to the public? How much does it cost?
Is engine life affected? Where does the power gain tend to be, bottom, mid, top, everywhere? Is this one of those "gotta be fast to be able to use it" mods?
If this is so good, how come none of the OEMs ever incorporated it into production? There's got to be a hidden drawback, right?
I'm fascinated by this thing dagnabit!
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PS Didnt mean to hijack the thread, sorry
I built a YZ150 engine that pumps out more hp than a 150SX across the whole powerband.
I built a nice moto van.
Bike stands both roll up work bench type and the toss around ones, assorted brackets, a wheel trueing stand. I'm sure there is other piddly shit I'm forgetting. But yeah just piddly shit.
-No, everything to produce them is packed in storage since I passed on the buyout opportunity a few years ago. The labor to build the crank only was $650.
Is engine life affected? Where does the power gain tend to be, bottom, mid, top, everywhere? Is this one of those "gotta be fast to be able to use it" mods?
-There was no difference in longevity of top or bottom end. Power gains seem to be across the board with maybe a slight increase in gains the faster the crank was turning, so not a pro type top end only with no bottom. My first time with one in '92 was with an already built motor so I got to see what just the crank alone did. It made my already fast motor launch harder out of corners and rev much further on top. So much of the powerband is controlled by port timing in a 2-stroke that we still had bottom-mid SX motors and mid-top outdoor motors.
If this is so good, how come none of the OEMs ever incorporated it into production? There's got to be a hidden drawback, right?
-This I can't answer. I can tell you they built a lot of outboard racing cranks for Mercruiser and was negotiating to supply a large volume, but the contract never materialized. Also in '92 Kawasaki purchased several cranks for "testing" during the outdoor season, but would not confirm or deny if the used them in the race bikes.
A 2012 DKW ( that shifts)
Reese, those are foot peg mounts off a sachs or DKW. My deek has the same type of mounting system.
Stainless steel bike stands
PVC silencer for my CR250
clutch basket wrench
wrench for counter balancer
pistons for shock and forks
dual row bearing carrier for a coach
belly skid plates for both bike and couch
swing arm skid plate for couch
Aluminium air box and intake track for a custom couch
aluminium gas tank for couch
engine mounts for Suzuki couch frame to accept Honda engine
billet stabilizer mount
custom foot pegs
Funny but no one has put "a lot of money!", but I guess none of us are in this sport for the monetary rewards. Just making moto-art, doing what I've always dreamed of doing , is worth far more than money can buy!
Here's a better photo of Roger, always very gracious and a pleasure to work with!
Pit Row
And in regards to 80's bikes having the bars in your lap, I look at old pics of myself and cant believe how far rotated back I had my bars. If only I had a further forward riding style in 86, id be a millionaire from all my championships.
I sometimes think when the subject of comparing riders from different eras is brought up that the current crop of riders from Bradshaw on, if put on a bike from 1978 and racing against Bob Hannah, Roger DeCoster etc., would completely dominate based on that forward riding style they would adapt to the 78 bike.
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I built the lift, bumpers, and rocker covers. Painted the body, powder-coated the red parts, new seat covers and wheel-tires.
Put the graphics on it for my sons company.
The Fun Mover on my profile pick, I rebuilt it also.
It's about as fun as work can be for guy who was a "lego kid."
It's pretty fun and there is a lot of skill and knowledge involved in making it all work together to produce parts. Probably a lot like those old smoker restores that you do.
Also, there are two halves there. One is the "punch" side and one is the "button" side.
BTW......reading comprehension got me here. I just realized the OP'er said moto related things you made.
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