New to site and this bike.

Pipes are done, took them to a muffler shop and the guy there was awesome. There is no way we could have done that in the garage. He had to refit and manufacture a few pieces but ended up getting it right. Had to unscrew the whole system and if your doing anything with pipes that require you to to disconnect from the headers be mindful of the copper gasket thats in there. Mine where really aged but we where able to flatten them out and use a dremmal to shave off the ruff edges to fit back on but there is no doubt we will have to relace them if we ever have to remove the pipes again. She sounds good though and I'm getting anxious now. Still waiing on rotors, oil cooler, and mirriors in the mail. The tank is still at the paint shop and we need brake pads but she is coming. I'll keep you all posted.

 

Curry.

Just caught up on this thread. I got lots of extra parts including header pipes, I think, if it doesn't work out at the muffler shop. Not that you want tpo drop that motor again to replace the back headers. Let me know if you need more parts. Got boxes of 2nd gen shit between toecutter and myself.

 

fredsncoma, nice to meet you. So far I think we are good on stuff for now. I'm getting clsoe to being able to ride her. We are waiting on he mailman right now. But if something pops up we can't find I will be sure to ask. I do have 1 question. All post mention the CBR F2 for upgrades but what year am I looking for parts from. Need to start hitting up some local bike yards for deals but want to make sure I'm getting the right stuff.

 

The F2 was early 90's 92-95 I think.

There are a few different front ends you can use (for instance I have a set off 5th gen VFR), but the F2 will allow you to keep yer speedo operational. Mine is not.

You need.

Wheels
cush drive
forks
triples (with the vfr stem pressed and welded in)
front end brake calipers
rear brake caliper with bracket
front and rear rotors
cbr rear brake line
tires (obviously)
fox twin clicker shock or modified shock from Jamie Daugherty

 

Well 1 thing is certain. I will be riding stock for a while. That lis looks impossible now but in my experience one peice turns into 2 and so on so before you know it you got it all. I mentioned it to the wife and she laughed at me she don't think I'll tear this one apart again once we get it all together. Litttle does she know.

 

Note to self: do not anger Curry.....
Any pics of the exhaust yet?
I know what you mean about project parts. Good plan to get it up and running first, then worry about the mods. I've been (slowly) collecting parts for a fork upgrade on my '98.

 

AndyJ yea I got pics of the pipes will post them tomorrow. I took some right when we pulled them off but unfortunatly I forgot to take some once I polished and repainted them. I do have some after we got back from the pipe shop but no major detail on what the muffler guy did. Here ya go. I got a video too off how she sounds but dont know how to post a video.

That lil section in 1 of the pictures is where he removed the section where yours would join at the manifold pipes and the rear pipes so basically I'm straight pipes from the manafold back. My junction was crushed on 1 side and we couldn't get the 2 ends to mate.

 

So you bypassed the combiner? is that what your telling us?

 

Supertex thats exactly what we did. May sound easy to you but remember we wrestled with this thing for hours before we figured out what to do. You ever get into a job and your so focused on trying to fix it all logic goes out the window like your mind is fixed on 1 set thing and there is no deviation. Well thats what we did on those pipes we nuked it and you sumed it up in 1 sentence. I feel like such a dumbass now I don't even want to post on the brake rebuild we did today.

Got the rotors by the way, Thanks man good timing your check is in the mail. Just waiting on the new oil cooler and mirrors now. Looks like she will be ready by the weekend.

 

How does it run now with what basically is straight pipes. I've read on another thread that you'll lose power somewhere along the power-band. Don't be surprised if you feel this after a while

Oh yeah glad you got the rotors. They look alright?

 

Ok supertex no we still have the combiner ( the lil section that runs between the pipes) that not where we wnet straight pipe, where the junction where the rear pipes and the pipes off the motor join is where we had to go straight pipe. As far as popwer loss is concerned I couldn't tell ya cause I have never riden he bike. It will all happen this weekend if cyclegear gets my brake pads in. Oh yea the pads where fine plenty life left in them. We pulled the thing that holds the instrument cluster off last night and I sandblasted the rust off it. Will get painted and replaced tomorrow. Other than that the finishing touches all happen. I'll record a video and attemp to put it on. Oh yea we cant find a place here to sysnc carbs it's becoming a pain.

 

You might want to consider getting your own mercury meter and doing the sync yourself. Toe Cutter showed me how and I was amazed at the simplicity. I'm sure he could walk you through it.

 

sounds like you are heading in the right direction....glad to see an old girl getting all gussied up again

 

All paint work is done. The guys in the paint shop finished the tank today, That red cowl over the front tire is possessed. Its been stripped and painted 3 times now and they still couldnt get a clean finish on it. At this point I said to hell with it it wasn't suppose to be a trailor queen I'm about to rde the hell out of it so if your looking that hard to find improfections in the cowl then bite me. The mirrors I got where damn near new so thats covered. I just need cycle gear to come through on the brake pads and I will be riding Friday. She still needs sync'ing but called Honda and they charging $149, CHECKED EBAY and brand new sync'ing tool with all kinds of tubes and hose madness $99 with shipping and handling so thats will be done. All bases covered guys you guys have taken me as far as you can so time to see if it paid off. We will start final rebuild tomorrow and I'll give you plenty of shots. I took pictures of the last parts in the paint shop on base but I can't figure out how to get them off my phone. I repair 20 million dollar laser guidance systems with my eyes closed and I can't get a damn picture off my cell phone go figure.

Since my buddy Weller keeps the bike at his house we was debating who gets the 1st ride. I told him to take her out hell he did the carbs, brakes, springs, chain, sproket, switches, hell damn near everything ( I just had the body work which we agreed on) he should get the 1st ride I don't mind hell I think the bike thinks he's her daddy anyway since she has spent so much time in his garage. If all goes well I got some local trips to do on her to get her road ready then we wanna ride up to SAC and meet the fella's that live up that way. Also after we get the final basic upgrades out the way we are going to start collecting F2 parts for my upgrade so it wil time to start the post all over again. Oh yea I got a new recruit 1 of the guys at work is looking for a 87 750 to bring back to life. It's a catchy bike from what I hear and gave life to the 700 class made the GSXR what it is today. I'm proud I own 1. Well this is it guys Hopefully tomorrow night and Friday goes well. Wish me luck.

 

Good luck.
Finally got to synching my carbs last night and it seems that my Morgan did not have enough vacuum to really do the job, carb 1 was higher than the others so I adjusted that.
Hooked up the crap glycol motion pro and I sort of got a clean reading when I screwed them most of the way down and decided that was good enough.
These carbs pull way less vacuum than my CB, I thought they would be somewhat comparable in vacuum but they are not.

The motion pro pilot angle screwdriver will really help you with synching Curry, at $30 I would highly recommend it.

 

Sup Big Dookie, haven't seen you in a while. We waiting on them to secure us at work, the wife awsked me to run her to the grocery store cause she knows she wont see me much the next 2 days so get her and the kids some food in the house before I take off then it's off to Wellers garage.

Weller want's me to ask should he adjust the idle on each carb with the idle adjusmnet tool after he sync's them or just leave it be. This is new ground for both of us. I would like to call Toe Cutter once the sync tool gets here so him and Weller can chat before he does the adjustment. Does Toe have a thread sync'ing carbs on the site? Still got a few days before the tool gets here but don't hurt to research before it does.

 

there is only one idle adjustment screw....the one with the black knob on it.....do you mean the mixture screws?

 

If I understand right you can synch them without a manometer or dials by using a tachometer with 50rpm or less accuracy.
But I would think the manometer/dials method is easier.

 

Weller says he thinks it is the mixture screws. Remember this is new to us so we may be talking about the same thing we just don't know what to call it. We got lucky getting the carb rebuild right for the 1st time don't wanna get it all done and mess it up by sync'ing the carbs wrong so keeping it simple after we sync do we need to adjust anything else or leave all the stuff alone. I'm concerned cause my buddy Weller is one of those guys that likes to mess with stuff unless he is told otherwise. So trying to save us some time knowing this in advance will help me keep him on a short leash.

 

Curry, I think I got a stock red fender if your interested sounds like that is the piece your having trouble with.