-Figured out why the caliper would not line up, the pivot bolt on the caliper arm was seized so i just broke the nut loose and re tightened it and now the caliper actually moves with the wheel like it is supposed to. All in all, i think that this mod went rather flawlessly being a spur of the minute kind of thing.
When i did the motor swap, i decided to reuse the pre600 carbs just for ease. But in order to do this i had to swap over the pre600 intake manifolds (hard rubber booties that bolt to the head). In doing this i overtightened one and it got a nice crack along some of the circumference of it. I inspected it and it didn't seem to extend to the inside of the boot and the bike started up fine and still does now. But every time i am on the highway and i go up Wurtsboro mountain (1,263 ft ASL) and really get onto the throttle it the entire bike will get into this weird state of like revving itself erratically. The first time it happened i figured it may have been a clogged jet or something. Then after a cleaning, it did it again during a race through the mountain, imagine having to explain to friends how your katana got whooped by a chevy silverado... This time it literally LIMPED home; completely unresponsive to my inputs besides braking, lunging and jerking all the way as if i had tourettes of the throttle wrist or something. My next thought was the cracked intake manifold under extreme negative pressure opened up and leaned out one of my cylinders (but wouldn't it just completely die?), the third thought was the elevation change may be too drastic for the carburetors, and lastly it may be my clutch slipping at high speed/high load. I weigh about 240-245lbs depending on what cow i ate that day... any of you guys have experience with a similar problem up a big hill or high speed.
P.S. i can get it up to 120mph with no problems on a flat straightaway coming out of town. But as soon as i get near that damn hill, it starts it's sh!t. Perhaps the amount of time at WOT has something to do with it as well - maybe my oil lines are clogged??? would that make it lunge and rev weird?
UPDATE: nvm, i fixed it with a new intake manifold. I took the cracked one off to try to patch it up temporarily and it just fell apart in my hand. Rush ordered a new tube and slipped the stock airbox back on and she's back to purring like a kitten and starting with no choke!!! So lesson learned: cracked intake manifolds WILL MAKE YOU LOSE RACES!!!
Anyway, i promised pictures of my latest update so here are a few. sorry for them being so late.
These are my new parts i got.
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When i did the motor swap, i decided to reuse the pre600 carbs just for ease. But in order to do this i had to swap over the pre600 intake manifolds (hard rubber booties that bolt to the head). In doing this i overtightened one and it got a nice crack along some of the circumference of it. I inspected it and it didn't seem to extend to the inside of the boot and the bike started up fine and still does now. But every time i am on the highway and i go up Wurtsboro mountain (1,263 ft ASL) and really get onto the throttle it the entire bike will get into this weird state of like revving itself erratically. The first time it happened i figured it may have been a clogged jet or something. Then after a cleaning, it did it again during a race through the mountain, imagine having to explain to friends how your katana got whooped by a chevy silverado... This time it literally LIMPED home; completely unresponsive to my inputs besides braking, lunging and jerking all the way as if i had tourettes of the throttle wrist or something. My next thought was the cracked intake manifold under extreme negative pressure opened up and leaned out one of my cylinders (but wouldn't it just completely die?), the third thought was the elevation change may be too drastic for the carburetors, and lastly it may be my clutch slipping at high speed/high load. I weigh about 240-245lbs depending on what cow i ate that day... any of you guys have experience with a similar problem up a big hill or high speed.
P.S. i can get it up to 120mph with no problems on a flat straightaway coming out of town. But as soon as i get near that damn hill, it starts it's sh!t. Perhaps the amount of time at WOT has something to do with it as well - maybe my oil lines are clogged??? would that make it lunge and rev weird?
UPDATE: nvm, i fixed it with a new intake manifold. I took the cracked one off to try to patch it up temporarily and it just fell apart in my hand. Rush ordered a new tube and slipped the stock airbox back on and she's back to purring like a kitten and starting with no choke!!! So lesson learned: cracked intake manifolds WILL MAKE YOU LOSE RACES!!!
Anyway, i promised pictures of my latest update so here are a few. sorry for them being so late.
These are my new parts i got.
0709002017.jpg
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