"RE pumpers, make me an offer"
Fishing's fun!
I'm VERY tempted to try the Borlas with this AF meter...
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Fishing's fun!
I'm VERY tempted to try the Borlas with this AF meter...
PM sent.
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gggGary's latest XS project "madness"
- Thread starter gggGary
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What exhaust is that?? It looks bitchin!!!Worked on a couple things took it out for a test with 210's and the needles up to slot 4, ran worse than ever, Then I said F-it and..........
I fixed my carb tuning problem.
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Runs like a scalded cat, Woo Hoo!
You think it's too loud? I CAN'T HEAR you!
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Glad you removed that fugly rear fender thingy...Man getting a "Shed" bike ready for a 100 mile ride can be a challenge but (fingers crossed) Madness is ready for the spring slimey crud run.
Since I started back in on it in late march;
Completely custom rear wheel, sprocket to rotor.
Completely different front wheel, rotors, fender
completely different rear fender, TS's tail light.
different mufflers/mounts.
Ignition sorted, redone.
wiring sorting, changes.
Many carb changes.
different gas tank, petcock, several HAH! fuel routing changes.
Different seat, mounts, latch.
Different mirrors grips.
Side covers recountured to make clearance for the air filterspaintedrattle canned.
Redone oil line routing, side filter cover, chasing (curing??) leaks.
As built by Rod Machado back in the 80's
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When I bought it.
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early spring.
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Today.
It ain't done yet..........
Good chance you'll see madness in person at the VYR!
Awesome indeed..i keep reading ..up to page 12 already..i see that exhaust is a borla..I like loud..i am deaf..Life begins at 100...dB's that is..dont worry i wear an hearing aid...what???
Just caught up..i read fast..LOL Wow very impressive Gary..i didnt go polish anything but my head is swimming from all the different aspects of this build...So will Madness have the Borlas at the VYR? Or will you change it again?..yeah i know change is constant....
I'm going to be brutally blunt and honest. It's the only way I can be about this. This. Is . Fu$!ing NICE! I've been wanting to purchase an AFR gauge setup. After seeing this, sold. Thanks dude!swapped back to the old Mike's or WHOever muffs
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These headers don't have lower tabs but with the long mufflers I was able to hose clamp them tight to the factory header brackets, should be good.
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got the O2's in
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and the system fired up and worked,Pretty much need the tank bag at this point, there are many "extra" feet of cable. I need to run a calibration yet and then I can set to doing some adjustments. As it is adjusting an idle mix screw made an instant difference on the AF reading. As I was suspecting, the needles are pretty good (on top clip) ie lean as I can go on them, and the mains are stinking rich. Plenty to do,
Gary have you done any dyno testing? What kind of HP and torque are you pulling? Inquiring minds want to know
No doubt in my mind this is one extreme resto-mod! Well done sir...
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Pant Seat dyno only. Honestly I'm pretty sure my "fiddling with it" (Stop that!) has dropped the peak numbers while improving the low end where the great majority of riding is done.
The Borla conundrum
Like the sound
Don't like loud in town. (hate being THAT guy)
A long day's ride seems even longer with a too loud exhaust.
The Borla conundrum
Like the sound
Don't like loud in town. (hate being THAT guy)
A long day's ride seems even longer with a too loud exhaust.
C'mon, Gary, get busy with that Veypor data logger/dyno emulator, I even labeled the leads for ya!
So many projects, so little ambition...
I'm sure that would be tedious... all day long...I would prolly like it with my lack of hearing...but then from the POV of PC and not being that obnoxious a***h*** I prolly would feel the same. One time 10 yrs ago i was at XSeast with the XS11.com group..Memorial day rally every year...That year was VT. as it changes venues yearly..but my '82 XJ1100 maxim had been worked on a week prior to the rally ..so when i got it back things(unbeknownst to me)there were alot of loose bolts..We were riding though this quaint New England town when my muffler fell off..it was a4 to 1 Jardine and being deaf..riding without hearing aids..I could still hear it..and i knew something wasnt right....The sounds were so loud i could feel them reverberating of all the buildings i was driving by...So it was like OMG thats overkill...Made for a great laugh later on...and made the rally memorable..
I would trade one of my toes to have your ambition, Gary.
Go ahead, you pick one......
Wouldn't it be cool if, sometime during our lifetime, someone created animated paint jobs?
I figured out how ggg has the energy to do all of this work and keep up the farm. It was right there under his workbench all along.
They say whole grain is the best but I'm not sure how you prepare it. But hey, it is All Species so nothings wasted
They say whole grain is the best but I'm not sure how you prepare it. But hey, it is All Species so nothings wasted
Empty horse chow sacks make the BEST garbage bags. Hint I have a strong spring clamp bolted to my bench leg at just the right height to clip the bag to.
Horses are very good at turning that $$$tuff into mountains of manure.
Horses are very good at turning that $$$tuff into mountains of manure.
See mailman not just talking the gospel.
What's he up to now???
What's he up to now???
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Gary, do me favor and post another photo when you’re done?
If I were to do it again ( epoxy ) I would do it in cooler weather in hopes that it would level better. It dried too fast on me and didn’t smooth out.
Second mistake, I didn’t prep the surface well enough. I just wiped it off with a paper towel and applied the epoxy and I got fisheyes in it.
Not covering the mounting flange JUST the paint edge. In a hurry today, used isocyonate gel.
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