Aaaargh! Don't start yet another a tire thread.
Better you post a video of your ritual suicide.
Just don't buy into the whole retro tire fad or try to use race compounds on the street .
~kop
i will definitely keep this input in mind.
i finally got the bike out of the barn and home. pumped up the tires and removed the carbs, tank, seat, fenders ect. the left side carb is seized and both are so redicilously dirty on the inside that im thinking of just getting some vm34's from mikes instead of a rebuild kit.
question is, whats the difference between the vm34 xs specific jetting and the standard vm34 other than the 50 dollar price difference? does the universal kit have a selection of jets to choose from or will i end up spending the 50 dollars i save on new jets anyway?
next up, all the hand controls on the bike are seized. clutch, decompression lever and front brake. none of it moves. even the throttle sleeve was rusted onto the bar. i already found the new cables on mikesxs but i havent been able to locate a new decompression lever housing with switch. im not sure that ill need one but as a just in case, id like to have one.
related to all of this, ive been looking into swapping modern forks in. i found a
frame conversion stem from cognitomoto and im wondering if anyone has any experience with it? if i get a gsxr front end it solves my issue of needing to get new handle bars, brake mc and a few other things, but it may or may not fit the decompressor lever on the bar. does anyone know what the size of the gsxr bar is? or are all handlebars universal?
lastly (for today), under the seat where there is usually a ton of negative space on builds ive seen around, there is what appears to be 2 giant relays. where do these usually get moved on builds without side covers?