Genesis Of A Racebike - IT LIVES !!!!!

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Genesis Of A Racebike - IT LIVES !!!!!

Postby Gosling1 » Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:11 pm

Here are some photos of the first bike to be built this year. Apparently February has been renamed "Build a Superbike Month" :D , so its time to spin some spanners. This is the Forgotten Era bike I intend to race in the PCRA Champs later this year......

Frame - 1980 Z750. Some mods already done, all excess brackets, etc, ground off. Further mods - engine mounts to be modified to suit motor, further bracing on frame tubes.

Wheels - Class-legal 3.5x17 front, 4.5x17 rear. Unsure of heritage, I *think* they are GSX-R rims from the early 90's.

Swingarm - Box-section aluminium swingarm, modded as required.

Motor - 1980 Z1000J motor - 1170cc capacity, otherwise stock ... :wink:

Forks have not yet been obtained, have rear brake but no front rotors or calipers at this early stage. The visit to PI last week gave me a few ideas on what is / isn't legal :shock: .

This baby should hit the scales around 180kg dry, and those old 2-valve donks can put out a reliable 130-140hp. It should be a weapon.

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z750 frame, dragged out from under a bench where it has sat for the last 7 years,........
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Normal 17" rims for the Unlimited Forgotten Era class. They need to be Green !!
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Box-section swingarm - to Brace or not to Brace, that is the question...
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Old'n'dusty.......but there's horsepower in them thar cases !!
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Postby aardvark » Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:48 pm

Geeze, you certainly have some work to do!
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Postby Strika » Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:52 pm

Ahhh so Dr. Donuts finally commences work on Project "push the PCRA to their limits"!!!!! :lol: :lol:

If you need someone to stand around and smoke scoobs and annoy ya while you build it, let me know! But i'll need a bed! :wink:
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Postby mick_dundee » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:25 pm

I can assist with beer drinking and maybe spanner handing to ya, not a lot more though I don't reckon :D But willing to learn in between stubbies.
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Postby Gosling1 » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:43 pm

aardvark wrote:Geeze, you certainly have some work to do!


:lol: got that right !! It will keep me out of trouble.........

Strika wrote:....If you need someone to stand around and smoke scoobs and annoy ya while you build it, let me know! But i'll need a bed!...


always welcome here mate, the Coleman is permanently inflated now :D

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Postby Neka79 » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:50 pm

wow dude...umm what other bits do u need?? i kno a fella whos offloading a bunch of stuff...well its a parts'd cbr900 from 92/93...

master cylinder is gone, as may be the front end...

so probably nothing u need off it !!

awfully helpful of me isnt it??
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Postby mike-s » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:45 pm

useless advice is always appreciated, esp around here neka!

Take Mina & his riding advice for example
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Postby MickLC » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:53 am

About time you got going on this Gos!

I'm sure I'll be able to come over and stand around annoying the hell out of you at some stage too...although i won't need a bed...but maybe a bourbon or two ;)
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Postby robracer » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:26 pm

BIG project Gos... cant wait to see the result :D
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Postby Gosling1 » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:28 pm

Yes I have been a bit slack............did a proper trial engine-fit today, looking good, top front mounts line up , lower fronts will need to be moved, and rear mounts line up as well...........ya just gotta love KHI 'economies of scale'.... :lol:

Already changed the swingarm, I had forgot about the GSX1100 number floating under a bench, its a better fit and lighter as well, so its going to be used instead. Used some old shocks, fitted the rear wheel up to the s/arm to check the chain run............well I'll be buggered, it lined up straight :shock: :lol: one less problem to worry about.

This bike really will be..........."......you know Maxy.........a piece frome here.............and a piece from there..........." :wink:

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Postby Aussie Ninja » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:04 pm

Gosling1 wrote:This bike really will be..........."......you know Maxy.........a piece frome here.............and a piece from there..........." :wink:

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Postby RedRoo » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:37 am

Hey Gos, get an early Ceranni front end from a 860 or drama ducati, word is that R6 cartridge goes in pretty easyand works damn well, "alledgedly" is what Leo Cash uses in his Honda up here.
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Postby Gosling1 » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:11 pm

:shock: Cheers roo, I know a couple of the post-classic guys down here with those front ends.........

I am going to do a number on a set of forks that are 'visually indistiguishable' from the forks used on the TKA Z1000SR - the endurance racer that was ridden by Gregg Hansford in the Coca-Cola 800 at Oran Park in March 1980. The forks on that bike were 40mm, used twin horizontal pinch-bolts on the lower legs, and look *identical* in every respect to some forks used later on by KHI on a particular road bike.... :wink:

At the moment, there is some issue with twin pinch-bolt lowers in Period 5 racing, all the fast punters at the Island Classic a couple of weekends ago were running modified lowers, so that only 1 pinch bolt was used...... :? :? It beats the shit out of me, I cannot recall *any* forks from the era (1972-1980) that used single horizontal pinch bolts - except maybe some old Marzocchi's or something ?? Maybe it was the fork lowers used on some of the early Bimota's that are deemed as *era-specific* ...... :?

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Postby ProblemChild » Sun Feb 11, 2007 4:34 pm

Mick C wrote:About time you got going on this Gos!

I'm sure I'll be able to come over and stand around annoying the hell out of you at some stage too...although i won't need a bed...but maybe a bourbon or two ;)


iamwithstupid.gif just yell if ya need a hand & hand those rims over & i will spray em green before tire change :wink:
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Postby kawa zx12R » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:25 pm

gos that is one hell of a project you have got yourself into...

keep the pics coming. love to know what it will become.
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