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Wow. Any details?

hi dave.THE MOTOR IS A 500 cc KAWASAKI TRIPLE. THE FRONT AND REAR ARE ZX9 AND THE REST IS JAYBUILT. THE FRAME IS 1.250 MOLY THIN WALL AND WITH THE ALUMINUM MOTOR/SWINGARM CONECTOR ATTACHED, IT WEIGHTS 22 POUNDS. THE BIKE AS IT SITS IS 310 POUNDS.

ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT IT HAS A VERY LOW PART COUNT. I BUILT A MOTOR STAND THAT HOLDS THE ENGINE WITH 1 BOLT AND SLIDES UNDER THE BIKE. YOU REMOVE THE 2 BOLTS FROM TANK, THE FUEL LINE, THE CHAIN, 4 MOTOR BOLTS, THE EXHAUST BOLTS ,SLIDE THE THROTLE AND CLUTCH OFF, UNPLUG THE HARNESS AND PULL THE BIKE AWAY.

IT TAKES ABOUT 30 MIN TO SWAP THE ENGINE FROM A 500 TO A 750 OR WHATEVER. THE MOTOR STAND ALSO CAN HOLD ALL THE IGNITION COMPONENTS SO YOU CAN RUN THE ENGNE ON THE STAND . YOU CAN DO A COMPLETE REBUILD ON THE STAND AS WELL.THE BIKE CAN BE COMPLEETLY APART IN 1 HR AND THEIR IS MABY 20 BOLTS TOTAL.

I USED A GO-KART FUEL PUMP THAT WORKS OFF AN IMPULSE FROM THE CRANKCASE. I HAVE A FUEL SPONGE IN TANK SO IT DOSENT SLOSH .

THE THING IS ABOUT AS EASY TO RIDE FAST AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. YOU FEEL TOTALY IN CONTROL. IT JUST DOES WHAT YOU WANT IT TO.

That's awesome. Do you race this bike? Show it? Ride it on the road? Keep it in your living room and drool over it? I love the idea of putting a stand under the engine and removing the rest of the bike in under an hour, that's just cool. Good job dude.

Now THIS is an awesome effort. Makes my efforts at home repair/tweaking look like playing in a sandpit next to a coal mine.

I agree - looks cool.
Very good job indeed.
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WOW....and now for something completely different !
That is an impressive piece of home engineering & innovation!!
Got an old time chubby just thinking about the sound....

Good job Jaybuilt

it has ben so much fun reading what you guys have to say about the XJ500T it just adds to the the fun of building things with the skils a guy so intencely works at for years that kinda get lost on projects for outher people or to pay rent and finly i build somthin for me and it turns out most of you guys like it and tell me .their couldnt be a better reward . thanks




jaybuilt

dave#3 wrote:That's awesome. Do you race this bike? Show it? Ride it on the road? Keep it in your living room and drool over it? I love the idea of putting a stand under the engine and removing the rest of the bike in under an hour, that's just cool. Good job dude.

dave all of that