V-Twin FTW - Page 9

tommymac · 11-23-2011, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by dReWpY

Looks a whole lot lighter and better

it will be a whole lot lighter when he gets rid of that paperweight or a rotary damper. Get a penske or a bitubo in there and you will be set.

OneSickPsycho · 11-24-2011, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by tommymac

it will be a whole lot lighter when he gets rid of that paperweight or a rotary damper. Get a penske or a bitubo in there and you will be set.

Yeah is love to, but the budge wont let me....

Particle Man · 11-19-2011, 05:10 PM

Looks like it wants to be rocked. Can't wait to see the finished product.

OneSickPsycho · 11-23-2011, 09:37 PM

Got out of work early... Did some work... Finalized the wiring runs and mapped out my exhaust hangers... Sorta figured out how I'm gonna mount the gauges.

So, I've come to the conclusion that wiring and running wires can suck my sweaty asshole... It took me FOREVER to figure out how to run everything so it wouldn't pinch or rub or burn and shit... Still not convinced I didn't fuck it up... I'm sure I'll find out a hundred or so miles from home.

I get it now... Why all the streetfighter guys start with old bikes... carbs... Air cooled... My next build... If I live through this one... Is certainly going to be something older and less electronically dependant.

Porkchop · 11-28-2011, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Got out of work early... Did some work... Finalized the wiring runs and mapped out my exhaust hangers... Sorta figured out how I'm gonna mount the gauges.

What are you doing with the pipes? Are you shortening them? Or high mound?

Adeptus_Minor · 11-29-2011, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Porkchop

What are you doing with the pipes? Are you shortening them? Or high mound?

Uhhh huhuhuh... he said 'mound'..

Particle Man · 11-29-2011, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Uhhh huhuhuh... he said 'mound'..

tommymac · 11-29-2011, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Porkchop

What are you doing with the pipes? Are you shortening them? Or high mound?

I think the shorty pipes look like shit on the TL's but a nice set of high MOUNTS would look prety good

OneSickPsycho · 11-29-2011, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Porkchop

What are you doing with the pipes? Are you shortening them? Or high mound?

For now they stay as-is... sorta the old school chopper look, minus the ugly shark fin bullshit:

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Originally Posted by tommymac

I think the shorty pipes look like shit on the TL's but a nice set of high MOUNTS would look prety good

Honestly I can't decide what the hell I'm doing back there... Shortening the cans has been the one thing I keep going back to, but I can't get any good info on the effects because 1/3 the guys who do it say it robs power significantly, 1/3 say it makes more power and the other 1/3 say there's no change.

Until I have the money to be pissing around with some different options and paying for dyno tuning, they'll stay long and strong. That said, I'd love to rock something like this, perhaps in a high mount:

OneSickPsycho · 11-29-2011, 08:56 AM

Also looking at airbox mods currently... breathing is a big problem for these things, so I'm investigating what to do...

11-19-2011, 05:10 PM	#3
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	Looks like it wants to be rocked. Can't wait to see the finished product.

11-23-2011, 09:37 PM	#4
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	Got out of work early... Did some work... Finalized the wiring runs and mapped out my exhaust hangers... Sorta figured out how I'm gonna mount the gauges. So, I've come to the conclusion that wiring and running wires can suck my sweaty asshole... It took me FOREVER to figure out how to run everything so it wouldn't pinch or rub or burn and shit... Still not convinced I didn't fuck it up... I'm sure I'll find out a hundred or so miles from home. I get it now... Why all the streetfighter guys start with old bikes... carbs... Air cooled... My next build... If I live through this one... Is certainly going to be something older and less electronically dependant.

11-29-2011, 08:56 AM	#10
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	Also looking at airbox mods currently... breathing is a big problem for these things, so I'm investigating what to do...