V649HP-Kawasaki's new gravel runner - Page 15

jdrocks · 01-10-2011, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by siyeh

If you mean Hyder? Yes, he will make it there easy. I hear there is good pizza there,,,,

nice pizza, but i was wondering if that 1800 could get across to your hangout in chicken, a little less upscale. more like a cage match with alcohol served.

jdrocks · 01-10-2011, 03:56 AM

now i understand how these bikes get to 400# so easily. the motor weighs about the same as the equivalent volume of concrete. it's a handful moving that thing around.

siyeh · 01-10-2011, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jdrocks

but i was wondering if that 1800 could get across to your hangout in chicken.

Oh Chicken. Yes of course we will make The Chicken Saloon. After D2D.

. Chicken should be on every long rider agenda,,,,,

jdrocks · 01-10-2011, 06:01 PM

i decided to back up for a minute, clean up the harness and components, and get everything back in position before the motor gets mounted. there's all kinds of tight spots to make connections and it's easier to start without the motor in the way.

other than the routing, there shouldn't be a problem making up the connections, every single one is different.

jdrocks · 01-11-2011, 01:40 PM

i was able to round up a helper for a few minutes, so i changed direction again and stuck the motor in. much easier with an extra hand.

i'm not sure if it's the short wheel base or what, but these rat bikes start looking like snorty little SOBs, big chunk of motor wrapped in a little bit of tube...but i like it!

ktmklx · 01-11-2011, 05:17 PM

Looks like your oil pan is missing something.

jdrocks · 01-11-2011, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ktmklx

Looks like your oil pan is missing something.

your xray vision ain't workin'. there's oil in there where it belongs.

it's you single track guys that have to worry about what's missing.

sanjoh · 01-11-2011, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ktmklx

Looks like your oil pan is missing something.

photochop

old2wheeler · 01-11-2011, 07:00 PM

That is just plain beautiful!! It is gonna be a real winner!

Truckman · 01-11-2011, 07:24 PM

That's nice that's neet but it's still not a KLX so keep tryin guys!!!! No matter what you all do it's just still not as thrifty! : ) and the smallbore part of it is nothing lmfao .........gear up, saddle up , go ride ......... Smile

ktmklx · 01-11-2011, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jdrocks

your xray vision ain't workin'. there's oil in there where it belongs.

it's you single track guys that have to worry about what's missing.

So you're not gonna tell us how you did it?

jdrocks · 01-12-2011, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by old2wheeler

That is just plain beautiful!! It is gonna be a real winner!

thanks. stay tuned.

jdrocks · 01-12-2011, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Truckman

That's nice that's neet but it's still not a KLX so keep tryin guys!!!!

that KLX is a real nice bike, but right off the bat i can think of a reason why i don't need one. there's another bike parked ten feet from the rat that's called a WR250R.

jdrocks · 01-12-2011, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ktmklx

So you're not gonna tell us how you did it?

nothing to tell. my bikes don't require the surgical enhancements you guys are planning. this rat is a gravel runner, not a stump jumper.

jdrocks · 01-12-2011, 04:09 AM

time to try a new shock, so i picked up a shock from a 2008 R1. this is a fully adjustable reservoir style shock, the right length, and can be found really cheap. the bushing sleeves need to be bored to 12mm, and it needs a heavier spring, but still very inexpensive for a semi custom shock. i'm looking for a spring with a 16kg/mm winding, same as the spring on the Versys shock.

01-10-2011, 03:56 AM	#212
jdrocks ^OP Gravel Runner Joined: Jul 2007 Oddometer: 2,783	649hp now i understand how these bikes get to 400# so easily. the motor weighs about the same as the equivalent volume of concrete. it's a handful moving that thing around.

01-11-2011, 01:40 PM	#215
jdrocks ^OP Gravel Runner Joined: Jul 2007 Oddometer: 2,783	i was able to round up a helper for a few minutes, so i changed direction again and stuck the motor in. much easier with an extra hand. i'm not sure if it's the short wheel base or what, but these rat bikes start looking like snorty little SOBs, big chunk of motor wrapped in a little bit of tube...but i like it! jdrocks screwed with this post 01-11-2011 at 03:29 PM

01-11-2011, 07:00 PM	#219
old2wheeler Former nÔÔb Joined: Feb 2008 Location: La Veta, CO except for the wind, it'd be heaven Oddometer: 710	Rat bike, smat bike! That is just plain beautiful!! It is gonna be a real winner! __________________ Roderick (Rod) {AKA o2w} House DEFINITION OF A VETERAN A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."

01-11-2011, 07:24 PM	#220
Truckman The almighty Beavis Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Sellersville,Pa. Oddometer: 147	That's nice that's neet but it's still not a KLX so keep tryin guys!!!! No matter what you all do it's just still not as thrifty! : ) and the smallbore part of it is nothing lmfao .........gear up, saddle up , go ride ......... Smile __________________ why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets????

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01-10-2011, 06:01 PM	#214
jdrocks ^OP Gravel Runner Joined: Jul 2007 Oddometer: 2,783	i decided to back up for a minute, clean up the harness and components, and get everything back in position before the motor gets mounted. there's all kinds of tight spots to make connections and it's easier to start without the motor in the way. other than the routing, there shouldn't be a problem making up the connections, every single one is different.

01-11-2011, 05:17 PM	#216
ktmklx Studly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2008 Oddometer: 569	Looks like your oil pan is missing something.

01-12-2011, 04:09 AM	#225
jdrocks ^OP Gravel Runner Joined: Jul 2007 Oddometer: 2,783	time to try a new shock, so i picked up a shock from a 2008 R1. this is a fully adjustable reservoir style shock, the right length, and can be found really cheap. the bushing sleeves need to be bored to 12mm, and it needs a heavier spring, but still very inexpensive for a semi custom shock. i'm looking for a spring with a 16kg/mm winding, same as the spring on the Versys shock.