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Now I have another reason to make it to the Stockbridge event
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Yum! If I may ask, where do you get your wiring supplies, i.e. fuse blocks, connectors, etc.? Me like!
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Stockbridge, Used to be my home neighborhood but it is a bit far now.
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Thanks for the update.
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Looks fantastic! Hope it starts :shock:

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JR, what are the brake and clutch masters off? Interesting shape.
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Track T 2411 wrote:Yum! If I may ask, where do you get your wiring supplies, i.e. fuse blocks, connectors, etc.? Me like!
My primary supplier is Waytek in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Even though they're a couple of states away, I can have items shipped to me at a lesser cost than going to a supplier right here in town.
When my local supplier jumped the price of one of the most common terminals that I use to $0.44 each, Waytek was at $0.12. And when I buy them by the thousands, that's a HUGE difference.

See here:
https://www.waytekwire.com/

BTW, I found that I can spec the items I need faster from their paper catalog. Nice folks to work with.
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Old Fogey wrote:JR, what are the brake and clutch masters off? Interesting shape.
Kawasaki 1400 Concour from 2009 to 2014. Made by Nissin, 19mm bore, radial design, can be found relatively inexpensive on eBay.
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Old Fogey wrote:JR, what are the brake and clutch masters off? Interesting shape.
Kawasaki 1400 Concour from 2009 to 2014. Made by Nissin (brake supplier to Honda too), 19mm bore, radial design, can be found relatively inexpensive on eBay.
No mirror mount if that's a concern but, mirror mount half clamps are available in the aftermarket.
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Wow, awesome work. Is the front end off a different bike? Just wondering how you managed the floating rotors.
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Sugs wrote:Wow, awesome work. Is the front end off a different bike? Just wondering how you managed the floating rotors.
The front suspension is a collage of parts, legs are CB900F, lower triple is CB1100F, upper triple is from a ProLink CBX, springs and emulators are from Racetech, calipers are 4 piston progressive (2 different size pistons) Brembo held on via Metalgear Works brackets and the 320mm rotors are from SunStar in Japan. They're made for some Suzuki (not available in the USA) but I re-machined the center and bolt pattern to attach to the Honda hub.
Wheels were custom built for me by Buchanan in California.
The bars started out as clip-ons made in Japan (unknown mfg.) that I highly modified to achieve the fit/function I was looking for. Front fender is from a Yamaha FZ6R, the rear fender I sectioned from stock, bobbed about 6 to 7 inches.
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19mm is too big for the dual piston 1100 calipers I'm running. Ah well. :(
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Old Fogey wrote:19mm is too big for the dual piston 1100 calipers I'm running. Ah well. :(
Not true. Just less effort.

Works like one finger power brakes. Here's a photo of the first bike I did using that m/c, years ago. Same calipers as the 1100, stock rotors. The results will amaze you.
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CBX-tras wrote: The front suspension is a collage of parts, legs are CB900F, lower triple is CB1100F, upper triple is from a ProLink CBX, springs and emulators are from Racetech, calipers are 4 piston progressive (2 different size pistons) Brembo held on via Metalgear Works brackets and the 320mm rotors are from SunStar in Japan. They're made for some Suzuki (not available in the USA) but I re-machined the center and bolt pattern to attach to the Honda hub.
Wheels were custom built for me by Buchanan in California.
The bars started out as clip-ons made in Japan (unknown mfg.) that I highly modified to achieve the fit/function I was looking for. Front fender is from a Yamaha FZ6R, the rear fender I sectioned from stock, bobbed about 6 to 7 inches.
Doh! OK then, not something I'm going to attempt. Some serious parts research, modding and fitting there. How about the rear shocks?

I did notice the bars, not something I've ever seen, pretty trick.

And maybe its just the picture, but the headlight seems a little high and out there. You planning on tucking it in a little, more like the bike in your avatar?
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