Supermoto Rebuild

[B440]

Your "working area" is way too clean and too large. The space needs to be a backyard, outside, maybe with a tarp overhead, but definitely on dirt, or mud

[union]

So here I am. Busted up ankle and the beginning of the season in jeopardy depending on what the Dr says between today and tomorrow. I figure theres something I can do. When I ordered my brake pads they sent along a sanding block to scuff up the rotors. Its not something Ive done in the past and didnt consider it until they sent the block with the pads. So today I go at it.

With the help of Brady this time






Its a bit unsettling when you realize what really stops these bikes. Most people think its the giant rotor but that is just a heat sink. its the six little 6mm bolts with a dab of loctite that are the stopping power.

And its looking better.

[Jim]

are you planning on scuffing the inside of the rotors too?

[union]

are you planning on scuffing the inside of the rotors too?

I did. Had all three off just didnt take a photo of it.

[Gecko]

With the help of Brady this time

Brady!!! What's up pup?!?!?

Oh, hi to you too James....

[union]

Brady!!! What's up pup?!?!?

Oh, hi to you too James....

Youll have to let me know how much better it sounds with the hi comp piston

[carsick]

Youll have to let me know how much better it sounds with the hi comp piston

Mother of God, I'm glad I'm not gonna be a newbie set up 5 feet behind you this year.

[union]

Mother of God, I'm glad I'm not gonna be a newbie set up 5 feet behind you this year.

Its a small price to pay to have a free garage and be that close to us

[Gecko]

Youll have to let me know how much better it sounds with the hi comp piston

[union]

Just think of the rookie that parks right behind me and youll smile

[Tricky Mike]

Nice cankle. Sexy. I like.

[dbdesigns]

My machinist also came out today. We are going to do a redesign of the top triple so it can incorporate the steering damper better and new top bar clamp to hold my lap timer and go pro.

If you need any one off parts contact him.

http://dbackdesigns.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Diamo...07762669330809

Programming is about done....Machining will start this week ........ I will post some pics for you
thanks

Nice posting. Mike from Diamond back has been doing all my stuff for years & does a great job

Thanks for the kind words

[union]

Sounds good Mike! I looking forward to seeing what you have come up with.

[union]

Got a couple more shots from my engine builder. Engine should be ready to be picked up by next week.

Anyway here is the redone crank.

[Kurlon]

I swear I've got pitbike cranks that are bigger!

[GixerJockey]

Got a couple more shots from my engine builder. Engine should be ready to be picked up by next week.

Anyway here is the redone crank.

Well, hello Mr. Block...

[Paul_E_D]

Yummy!

[Rada]

I don't think I have admired another man's crank so much before....

[union]

Picked up my secret weapon yesterday

Its amazing well probably not but how difficult it is to launch a bike at my staggering height of 5'6. Its only made more difficult in motocross style boots since they restrict freedom of movement a lot more then standard road race boots. Currently I have to find the lowest point on the seat just to get a toe to scrape the ground. Im sure its pretty pathetic looking, even mroe so that a lot of the guys I race against can flatfoot at the grid.

New lower seat Its about 1/2 inch lower then the stock seat. Hopefully it makes launching the bike a bit easier



Comparason of both.



My next options if this doesnt do the trick is to ride on the seat pan or as suggested by my friend take the seat off and wrap a blanket around the subframe

[Kurlon]

Do you have launch buttons on your forks? That'd drop the front even more plus counteract the bike's wheelie instinct off the line...

[union]

Do you have launch buttons on your forks? That'd drop the front even more plus counteract the bike's wheelie instinct off the line...

I dont. I know some guys do use them. My concern is I dont know if I hit the brakes hard enough going into t1 at the start of a race to disengage it.

[Kurlon]

I think that's adjustable by how far you set them to initially compress. You could spend a TD session with an O-Ring seeing how hard you actually brake into T1 and set the buttons to release by then. You may not get the full benefit of having them fully bottomed, but it's still be more than just race sag at the start.

[union]

A couple more engine shots were sent to me today. Should be picking it up this weekend.

[union]

More engine. Im putting these up as I get them.

Nice slipper shot



Cylinder



New high compression piston

[union]

One of the few things I had to purchase this year.



Anyone that has raced a big track with a small bike knows its pretty much from off throttle to full throttle pretty much instantly. My throttle hand would start cramping about 3/4 through the race. I did try a different style quick turn throttle but it didnt seem to work well. I decided to try this out this season because it comes with the bigger cam for the larger tracks and a smaller cam for the smaller tighter tracks. Hopefully it will have solve my hand cramping and also allow me to switch up how the throttle responds at smaller tracks so I have a bit more control.