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Crawlin
04-17-2010, 09:17 PM
Since this is something I will be racing consistantly(till I sell it, haha), there was a couple things I wanted to do to it. I will be trying to race in two organizations. Both of them are a 9.50 e.t. index class for the 1/4. The class name is Super Street hence the title in case anyone was wondering. I hope I'm able to make it that quick at the short wheel base(SWB). I do plan to eventually get an extended swingarm and some other stuff, but for now, budget is still a budget, haha.

So first, just a crappy pic from the cell phone and the two pics I had posted before from when I got to Vance & Hines.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/busa.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/busa3.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/busa2.jpg

Exhaust shot :)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00816.jpg

Ok, so one of the first things I want to do is get this thing lower. The lower the better for me for racing it as SWB(short wheel base). So the first part of it was to relocate the rectifier. For some reason on the gen2 busa's('08+) they put them down here in front of the rear tire.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00814.jpg

They make this bracket to relocate it and the stock wiring is long enough not to have to do any cut/splicing, so it's a simple bolt on procedure.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00823.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00810.jpg

One part that sucks that you can kinda see, is the bolts for the rear pegs. Now, I will have a passenger on the bike every so often, so I have to keep them on here. Unfortunately, Suzuki decided to keep the bolts that mounted these to the subframe UNDERNEATH the plastics. So you either have to remove the plastics everytime you want to put them back on or just leave it how it is and deal with them on there when racing.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00813.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00822.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00824.jpg

So now all of that is out of the way. The rectifier location is now the same as the '99-'07 generation. You can see it cleans it up nice and the only thing there is the suspension.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00825.jpg

Reverend Cooper
04-17-2010, 09:21 PM
cool that bike is awesome man

Crawlin
04-17-2010, 09:21 PM
So on to the next mod, which is the adjustable lowering links for the rear. I just had some one position ones in there that came with the bike, but i need the adjustability.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00811.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00827.jpg

Next, this thing is NUTS. I mean, certifiably insane on acceleration. I couldn't imagine some of the turbo bikes. But of course we all want more, so I bought this to help keep things under control a bit. Just a steering dampner to help the head shake when the tire is floating right above the pavement. 1-4 are useless so hopefully this will help calm it down a bit as the front just skips along under acceleration.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00808.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00815.jpg

It's cool how this thing works. Just replace the four big allen head bolts with the four that are included in the package. The four new ones are drilled and tapped for the smaller allen bolts to get screwed inside to hold the stabalizer mount. Just sucks cause I do plan on lowering the front end a bit and will have to remove all of this to get to it, but oh well, only takes like 20 minutes.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00817.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00821.jpg

It's not really bolted up right now since I still need to get under the gas tank for some things.

Crawlin
04-17-2010, 09:27 PM
One of the most important things I'm trying to do is actually follow the rules of the class for safety. One of them being, every bike needs a tether shut off switch "just in case". Yes all these new bikes have the sensor to shut off in case it tips over, but they want this safety precaution still for the NHRA/AMA stuff. This one mounts on the front master cylinder for the brakes and it gets wired into the kickstand switch. It's all plug and play. The best thing about this bike, you can get everything you need to be plug and play instead of having to mess around with cutting it up.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00812.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00828.jpg

Up next for tomorrow is a couple things. First is the PAIR block off plates.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00809.jpg

We'll get some more pics of that as well as the wiring harness for some other things. Luckily someone has broken the computer code for the busa's so self tuning is easy. The software is amazingly, FREE!!! They even show you how to build the interface you'd need to flash your computer. Now me, I'm lazy so I just purchased the interface they build. That way I know it's right and most importantly can opt for some "extras" ;). The tuning software can use the computer as a killbox for an air shifter. An even better feature, is it can use the gear position sensor and other sensors such as speed and TPS for a progressive nitrous controller :) So yeah, of course I had to buy those two extra harness as well ;)

We'll see how tomorrow goes....

Reverend Cooper
04-17-2010, 09:43 PM
that bike is gonna be rediculas lol

Crawlin
04-17-2010, 09:50 PM
Hahaha. Thanks Coop. I really like it. It rides so much better than my old '04 and that thing was comfortable. I could put saddlebags on this thing and ride it everywhere. Already 1/6 of the way to the total amount of miles I put on that old '06 600 I just got rid off.(Well 600 miles in a year isn't much, so this first 100 was pretty easy, haha)

Ricky Bobby
04-17-2010, 09:51 PM
lookin good chris

Crawlin
04-17-2010, 09:52 PM
Sucky part is I'm still waiting for a ton of parts. To be honest, I still dont' know what I'm waiting for at this point, haha. New race seat, mirror block offs, license plate mount, and front strap I believe.

PS - if anyone finds a right fairing for one of these things in their random searches, please let me know. Ebay didn't work out and craigslist didn't have anything. Want to replace that orange part since I don't need it cut so much since I'm not the one showing it

pOrk
04-17-2010, 09:55 PM
chris how much do you want for the bike?

Crawlin
04-17-2010, 09:57 PM
Hahaha, can't sell it yet. Was more of a joke :) Give me another 500 miles, haha.

BAD LS1
04-18-2010, 07:43 AM
Where's the turbo? sharp bike though!

Crawlin
04-18-2010, 09:47 AM
At some point that just might come. But you know how it is, only working a couple hours a week doesn't exactly fit the "turbo build" budget required.

For now, I only need 9.50 power, and it's already got that. Just need 9.50 riding ability, haha. That will come with time.

Crawlin
04-18-2010, 04:00 PM
Still got lots to do, but that will come when more parts show up. Today just wanted to tidy up some stuff. The rectifier relocate was really bothering me with the wires, so I rerouted those a bit better. It will all be under the fairings, so it's just me that would notice, but I've never really worked on something so clean, so wanted to make sure it was done right.

So first up was more plug/play wiring. This is the harness that will allow me to tune the stock ECU.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00829.jpg

Just pushing out some of the blocked off areas in the stock ecu connectors and inserting the premade wiring.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00831.jpg

Connect two more of the connectors that were blocked off

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00833.jpg

Then square everything away and make sure it is tight and the connectors aren't gonna come out. Then just route the leftover white plug to someplace accessible. This is what connects to the interface for the flashing. You can see the black box with the switch on it and the USB cable to connect to computer.

http://www.boostbysmith.com/Photos/gen%202%20flasher.JPG

So here's the finished product.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00834.jpg

Up next was to get under the tank. I wanted to see if it was a stock filter or an aftermarket one. It is a stock one. I will be ordering a BMC Race filter for this on Monday. I put one on the old 600 and dynoed it at work and it was worth 5rwhp, so maybe we can get a couple out of this thing too. Will have to retune it at some point, but I think I'll be alright.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00835.jpg

The purpose for today was to get at the PAIR valve and block off the ports. For the guys with aftermarket exhaust, eliminating this helps reduce/eliminate the popping on decel quite a bit. So I had ordered up those APE covers. Pretty neat pieces, but definitely don't need to be so fancy to be sitting under the tank.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00837.jpg

This is what I'm trying to get rid of. The nice thing is now the electrical connector that is supposed to be hooked up to this, gets hooked up to the nitrous wiring harness :)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00836.jpg

So finished product. Nothing special.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00839.jpg

I finished up the wiring on the tether. That just gets wired into the kickstand switch, so it was simply just following the wiring to the connector and unplugging it and plugging this in the middle. VERY simple. I just realized I must have thrown away my huge tub of zipties in the move, so now I need to go pick up some more. Then I can clean that up as well.

lilws6
04-19-2010, 09:48 AM
i'll buy it from ya in a few months :)

Crawlin
04-19-2010, 10:28 AM
We can go riding sometime soon, haha. I know neither of us will be throwing these things through corners, haha. How is your's running lil?

I seriously am in love with this thing. A TON more than any of the LS1 stuff I've had. Funny thing is, it's still just as expensive for alot of the engine stuff. Head/cam packages are like $2500 for some decent stuff. I need to swap valvesprings at some point.

lilws6
04-19-2010, 12:40 PM
i throw mine through the twisties all the time but mines not lowered or has a drag pipe hangin off the side ;)

Crawlin
04-20-2010, 09:12 PM
Couple more days before first race. I'm gonna be pissed if these parts don't start showing up, haha.

Thanks to my old place of employment for doing up the numbers. Crappy cell phone pic.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/busanumbers.jpg

Don't have the rest of the body on to show the rear tail with them, but atleast this way the e.t. booth will be able to read them

lilws6
04-21-2010, 05:35 PM
lol very nice decals!

Crawlin
04-24-2010, 04:29 PM
stupid rain!!! first race of the season, and of course rained out. had a good time sitting with friends for the 6-7 hrs we were there.

Crawlin
04-25-2010, 05:02 PM
Cool pic thanks to Dom87SS!!

http://dom87ss.smugmug.com/Cars/True-Street-Drag-Racing/TSDRA-GLD-424-2510/9219/847362904_3FkFa-L.jpg

Crawlin
04-26-2010, 03:09 PM
Well if you look at the first pic of this thread, you'll see the side fairing was cut up pretty good. They needed to be able to show how the headers transitioned into the exhaust. Well, I knew it buying it, so last week I ordered up a factory piece to replace it. Just the orange piece.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00852.jpg

Now imagine trying to cut up a brand new piece of plastic. You guys who know bikes know these things aren't cheap. Had to make sure it was right.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00854.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00853.jpg

Turned out pretty well. If it starts to bubble from the heat of the pipe, then I'll have to trim some more, but atleast it looks better!

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00857.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00856.jpg

All back together. Had to trim a few other little bits because the black portions had melted in areas, but oh well.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00855.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00858.jpg

BAD LS1
04-26-2010, 03:45 PM
Good looking unit! matches pretty close to the inferno orange of my 5th gen!

Waver
04-26-2010, 04:24 PM
The bike is looking great Chris! looks a hell of a lot better with the new Fairing!

scottie K
04-26-2010, 06:51 PM
looks good cris......

wana race for a cheeez burger? lol mines twice the weight and half the motor ,,,,,

Crawlin
04-26-2010, 07:40 PM
And you will beat me, hahaha

i'm down for a cheeseburger though! haha

scottie K
04-26-2010, 08:27 PM
mine only has 2 cyclinders ....lol

Crawlin
05-13-2010, 04:38 PM
descreet little switch :)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00890.jpg

nismodave
05-13-2010, 04:44 PM
Friggin Sweet, Chris. :thumbsup

I must of missed this first time around.

Crawlin
05-14-2010, 08:05 PM
I swear this thing is comfortable, haha. Gets you alot lower into the bike so it actually "felt" alot better when I was making some test passes down the street.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00895.jpg

And now for what the switch is for....

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00893.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00892.jpg

I wish it was nitrous, hahaha.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00894.jpg

Ain't technology lovely?

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00896.jpg

I can actually use the stock ECM and one of the wiring harnesses I got from the same place I got the interface to tune the stock ECM, to control it all. So the stock ECM is controlling the engine kill on the air shifts. No $200 kill box needed, haha.

lilws6
05-15-2010, 08:15 AM
fucking air shifter lol you crazy :goof

Crawlin
05-16-2010, 10:08 AM
Well my first trip did NOT go well. Had a leak in the air line so I went to shift and NOTHING. So yeah,

10.5 @ 140mph on a 1.9x 60ft.

Then I tried a bit higher launch since it bogged REALLY bad on launch.

10.2 @ 139.9 on a 1.8x 60ft.

Still bogged REALLY bad out of the hole.

So I tried coming out even higher(about 5000rpm) and tried slipping the clutch alot more. The track was STICKY as hell. My boots stuck to the ground everytime I tried to move forward. I let the clutch out too fast and it bogged AGAIN!

10.5 @ 141.5mph on a 1.9 60ft.


So I had a fucking GREAT time traveling for the race(was in Cordova). I learned ALOT. I learned I need more practice! The bike isn't even off the trailer, it's just parked in the garage ready to be pulled to go racing again, haha.

Gonna keep on chipping away. The air shifter engine kill time is a bit long too.

To give an idea of where I should be, the bike guys look at the 330' times. Gives an idication as to how fast they can get to WOT. So I should be 4.0-4.1 for a "normal" time and I'm at about a mid 4.8

So that coupled with the fact that after the grip swap it's not going 100% WOT according to the TPS, I got some room to improve.

Nitrouschris
06-01-2010, 09:31 PM
SWEET build and write up Chris! didnt know you did this, i dont make it on here much:banana1:


Chirs

Crawlin
06-02-2010, 07:30 AM
I know you don't hahaha.

I appreciate the help you've given so far and of course in the future ;)

See you later today!

Crawlin
06-02-2010, 08:34 AM
New toys to be installed.....

Cycle Concepts "Drag Pak". new fibers and steels

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00959.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00954.jpg

This is the Brock's Cushion Kit. Hoping that it helps to ease the launches a bit.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/DSC00952.jpg

had an issue at the track the last time on that tuesday with the clutch not liking the hot lapping. SO hopefully this stuff helps a bit on that and the holding power.

UnderPSI
06-02-2010, 09:28 PM
I would put in a better clutch basket to while you are in there. It is a must if you end up upping the power...

Crawlin
06-15-2010, 12:56 AM
Just a small update. While I was on vacation, thanks to nitrouschris I was able to have the parts for the clutch upgraded. Chris got the "clutch mod" done for me and get the Brock's cushion kit as well as Cycle Concepts drag pak in there. So hopefully this will make a difference on how I can launch it.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/clutch5.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/clutch4.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/clutch1.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/clutch2.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/clutch3.jpg

Crawlin
06-24-2010, 10:10 AM
well, seems that it's helping a little bit i just need WAAAY more practice still.

ran a 10.2 @ 154mph according to the slip on a 1.86 60ft so that was an improvement but the mph had to be way off.

then ran a 10.0 @ 142mph on a 1.77 60ft so I'm getting better.

the 330' is what matters on bikes. i need to be 4.0-4.1 and i'm still up around 4.4 even with the better 60ft's.

so more practice and some time on the dyno to make sure the tune is back to wher eit should be and we'll see what it does. got to put the gearing on the bike too

WilliamZ
06-24-2010, 02:23 PM
Great looking bike Chris! I like that color a lot.

Crawlin
06-25-2010, 08:16 AM
Thanks Chris!!

As a little update I tossed it on the dyno at work last night.

155hp. That doesn't seem right. So did it again and made a clean pass = 170hp. Ok a bit better but checking out the a/f it was all over the place. So with the ECU editor, I was able to make some adjustments with it to smooth it out a bit. Needs more work, but it's definitely picking up.

I also changed up some of the ignition timing since these bikes are made for 87 regular. Since I had the 93 in it I just wanted to see if an additional degree would make a difference, and it did.

Initial numbers - 170hp / 80 ft-lbs
Final numbers - 185hp / 107 ft-lbs

I am pretty sure those are corrected numbers too cause it was hot as fuck in the dyno cell. That was also with the load on the drum of about 20-25% to simulate the street.

Like I said, still have ALOT of room to play with this editor. So hopefully I get some more time on the dyno and we should be good to maybe gain a tenth and bust me into the 9's with some more practice.

Chris

SmokinRAM114
06-25-2010, 06:33 PM
Nitrous chris is my homie! Haha looks like luke welded that up! U need him to make u a swing arm like chris'. Bike looks good! hanging around chris' shop gives me an itch to get a bike like that.. looks like fun

Crawlin
06-25-2010, 09:11 PM
oh yeah, he's full of great ideas and very helpful tips. i'm glad to go racing with him and hang out with the guys. always a ton of fun.

Crawlin
07-03-2010, 10:51 PM
True Street Race 7/3 at GLD

LOTS of fun and very excited!!! Got some new bests and really learning how to race thing alot better.

First test and tune, I just wanted to get out on it real hard and see what it does. Did a pretty decent wheelie(not like a stunting wheelie, but it pulled it pretty good)

Went-
1.665 60ft
4.423 330ft
115.88mph 1/8th
6.590 1/8th
9.97 @ 144.69 mph

My first 9 sec pass on it. SO excited. Especially since I hit the turnsignal button and not the horn button for the shifter, so it hit the limiter.

New bests all around

So next pass I tried to come out even harder. It didn't work. Wheelied really bad and couldn't recover

10.09 @ 145.63mph

New best MPH weirdly though.

So tried coming out softer to try and make a smooth pass and hit all my shifts.

1.80 60ft
4.44 330ft
6.557 1/8th
117.57mph 1/8th
9.92 @ 144.81

Another new best. But it wasn't a decent launch.

So next pass is our first qualifying pass. I knew I had to do something better. I was having fun with making passes, but I needed alot better one.

Came out hard and hit the shifts....

1.671 60ft
4.264 330ft
6.354 1/8th
118.43mph 1/8
9.71 @ 144.74

Incredible pass, the launch felt great, hit everything. I had taken a degree of timing out of it at the lower rpm ranges to try and see if it would help the wheelie control. It did. Allowed me to get that new best 1/8th mile MPH too.

Second round qualifying...

1.672 60ft
4.264 330ft
6.369 1/8th
117.17mph 1/8th
9.74 @ 144.97

VERY similar to first round qualifying pass. I tried to keep it in 4th gear longer to see if I could make it to the traps, but it didn't work, and had to shift right before the stripe. So that slowed me down a bit. I should have known better, I'm shifting too high as it is.

So I get paired up with a 9.50 guy that is on the money. He's a big racer in some of the other series. Nice guy, just REALLY good. Same bike runs in 9.50 all motor, and then 8.90 class with the spray on it. He qualified with like a 9.53 or something. So I either had to get him on the light or try and run a new best and hope he breaks out from thinking I'm going slow.

So first round eliminations...

.096 reaction to his .115 so I got him out of the whole

1.655 60ft , so it's a new best for me and I'm on a mission....

I pick my feet up to get them on the pegs, and accidently bump the shifter and into neutral it goes. MUTHA FUCKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And off I saw the guy go for an easy win.

So I'm pissed as hell about that. BUT... can't be all that bad of a day with dropping my e.t.'s into the 9's. Improved my best time by .30 which is a TON.

I just wish I woulda made a clean pass on that last one as I think it woulda been even better.

I'm happy I'm getting the launching down on the stock wheel base. It's insanely hard, but the feeling of a 1.6 with the front tire just dangling in the air a bit and then hit the button for second and it comes up again and ride it out. It's awesome!

Gotta get back on the dyno to see if there is any more power left.

EDIT - DA was 2600 yesterday. Can't wait till the fall for some better weather.

Crawlin
07-06-2010, 07:20 PM
some pics from the track.

http://www.4oresphotos.com/Photos/albums/batchload/true%20street%20j7-3-10/normal_True_Street_7-3-10_105.jpg

I'm losing to nitrouschris, but it was a best pass

http://www.4oresphotos.com/Photos/albums/batchload/true%20street%20j7-3-10/normal_True_Street_7-3-10_155.jpg

http://www.4oresphotos.com/Photos/albums/batchload/true%20street%20j7-3-10/normal_True_Street_7-3-10_156.jpg

http://www.4oresphotos.com/Photos/albums/batchload/true%20street%20j7-3-10/normal_True_Street_7-3-10_252.jpg

I gotta buy that close up burnout one

Nitrouschris
07-07-2010, 05:33 PM
I was WAYYYY badass to see you keep improving! When you get an arm, its game over for me, i cant keep up with that HP!

Nitrouschris
07-07-2010, 05:38 PM
Nitrous chris is my homie! Haha looks like luke welded that up! U need him to make u a swing arm like chris'. Bike looks good! hanging around chris' shop gives me an itch to get a bike like that.. looks like fun


GET A GOD DAMN BIKE AND COME PLAY! we need more peeps at the track to monitor the grill! we got a good group goin now, so come on out!

SmokinRAM114
07-07-2010, 06:01 PM
GET A GOD DAMN BIKE AND COME PLAY! we need more peeps at the track to monitor the grill! we got a good group goin now, so come on out!

prolly:thumbsup

Crawlin
08-15-2010, 06:15 PM
HUGE thanks to nitrouschris again for the help. Got my swing arm in the other day and just dreaded actually doing the swap. But it was a TON easier. If I would have been paying attention it would have been faster than the hour and a half it took. Got it almost together and realized I missed a spacer.

Stock wheelbase is 57.5". With this arm on it and I can go from about 60" to about 65". Right now I have it set at 62". Also put the new chain on it and a new rear sprocket. Stock is 43 and this is 46 teeth. So i'm -1 front and +3 rear which is right on for my weight

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0051.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0052.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0054.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0056.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0063.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0057.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0067.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0070.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0069.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0072.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0075.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0076.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0078.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0079.jpg

Nitrous bottle bracket :)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0073.jpg

Finished product - I need an extended tail if I want to go further back with it. It has the 3 hole adjusters so if I need to I can just move the axle to the rear hole.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0080.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0081.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i209/z28kid98/Busa%20Pics%20and%20Dynos/Swingarm%20install/107_0082.jpg

nismodave
08-15-2010, 06:23 PM
Im not a bike guy....

But damn thats a sexy looking bike!!

Crawlin
08-15-2010, 06:25 PM
thanks Dave! it's so much fun

Nitrouschris
08-18-2010, 08:58 AM
i dig that arm! AND that sexy dude! LOL! she gonna FLY!

juicedimpss
08-18-2010, 09:09 AM
looks sweet chris

Crawlin
08-18-2010, 10:06 AM
i dig that arm! AND that sexy dude! LOL! she gonna FLY!

gotta make sure people know you are talking about yourself right there, hahaha.

outlawgibbs
08-18-2010, 09:44 PM
Im not so sure he was.

Crawlin
08-22-2010, 08:34 AM
So a great day at the track yesterday. I didn't plan on going but just went for the hell of it cause I was bored.

Saw Chris and Sam there for a bit.

I decided I just wanted to have some fun, but the Cycle Bash event was going on(this replaced the True Street bike classes) so I decided to hop in the 9.50 class.

I made a couple passes. First was a 9.73 @ 143 then a 9.86 @ 141. Just was trying to get a feel for the bike.

Made a decision to really go after it on the launch but I ended up wheeling. Still went a 1.50 on the 60ft on a bike!! haha. Felt great until it came up.

Then went a 9.53 @ 145 on a 1.612 60ft so there was room for improvement. BUT it was a new best and it was right there for my class.

Nitrouschris has joked around that he wanted to see a .45 out of it, haha. SO next pass what happens,

1.58 - 60
4.07 - 330
9.45 @ 145

So another new best. I'm excited.

First round of qualifying.

I got out really well and went down track and new it was on a pass, so I let off at the 1000' mark

1.50 - 60
3.98 - 330 (in the bike world, sub 4sec 330 is REALLY hauling the mail)
9.45 @ 132mph

I let off and lost that 13mph but still wen the .45!!!
FOR SURE would have been a 9.3x pass but it was qualifying for a 9.50 class so I fucked that up.

Next pass for qualifying I went 9.71 just trying to make sure I get towards the top of the latter.

I end up qualifying #1 cause a couple of the guys had issues and another one broke out.

First pass eliminations, I got out with a .135 reaction and 1.56 60 to the opponents .305 reaction and 1.73 60. SO in 60ft I was already almost .4 seconds ahead.

I just literally turned my head and watched him the whole way down the track to make sure I was ahead and then let off to make sure I didn't break out of the 9.50 index. I went 9.68 to his 9.62. He was faster since he was on the gas the whole time.

In the finals, SAME thing. I went a .030 reaction and a 1.5 60ft to his .150 reaction and his 1.7 60ft. I guess he was spinning quite a bit and then wheelied but I never saw it. I just looked back at about the 330 mark and he was WAAAAY back there so I let off. I kept going and kept on the throttle and saw him coming fast. So I got back on the throttle.

I fucked up. I should have just stayed in it till maybe the 1000' and then just jammed on the brakes. He came around me on the top end and won by .037 seconds. Less than 4 hundreths of a second cause I need some more lessons in street racing the finish line, haha.

SO I finished second.

I made another pass at the end of the night just to try and go all out. There had been an oil down that took 2 hours to clean up and the track was going away. It was the normal 9:30pm dewey/slippery track. So I went soft on the launch since I previous one to this I spun bad.

Went

1.59 - 60
4.09 - 300
9.44 @ 145mph

SO that's my new best. The thing definitely DEFINITELY has a 9.3x in it soon as I can put it all together and come out swinging.

UnderPSI
08-22-2010, 09:17 AM
Looks like you found something you really like. Seems to be a bit more strategy involved also. Good luck.

juicedimpss
08-23-2010, 10:40 AM
congrats on the new best chris

nismodave
08-23-2010, 10:48 AM
Congrats!!! Sound like you are really having fun!

SmokinRAM114
08-23-2010, 02:58 PM
fricken sweet! thats moving! did u take all of Nchris' luck? seems like everytime he goes to the track he comes home emo hahahaha jk chris.

Nitrouschris
08-23-2010, 05:24 PM
LOL! i hate dragracing.....

outlawgibbs
08-23-2010, 05:27 PM
LOL! i hate dragracing.....
For some reason I dont believe you

Crawlin
08-23-2010, 06:20 PM
LOL! i hate dragracing.....

we got all winter to like racing again, haha.

loud91rs
08-23-2010, 06:35 PM
Damn I wish extended arms were more reasonable for my r1, I would probably get into drag racing it. Looks great Chris.

outlawgibbs
08-23-2010, 06:51 PM
Damn I wish extended arms were more reasonable for my r1, I would probably get into drag racing it. Looks great Chris.
$325.00 http://www.tcconlinestore.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=STM-4000

loud91rs
08-23-2010, 07:12 PM
That doesn't look too bad. What options would I even need?

Crawlin
08-23-2010, 08:04 PM
my arm was about $300-500 cheaper than others but came highly recommended on psychobike.com/forums

Great site for info. (psychobike)

the above site is pretty cool. if I were you, i'd probably just get the top box removed on the swing arm. then you can get the bike lower in the rear like mine.

don't need the underbracing, don't need the bottle bracket if you don't plan on spraying, dont need air tank since alot of the air shifters come with the bottle for it anyways.

i'd get the extras though, chain guard, chain especially. don't need the other stuff.

outlawgibbs
08-23-2010, 09:32 PM
6" or 8". Leave it Raw and paint it yourself. Add the breakline, chain, and chain guard.

Crawlin
08-26-2010, 09:39 PM
some sweet pics from Boomer....

http://www.4oresphotos.com/Photos/albums/batchload/Grudge%208-21-10%20sat/Grudge_8-21-10_sat_126_copy.jpg

LOVE this one.... this is right after the above pic at about the 100' mark. Gotta buy it.

http://www.4oresphotos.com/Photos/albums/batchload/Grudge%208-21-10%20sat/Grudge_8-21-10_sat_127_copy.jpg

Has a couple other ones. Damn I can't ever get a pic of me upclose on it where I am NOT grinning, haha.

Crawlin
10-03-2010, 05:19 PM
Saw alot of guys out there!

Ran a new best! 9.35 @ 148mph

wish i knew the 60ft but GLD didn't have that working in the one lane

lilws6
10-03-2010, 08:18 PM
you know i might end up selling the ta since i do have more fun on my bike. but i cant do it with the money into it :goof i'de be dragin my busa if i had the money

RanJer
10-03-2010, 10:25 PM
kuP1VvaiOB4

Crawlin
10-04-2010, 07:20 AM
that was awesome.....

you can hear it spinning on the top end, haha

outlawgibbs
10-04-2010, 09:01 AM
Great Video....

And a Special thanks to Chris for your part in the days events.

P.S. Ill catch your ass one of these days.

Crawlin
10-04-2010, 10:38 AM
SPRAY! hahaha

good job on the R/T for sure!

GTSLOW
10-04-2010, 02:32 PM
Chris you better not be on MW2 tonight!!!

Crawlin
10-04-2010, 04:48 PM
i will be... more than likely