Hey man, I've been trying to keep that a secret, ok?

 

Does the front tire sit centered in the forks? If it wouldn't fit with both discs that implies that it will have to sit off to one side to make the wheel fit. In the photo it even looks off centered.
I also second the comments on rake and trail. Also bear in mind that sometimes the triple clamps themselves will set the forks at a mild angle. They are not always a straight through perfectly perpendicular hole.

 

I can get it centered. It's simply mocked up in the picture

 

the green

but the Zuki sticker on tank

Oh The Humanity - have U no honor sir

My ur VTR catch fire & burn from tank down

 

Dude has ***** of steel. It might not be my bag of chips, but you have to admire the verve.

BTW: At what weight would a single 6p GSXR caliper do the job at stopping the bike, do you think? My Cyclone was 470lbs and had one PM 6p caliper and did just fine. I had a PM on my Hawk GT (w/ a CBR f3 front end and adaptor plate) and it was overkill to say the least, but that was a 400lb machine. It would look killer with spoked rims and a single, bad-*** caliper on a huge rotor.

I would start with a Harris frame, Akron rims, and a grinder and move forward if it were mine, but that's why I never finish anything -- R.

PS: I imagine you can do all this because you have a good second bike or because you live in New England?

 

A single gsxr 6-pot with a better master is suitable for a 500lb bike+rider.

 

Well, as I say, my M2 was fine and it was about the same size as the SH, but my brother's S3 (Buell Thunderbolt) warped two rotors in three years. I suspect that this is because the S3 weighs about 30lbs more than a M2. I also warped the stock F3 rotor on my Hawk GT -- the common wisdom here was that you needed fully floating rotors to dissipate the heat and when I switched I never had another problem.

A final food-for-thought might be the fork size. Dudes in England put an over-sized caliper and rotor on their XBR500s (basically the US version of the Honda GB500) and HAD to run a fork brace or the machine had bad front-end flex. At 41mm the forks on the SH are somewhat thin for its size and you might get strange effects by running just one caliper. (The Buell had 43mm.)

I'd love to just run one caliper on the SH at some point, especially if I ever get the nerve up to make it naked and could shed 30lbs from the bike.

Look forward to more pictures!

Randy

 

I'm running beast of forks though, they're 46mm. Look at the comparison pics on the first page, the shafts are as thick as the SH bottoms.

 

I also think the front wheel would be off center. Im guessing the rotors hit the fork leg when compressed. If it doesnt clear with both rotors, but it clears with one, that would mean the wheel is off center.

 

i see its for sale now.
http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/1453400021.html

 

Just posted to see if I can get any bites before going any further. I don't care if it sells or not.
If it does, motard here I come. If it doesn't, SH Motard here I come.

 

What happens when someone comes to have a look at it and it's in 100 pieces on your garage floor?

 

I'd put it back together before showing it to them, probably.

 

That's a bummer. I was kind of hoping to see how this turned out!

 

I'm still going to be doing the project, I doubt it's going to sell for that price anyways.

 

Might also look to plumb the radiators (aka Racing RC-51's) to the front or under the seat ( with a fan for cooling) to clean up the lines.

 

I was thinking of going with dirt bike radiators attached to the sides of the frame.