Subject: Re: Convert Questions
Author: Mike
Date: Feb 17, 2004, 10:27 AM
Post ID: 1716067556
Thanks for the input Darrell....my concern about the tranny tank comes from
Dave in Guzzilogy talking about not putting to much fld in the tank....seems
to me that a tank with more fld capacity would be good...yeah, a custom oil
tank is what I was thinking also...
EldoMike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Dick" <ddic-@juno.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: Convert Questions
| Hi Mike, Well, I certainly don't consider myself an expert on the subject, but I have worked on a couple of 'Verts. Hopefully, I'll be putting some miles on mine when the weather turns. I fixed one that had a broken flywheel a couple of years back. I believe that bike had about 40,000 miles on it, and it had a sidecar attached. My current bike has 26,000 miles on it and it still has the original sheetmetal flywheel. The point I'm trying to make is, I think they can last a long time. I know Dave R. in Guzziology says he thinks it may have something to do with engine/tranny alignment. I have never ridden one with heavier wheel, so I can't comment on how it affects the performance. I'd say your choices are: 1. Go with the sheetmetal flywheel and know that you have the best performing set-up, but you may have to get in there again if you put a lot of miles on (and you might get stranded somewhere. I wouldn't want to have to change a flywheel along side the road). 2. Put the machined flywheel on and never have to worry about it breaking, but you'll always wonder how much quicker it would be with the lighter one. It really depends how much it would bother you to change it if it did break. I'm not changing mine until it breaks. I don't see why you couldn't build your own ATF reservoir. I don't know if there are baffles in there or not. I'd saay you could probably modify a chopper oil tank. Good Luck! Darrell Dick Imlay City, MI On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 07:00:22 -0600 EldoMike <eldo-@netzero.net> writes:
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