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    Marble mod stops backfiring? Not so much

    Actualy what you are describing is called after-fire. Back-fire is when the explosion would come "back" through the carbs and scare the crap out of you,espiecialy when you would be working on it and have yer nose hairs and eyebrows vaporized, ah! the good old days. All engines after-fire. It is...
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    Hayabusa-gixxer mod

    Well folks I'm sad to say that this will be my last post. The bike sold today and the guy just drove her away.I must appologisae to you guys who wanted pics of certain parts of the bike,but with the quickness of the sale I did not have a chance to get this done. Although my time here was short I...
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    Hayabusa-gixxer mod

    You have to use the busa steering head assembly as the gixxer steering stem is different. The top cover and upper triple brace can be used in the stock busa form but the bottom of the tree had to be machined out 2mm or about .o8o I believe. The gixxer clip ons will not work because they mount...
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    Hayabusa-gixxer mod

    NICHOLAS, No, I won't be lowering the bike. As I road-raced for many years my style of riding, (even though I'm older now) is still the same. I still love to throw it on it's side and carve the corners. Lowering the bike,even though it looks cool as hell would mean less lean angle...
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    Hayabusa-gixxer mod

    Sure not a problem. I'm extra busy right now but give me till the weekend and I'll post some pics of the the bracketry.
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    Hayabusa-gixxer mod

    Thanks, Yes, I used the complete sub-frame off the gixxer. Found the parts on line for a couple of hundred bucks. Had to also make a custom brace to ensure a solid fix. I own my own machine shop so that helps:thumbsup:
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    Hayabusa-gixxer mod

    Hi guys first post here so I thought I'd post a few pics of the bike, (hope they come out ). The bike is an 08 busa with a 07 gixxer rear end which I modified to fit. No tubular frame just the stock gixxer sub frame and plastic. I also fitted gixxer front forks and controls to the...
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