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HELLO IF YOU ARE A REGULAR VISITOR TO THIS SITE YOU WILL NOTICE IT CHANGES FROM WEEK TO WEEK AS I GAIN NEW INFORMATION AND PICTURES, I NOW HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THUMBNAILING PICTURES SO THE DOWN LOAD TIME IS A LOT LESS, AND YOU CAN KLIX ON THE THUMBNAIL TO SEE A LARGER PICTURE OF THE REBUILD ON MY KATANA. AT PRESENT (MARCH 2000) THE KATANA IS BEING PUT BACK TOGETHER AND THIS IS WERE I HAVE FOUND ALL THE SMALL PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE SORTED OUT SO THAT THE NEW MODIFICATIONS WILL ALL GO TOGETHER FOR INSTANCE.
� THE FRONT WHEEL NEEDS A SPINDLE AND SPACERS MAKING BECAUSE THE FRONT END NOW RUNS A KAWAZAKI GPZ 750 YOKE SET WITH STANDARD KATANA FORKS.
� WHEN THIS IS DONE I NEED TO MAKE NEW FRONT BRAKE BRACKETS FOR THE GSXR 4 POT CALIPERS.
� THE REAR END ALSO NEEDS THE SAME NOW WITH ITS SUZUKI BANDIT 600 SWINGARM FITTED AND HONDA CBR 600 WHEELS.
� ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE BATTERY WILL NOT FIT BECAUSE THE PLACE IT ONCE SAT NOW HOLDS THE TOP BRACKETS FOR THE MONO-SHOCK, MY ONLY OPTION IS TO BIN THE FILTER BOX AND MOUNT THE BATTERY IN ITS PLACE, AND FIT A DIFFERENT FILTER TO THE AIR BOX.
THAT�S WERE I AM AT, AT THIS STAGE IN THE REBUILD.
ANY ADVICE YOU MAY HAVE OR SHORT CUTS YOU KNOW WOULD BE APPRECIATED :- SO E-MAIL ME.
UPDATED MARCH 4 2000
TO INSTALL A SUZUKI BANDIT 600 SWINGARM INTO MY KATANA I HAVE HAD TO REMOVE THE CENTRE STAND BRACKETS SO THAT I COULD WELD IN TWO BRACKETS FOR THE LOWER PART OF THE BANDIT MONO-SHOCK AS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE.
THE TOP MONO-SHOCK MOUNT HAD TO BE MADE BY WELDING TWO STEEL TUBES ACROSS THE FRAME WERE THE FRONT BATTERY USE TO MOUNT, THIS THEN HAD TWO BRACKETS WELDED IN PLACE TO TAKE THE TOP OF THE SHOCK.
THE BANDIT 600 SWINGARM WENT STRAIGHT IN WITH ONLY THE CHANGING OF BEARINGS FROM THE KATANA INTO THE BANDIT SWINGARM, THE ARM FRONT WIDTH WAS THE SAME.
THE KATANA FOOT REST MOUNTS WERE SAWN OF SO AT PRESENT THERE ARE NO REAR FOOT RESTS ON THE BIKE AND NEW BRACKETS WERE WELDED TO THE FRAME TO TAKE A PAIR OF CBR600 ALLY FOOT RESTS.