A Katana................in here................?????

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Re: A Katana................in here................?????

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sportston wrote:Looks great so far. Very ambitious. Have you thought about the battery affecting unsprung weight? Its a very novel idea to fit it in the swingarm. I am guessing you will fit very flexible fine-strand cable to avoid wires breaking? I can't wait to see the finished item. I reckon its going to be a rare beauty!
And you will need to use a gel battery.
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old racer wrote: And you will need to use a gel battery.
Absolutely! I see he already has one of those.
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I have :up:
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Page 5 forgot about that.
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The KetKat gets to wear it's newly fabricated radiator...........

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Just stumbled across this....It's way too awesome. These labors of love always come out some of the coolest stuff around! Keep it up! :up: :up:
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thank you, Sir :up:
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blaknift wrote:Just stumbled across this....It's way too awesome. These labors of love always come out some of the coolest stuff around! Keep it up! :up: :up:
Here, here! :up: :clap:
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