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

garry55 · Post by **garry55** » Mon Jul 04, 2016 10:29 am

more progress - after much heating / bending / tweaking, here's the r/h frame tube tacked in place............

and the rolling chassis with motor fully mounted..........

final welding and dressing of welds next............

rngdng · Post by **rngdng** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:37 am

That looks great.

Lane

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:11 am

Plenty of room above the engine in the frame for the supercharger

garry55 · Post by **garry55** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 7:57 am

yes Dave - I'm beginning to think the GT750 motor may look a little lost in the frame.
may change when I get the head, thermostat housing, hoses and bodywork on though.

garry55 · Post by **garry55** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 7:59 am

rngdng wrote:That looks great.

Lane

Thank you Sir

tz375 · Post by **tz375** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:57 am

Gary, how far down do the funky tank and fairing fit?

A GT motor is a lot less tall than what was in there but it might look OK and if not, drop in a top mounted turbo or supercharger to fill up the space.

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:59 pm

Dang .. do we think alike or what Richard ( look up a couple of posts LOL )

ConnerVT · Post by **ConnerVT** » Wed Jul 06, 2016 5:33 am

Suzukidave wrote:Plenty of room above the engine in the frame for the supercharger

Maybe some oversized valve covers?

garry55 · Post by **garry55** » Wed Jul 06, 2016 8:36 am

I was thinking of a false cylinder head and adding cooling fins to the barrels..............

Suzukidave · Post by **Suzukidave** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:05 am

Hows it going on this project Garry

garry55 · Post by **garry55** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 4:00 pm

none too sure Dave - been working away so I won't know how far advanced it is until I get home.

dgoodsy · Post by **dgoodsy** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:58 pm

this is a cool project, any recent progress to show?

garry55 · Post by **garry55** » Tue Nov 22, 2016 4:54 am

still waiting for the frame to be welded.
Off to collect the barrel (jug?) today - it's been skimmed to allow for a spacer to be fitted under the barrel to raise the porting.

dgoodsy · Post by **dgoodsy** » Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:29 am

cool! (not the waiting part, but the part about raising the exhaust ports.)

Being a noob to modifying 2 strokes I had to google how raising exhaust ports affects performance. I read that it trades off a little low end grunt for some top end power. What is your plan for an exhaust system?

garry55 · Post by **garry55** » Wed Nov 23, 2016 11:43 am

got a call today to say my frame is welded so hotfooted it down to the bike shop.
this is the final welding of the GT750 engine cradle tubes to the original Katana frame………….

I have now decided that I don't like the look of the rear footrest brackets / silencer mounts so they are coming off next - more welding required

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