GK76 Engine overhaul-What do you recommend?

[Andy]

I like that..... are they available new or just as and when they pop-up for auction?
Andy

[Marsbar]

Damn this is one nice looking Nose cone, Ill be trying something similar using a fibreglass kit for mine.

[rgvsp]

As far as I know they are not made anymore. It is the first one I've seen up for sale in about 2 years of watching GK76 auctions. You never know in Japan though, if some hole in the wall place might still make them.

[rgvsp]

More updates-

As far the 71 to 76 swing arm conversion goes: it ended up taking an extra two links to make it work. So I went from 108 links (standard 76 chain) to 110 links (SP chain length chain). You can see the swing arm is longer by the fact that I have the axle moved well forward on the arm.


Here are the pictures of the finished (for the time being) pipe. The guy did nice work on the midpipe but it is killing me how he attached the springs to the top of the muffler. I wasn't able to stay with him while he did the work and it didn't even cross my mind he would attach the springs that way. It is obviously originally a slip on muffler so I'll get all the cleaned up in the future. I just want to get the damn thing started at this point.

[rgvsp]

I wait a year and half to finally start my 76 and I'm foiled by a damn fuel tap. I had stripped it down and cleaned it but it turns out the rubber washer inside on the diaphragm is bad. The result is gas pours out the front of the tap. A rebuild kit is on the way. So I sit and wait a little longer.

Here is how I solved he clearance problem (thanks to a suggestion here) with the radiator hose and the headers.



On a side note, has anyone had experience with these Chinese CDI's on Ebay? I'm collecting the parts to someday convert mine to an SP and was wondering if they were junk or not.

[Marsbar]

On a side note, has anyone had experience with these Chinese CDI's on Ebay? I'm collecting the parts to someday convert mine to an SP and was wondering if they were junk or not.

Im figureing the same, i think my SP CDI has gone pop, This site looks good but dont know yet, need to get my cdi tested first to see if it is that thats popped as my bike wont run.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/36077 ... R400R.html

[rgvsp]

The upper arrived today. Build quality appears to be excellent. The damn thing is WIDE. I did a quick mock up on the bike and it looks like it works fine with the stock headlight assembly if you want to keep it. It obviously doesn't have the plastic studs to mount to though. I'm almost wondering if it is so wide that it looks a little goofy.

[Variablevalves suck]

Sure this is the same fairing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azlbIsDUudU

[rgvsp]

I'm pretty sure it is because if you look closely you can see the two small indentations by where the mirrors mount.

[ben2306]

RGVSP, what rear shock you using?