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Offline Banditofdoom

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Project B12 - 56k *Beware*
« on: February 05, 2007, 06:00:16 PM »
Well here it is folks! As many of you know I lost the motor in my 12R last season and my Bandit was having issues. I thought alot about it and decided that the Bandit would better suit my occasional track habit as well as hooligan antics while still being comfortable to commute on. I think Bandits are as overlooked as FZ1s and whatnot. So I am lucky to own the ONE model year that had bad pistons from the factory. I planned to replace the pistons this winter and that snowballed into something much more extreme. I have taken lots of pics to share with those who are interested. Here we go :mfclap:

Here are a few pics of the bike as she was when she broke











For all who arent aware, the reason the fairings are missing from the nose and it looks ratbike-ish is because it was knocked down and run over in seattle by a hit and run asshole :rant   When i put it back together i custom fit the whole front end of an '02 Hayabua on :mfclap:  the Busa bar risers and cables didnt fit well with all the vanity panels so they had to go.

Here are some pics of the teardown

The first bolt is undone


Tank Removal


Tank removed. Had the Holeshot Stage 1 jet kit with 2" airbox hole


Top of the airbox gone


Carb removal



No more undertail




Sans exhaust


The old exhaust. I have a good friend with an '02 Bandit12 and holeshot jet kit. He had a baby and couldnt afford to get this pipe. So i surprised him and gave this one to him. Little dent but works great! :mfclap: :mfclap:


Airbox / intake manifold removed


Sans headers and oil cooler


Reminds me of Donny Darko crackup:


Busa front


Engine mounts come out


Dunno...just a cool shot :mrgreen:


We layed the bike down and then just pulled the frame off the motor





Empty Frame




Here are some pics of the motor teardown





Engine in a box












Thats all i have for now. If people are interested i'll post more as more happens. Currently the head is in CA at Holeshot Performance getting milled and ported :mrgreen:  Parts are pouring in and i hope to get alot done this month with my tax return and all.  

Thanks for lookin'! :ninja: :ninja:
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Offline pmackie

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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2007, 06:52:41 PM »
Great shots...

How many miles on this engine? You said this was an engine that had the bad pistions. It looks like there is quite a bit of oil and deposit on the tops of the pistons and combustion chambers, so it shows.

Hope the project goes well.
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2007, 06:55:43 PM »
Odo was at 19k-ish when we took it apart. I bought it salvage with 6700 on it. Was way outa tune. Got her running beautiful, but in the last 5k or so I started getting TONS of blowby outa the crankcase vent and oil out the exhaust when revved quick.  :duh:  It'll basically be a crate motor when im done though. All new seals/bearings ect  :motorsmile:
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Re: Project B12 - 56k *Beware*
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2007, 01:56:56 AM »
Quote from: "Banditofdoom"
If people are interested i'll post more as more happens.


Interested! Give us everything! :)
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Re: Project B12 - 56k *Beware*
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2007, 10:59:21 AM »
Quote from: "s1ms"
Quote from: "Banditofdoom"
If people are interested i'll post more as more happens.


Interested! Give us everything! :)


+1 !  :bigok:

Is that a RD350 motor I see in the background of some of those shots?
What's up with that? Another project?
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Offline Banditofdoom

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« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2007, 11:57:38 AM »
no thats a Duc motor. Pics were taken in my mechanic's shop. He has 4 motors in there for major rebuilds at the moment. But he says mine's the most fun because mine definitely isnt going back together stock  :motorsmile:  :motorsmile:
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2007, 01:07:10 PM »
Weird... I've never seen a Duc motor that was a two-stroke parallel twin -
Especially with the word "YAMAHA" on the wet clutch cover.  :stickpoke:

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« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2007, 01:14:29 PM »
:duh: haha i wasnt sure which pic you were reffering to hahaha. its gonna be one of those days...
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« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2007, 03:04:39 PM »
It's the only other motor that appears in several frames that I could see enough of to hazard a guess.
Helps that I used to have one of those wheelie machines.  :wink:



I see just a glimps of some air colled motor in the background of one other pic, but I couldn't see enough of it to guess.
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« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2007, 03:28:49 PM »
Hey Red01. Who's pipes did you have on that RD. They look kinda like DG's. Certainly not stock. I thought the RD's (like my old Kaw 500 triple) were really misquito foggers :beers:
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« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2007, 04:35:50 PM »
Good eye! Yup, dem's DG chambers.  :bigok:
More than just the pipes that weren't stock.  :wink:
(I had a sticker on my helmet that said "Member: Honda for lunch bunch")

I was torn between the RD and a Kawi triple...
Went with the Yammie because it handled better and no center cylinder to cook.
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« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2007, 06:09:30 PM »
No question the early Kaw 500 triples were poor handlers. It is the ONLY bike I ever owned that felt like it had a hinge in the middle. You could feel the frame/swingarm junction flex when you pushed it a bit in a fast corner. Also used to drag the pipe on the right side easily. It was fast in it's day though...

Mine had a double leading shoe drum front brake. If I took it all apart on Sunday, deglazed shoes and drum, greased all pivots, centered shoes, etc. it would be a two finger stopper for Monday, three fingers Tuesday, four on Wed and Thursday on, as hard as you could pull for little effect.

I always expected I would sell it and get an RD350/400.
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« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2007, 12:53:40 PM »
Quote from: "Red01"
Weird... I've never seen a Duc motor that was a two-stroke parallel twin -
Especially with the word "YAMAHA" on the wet clutch cover.  :stickpoke:






Nice project, really like the front end.

That beautiful white trellis frame behind the Yammie RD motor screams Ducati, possibly 1991 or '92 900SS?
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« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2007, 02:32:35 PM »
yea its a 900. getting a complete rebuild with big bore too i think. gonna go tear the rest of my motor apart today so ill have some more pics soon.

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« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2007, 04:11:09 PM »
Quote from: "Banditofdoom"
yea its a 900. getting a complete rebuild with big bore too i think. gonna go tear the rest of my motor apart today so ill have some more pics soon.

 :beers:


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