What does it ride like,is the frame,susp,brakes up to the job??
Do you have the measurements for those brackets you made up for the engine??
Was there any problems with the radiator in the end.
Did you have to make spacers up for the frame/swingarm/engine bolt.
Any help would be great as i want to do the same conversion.
Rides fantastic, well untill lately, its started to vibrate pretty bad so Im re doing the rear mount!
Suspension is no where near upto the job, with the extra weight the front end goes very soggy and soft and the rear becomes too hard, so because of this it runs wide in every corner, its took 2 weeks of suspension setting up to get it right, Ive got a fully adjustable rear shock on now and fook knows what weight oil on the front end!
Dunnmo about brakes as I never tried the std ones, but to give you an idea Ive got a 6 pot pretech caliper, ebc prolite disc and a brembo radial master cylinder and after a few hours riding hard up the lakes I boiled the fluid to the point where there was feck all braking! lol
Radiator turned out to be a nightmare, had to flip it around which leaves me with f*ck all clearence between the wheel under full load and the rad, infact I could of swore its hit it at least once! Cooling became a major issue, Ive ended up fitting a fan to try and keep it down, removed the thrmostat aswell, seems to be ok now but took 3 weeks to sort it!
Yep spacers have to be made for the all the mounts and swingarm, depends if your going to use the swingarm pivot as a mount as to whether how much detail you have to go in, I didnt so I can just use a plaiun spacer!
Its a cracking bike to ride and I love it but it can be an arse, p**s easy to get the engine in and running buy very hard to get the bike in a state where you can use it everyday and not have to worry, like I said Im not happy with my rear mounts so its getting redone this week!
Oh yeah modifying the plastics is a nightmare! lol
i've got to agree with everything you've said there nora,supension wise the front is too soft,rear is to hard(sorted somewhat with adjustable shock),i've had the same trouble with my rad clearence,i think the front wheel has hit the rad a couple of times under hard(emergency !)braking,i've got another rad now and i'm going to try to get it the right way round(might save me cutting some plastics aswell),the standard mito caliper works well enough for the road with some decent pads and a braided line.
my mito is nice and smooth but tends to suffer from a bit of squat and chatter under hard accel(esp on bumpy roads)some i've just redone my rear mounts and lowered the front sprocket,which should get rid of alot of these probs.
specials are alot of hard work,swearing,blood and tears but worth it in the end when it gathers a load of people round it when ever you park it up,it all makes a run of the mill bike a bit of a let down when you park them up or look round a bike meet
i had some probs with cooling aswell but mine turned out to be the water pump seal had gone and the water was filling the gaerbox,emptying the rad and making it behave very srangly temperature wise,runs fine now(65-70 constant when moving and 80 ish after about 5 mins in traffic)
RGV rearwheel(4.5 inch instead of 4 inch)
reworked PV box(waiting for the mailman) done
programmable CDI(waiting for the mailman) done
redo the front fender(epoxy looks like sh*t)
fuelpomp(the last 2 litres don't come out easy)
rearshock(is way to soft now with the 916 frontend) done
you should seriously consider doing these conversions as a business Doug, get people to bring in their mito and charge them a fortune to fit it all. you cud make good money.
i have to admit, im not really into strokers, but id love to have one of those!
dougon would win his finish is fuking mint, the frame the swing arm, its perfection. I just hope his bottom fairing are all red and not half grey, i have that grey bit.
wallie,cheers mate,your mk2 mounts are almost done,should hopefully be fitting and testing mine within the next couple of weeks(was still playing with the superduke,but i done the running in miles now and they can't service it till next wednesday
well i had mine running on both cylinders now (was only running on the left cylinder) i took the right carb off to inspect/adjust then remembered there is a nipple, im assuming for a vacuum pipe so i blocked it off and tadaaa it ran on both cylinders..... well chuffed! was extremly loud though with out exhausts lol
after doing mine(my rear mounts are bolt together,but the fronts require the frame modding and welding)i think i could possibly do a set now that require no welding or frame mods.shame i'm not doing anymore for a long while
If someone's willing to part with a cad drawing (if any exist) I can just whazz round to the lasercutters (Yorkshire Laser) round the corner and get `em churned out with monotonous regularity....
just got a new evo frame and duc916 forks from ebay to build another mito350, track only.
super light marvic wheels
custum made rear subframe
fully worked engine
exhausts with tz350 specs
looking for 80hp or 90hp and 115kg
that's the plan.
other bike is 70hp at 135kg.
the track bike i am gonna tune to hell and leave all the heavy stuff of the bike such as:
headlight, subframe, wheels....
are there more heavy parts?
that's the plan.
other bike is 70hp at 135kg.
the track bike i am gonna tune to hell and leave all the heavy stuff of the bike such as:
headlight, subframe, wheels....
are there more heavy parts?
my mate has got both.
the aprilia is a very balanced bike, the mito is a bith harder.
but if you are a bit experienced driver there is no problem, and the mito wins.
100cc extra is a lot, way more grunt
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