Vortex rearsets, Gilles shift support, DMP race stands [Archive]

cowboyadam

January 12th, 2008, 01:47 PM

Got all my goodies this weekend. Got a new set of DMP race stands, Vortex rearsets in silver, a Gilles shift support,

a Brembo 15cc reservoir, and speed bleeders. Got a set of Gafler brake lines and the Oh so famous

Pazzo Repsol blue levers on the way :D :D Finally I will be a true Repsolian :p

Im diggin the Vortex rearsets, wanted to go Gilles but didnt want to spend so much and had heard bad

things about them, so I went economical and functional. They are great quality and have great adjustability.

TX Repsol

January 12th, 2008, 02:58 PM

Looks like someone had a nice shopping spree...

What's the scoop on the engine in the background on pic 4?

Nosy, aren't I? ;)

cowboyadam

January 12th, 2008, 03:17 PM

Looks like someone had a nice shopping spree...

What's the scoop on the engine in the background on pic 4?

Nosy, aren't I? ;)

Yeah, I went a little overboard with all my birthday, christmas, car and now grad money.

The scoop would be a 355 Chevy small block. Just pulled it outta my 87 IROC that I sold on ebay the other

day. The car is in its new home in MN right about now, the guy picked it up this morning.

Its gonna be sitting on the stand for a while until I find a new project.

Nakkers

January 12th, 2008, 05:39 PM

Very nice parts , im jealous :D

TX Repsol

January 12th, 2008, 06:12 PM

Very nice parts , im jealous :D

Is my fly open? :evilgrin:

cowboyadam

January 25th, 2008, 04:29 PM

Well, finally got my Pazzo shorty levers and red Galfer lines. Pics speak for themselves.

Radical Rich

January 25th, 2008, 04:51 PM

Sweet parts. I have the same levers same colors love them. If you dont mind how much for rear sets and are they easy to install? Thanks

SIXDOG

January 25th, 2008, 04:57 PM

SUUUUWEEET bro......but what the heck is that machine in the background of your last pic? :)

cowboyadam

January 25th, 2008, 04:59 PM

Sweet parts. I have the same levers same colors love them. If you dont mind how much for rear sets and are they easy to install? Thanks

Thanks man. You have a PM

cowboyadam

January 25th, 2008, 05:01 PM

SUUUUWEEET bro......but what the heck is that machine in the background of your last pic? :)

Thanks. Thats what we call a snow blower here in the mid-west :p Im really really really sick of snow :(

and cant wait to road test all these parts.

SIXDOG

January 25th, 2008, 05:04 PM

I should shut up....we only have rain. Again, nice mods and nice garage as well...

cowboyadam

January 25th, 2008, 05:19 PM

I should shut up....we only have rain. Again, nice mods and nice garage as well...

Yeah... rub it in more... :evilgrin: Thanks again ;)

exit90a

January 27th, 2008, 02:41 AM

Very nice. Where did you get the Gilles shift support and how much $$$?

tribaltim

January 27th, 2008, 10:31 AM

Well, finally got my Pazzo shorty levers and red Galfer lines. Pics speak for themselves.

How come my rear set's came with like a brake light wire and your came with a cool red cap with no wire?

cowboyadam

January 27th, 2008, 10:42 AM

How come my rear set's came with like a brake light wire and your came with a cool red cap with no wire?

We have the same thing. Mine is just red on top. My wires are tucked between the rearset and the

master cylinder to keep them away from the exhaust.

tribaltim

January 27th, 2008, 11:04 AM

Dang that's sweet I want the red top on mine:(

tribaltim

January 27th, 2008, 11:05 AM

What does that Gilles shifter support do?

cowboyadam

January 27th, 2008, 12:23 PM

Dang that's sweet I want the red top on mine:(

Mines made by Goodridge.

What does that Gilles shifter support do?

It eliminates the free play in the shift rod that comes out of the motor. Basically makes for more

accurate and smoother shifts.

hondapowered

January 27th, 2008, 09:41 PM

WOW nice work on both of those bikes :thumbsup: I am gonna have to post up to now >>>>>>>>>>:evilgrin:

cowboyadam

February 2nd, 2008, 08:37 AM

TX Repsol

February 2nd, 2008, 09:35 PM

Got my stuff from Mike (aka msalser) yesterday.

Bastard. I wanted those adjusters! :D

I see you're not using the lifters that came with the adjusters. Are they made specifically for the Pit Bull or something?

rubenzfast

February 2nd, 2008, 10:50 PM

Yeah, I went a little overboard with all my birthday, christmas, car and now grad money.

The scoop would be a 355 Chevy small block. Just pulled it outta my 87 IROC that I sold on ebay the other

day. The car is in its new home in MN right about now, the guy picked it up this morning.

Its gonna be sitting on the stand for a while until I find a new project.

NICE

Aussierepso7

February 3rd, 2008, 02:21 AM

Got my stuff from Mike (aka msalser) yesterday. Very happy with everything. Put it all on last

night after work. Just need to adjust the chain and cowl to fit a little better today. Thanks again Mike.

You are missing the little bracket that hold the rear of the chain adjusters into the swing arm.

cowboyadam

February 3rd, 2008, 07:54 AM

Bastard. I wanted those adjusters! :D

I see you're not using the lifters that came with the adjusters. Are they made specifically for the Pit Bull or something?

No, you have to buy special adapters for the stand to use them. They are like $30 or so. I was thinking

about taking them to work and having my buddy in the machine shop make me something.

cowboyadam

February 3rd, 2008, 08:02 AM

You are missing the little bracket that hold the rear of the chain adjusters into the swing arm.

I put them on yesterday. I just mounted them up really quick and took pics of them without the lifters

on them. I decided that I might not use the lifters so I had to go and buy the cap screws instead of the

counter sink ones used on the lifters.

hondapowered

February 3rd, 2008, 12:25 PM

Just some cool rearsets to check out :D

cowboyadam

February 3rd, 2008, 12:40 PM

Just some cool rearsets to check out :D

Cool and thanks for the :hijacked: :wtf: Wish I had the extra $200 to blow on rearsets, but I didnt.

Your chain and swing arm are lookin a little greasy by the way ;)

Since I was trying to keep all my mods in one thread unlike some who start 10 for an engine build.... :focus:

usnavynuke

February 3rd, 2008, 12:46 PM

Very nice upgrades! I can't wait to pick up a pair of pazzo levers. Nice choices.

TX Repsol

February 3rd, 2008, 06:08 PM

Since I was trying to keep all my mods in one thread unlike some who start 10 for an engine build.... :focus:

Defiler of all things, not just newb's! :eek:

cowboyadam

February 3rd, 2008, 07:41 PM

Defiler of all things, not just newb's! :eek:

There are two things that chap this cowboys ass:

#1 Cocky noobs/ones that try to sell us their stuff before making an intro thread.

#2 Whoring out of my mod thread and trying to show me up.

Next person to jack my thread gets the :rocketlauncher: or my :ninja: coming after your arses :pirate_yarrr:

hondahoon

February 3rd, 2008, 08:03 PM

Is my fly open? :evilgrin:

your missus said nothing that small could fall out :evilgrin:

ps adam is :ninja: your mom? :evilgrin:

HH

cowboyadam

February 3rd, 2008, 09:09 PM

ps adam is :ninja: your mom? :evilgrin:

HH

LMAO. You would like that too much HH. :eek: :weirdface:

hondapowered

February 3rd, 2008, 10:20 PM

Cool and thanks for the :hijacked: :wtf: Wish I had the extra $200 to blow on rearsets, but I didnt.

Your chain and swing arm are lookin a little greasy by the way ;)

Since I was trying to keep all my mods in one thread unlike some who start 10 for an engine build.... :focus:

Woops sorry brutha man I thought were posting up rearsets and YEP way greasy the PJ1 new heavy duty BLACK LABEL wow what a mess but a black swingarm is on the way it will show less maybye some cool red adjusters would work out.... Hey not trying to show you up bro just thought you would want to see some other gear too? But ya they are so bad a$$ money spent well ENGINE???? what engine????

SOMEDAY soon I hope LOL ROCK ON bro nice work btw :evilgrin:

cowboyadam

February 4th, 2008, 08:30 AM

Woops sorry brutha man I thought were posting up rearsets and YEP way greasy the PJ1 new heavy duty BLACK LABEL wow what a mess but a black swingarm is on the way it will show less maybye some cool red adjusters would work out.... Hey not trying to show you up bro just thought you would want to see some other gear too? But ya they are so bad a$$ money spent well ENGINE???? what engine????

SOMEDAY soon I hope LOL ROCK ON bro nice work btw :evilgrin:

Its all good, I went ahead and made this for ya.... http://www.repsolforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1696

The black swingarm will look great on there with those rearsets.

hondapowered

February 4th, 2008, 04:36 PM

Thanks BRO hope it rides as good as it looks? The 2007 / 2006 is a few inches shorter I think than the 2005 / 2004 so this should make quite a difference in the twisties! :evilgrin: The rear sets have already shown me what a novice I am LOL so much more room to work the corners now WHEW

cowboyadam

February 8th, 2008, 05:01 PM

Got round four of my crappy weather spending spree in the mail today. I really cant wait to ride

this thing.... Its gonna be a whole different bike soon.

cowboyadam

February 14th, 2008, 08:22 PM

Got round five today. This one sucked. A lot of parts had to come off to get this mother $*#%er in.

Its an A-tech intake. Waiting for the DNA race filters to come in. This was a PITA and I hope it was

worth it. It is definately a huge difference from stock.

Nakkers

February 14th, 2008, 08:24 PM

Can't wait for the ride report:D

hondahoon

February 14th, 2008, 08:27 PM

Can't wait for the ride report:D

ride report...

jumped on adams mom... rode her hard had to hang on for dear life :evilgrin::evilgrin:

HH

cowboyadam

February 14th, 2008, 08:40 PM

ride report...

jumped on adams mom... rode her hard had to hang on for dear life :evilgrin::evilgrin:

HH

YIKES :eek: Thats just disturbing......

And yeah I cant wait to take the bike out and see what it can do now. Just need the damn snow to

melt and all the pot holes need to be fixed. The roads are horrible around here now.

Nakkers

February 14th, 2008, 08:54 PM

Wrong ride report HH:eek:

cowboyadam

March 14th, 2008, 03:45 PM

After a long six months of cold, snow and a few less $$$ in the pocket, I finally got to take her out today.

Its only in the mid 50s but I couldnt take it anymore. Left work early put some gas in her and fired her up.

Everything works great, the rearsets work awesome, super smooth and firm shifts. Brakes are a whole new

world from before, firm and effortless to stop. I really liked the shorty levers too, was loving the two finger braking.

Overall, I am impressed with everything I added to the bike and just want to thank everyone here for

your input on parts and hope that this thread helps other decide what to buy for future mods.

TX Repsol

March 14th, 2008, 09:49 PM

Its only in the mid 50s but I couldnt take it anymore.

Only in the mid 50s??? Mid 50s is warm! Sissy...:p

I ride year 'round, long as there's no ice on the roads, I'm riding!

Nice work doing all the winter mods though... I'm jealous.

exit90a

March 14th, 2008, 09:55 PM

TX Repsol

March 14th, 2008, 10:12 PM

Anyway, I was looking at getting the Pazzo shorty levers and was curious as to how the clutch pull is in your opinion.:confused2: While I normaly only use 1 or 2 fingers for breaking, I find I most often use all 4 with the clutch. More out of habit than anything else I guess. Thanks.

Check out this thread (http://www.repsolforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=943&referrerid=138) - it's a group buy that came around a while ago. The group buy is over, but the idea is still cool and is still available. The Repsol blue matches the bike very well.

I got a shorty lever for both sides. I love it on the brake side, as I only use one finger on the brakes. You could easily fit two or three fingers on the shorty brake side.

For the clutch, I almost wish I had the long lever. I use 4 fingers on the clutch and it's very tight. So much so that my pointer finger doesn't fit on the lever - it's more to the inside of the lever when I put my pinky finger right on the outside edge.

For me, it didn't change the clutch feel at all.

cowboyadam

March 15th, 2008, 10:25 AM

CBA, I picked up the Gilles shift support after first seeing this thread and love what it did for the bikes shift action. Seems to really clean up the down shift action in particular. Anyway, I was looking at getting the Pazzo shorty levers and was curious as to how the clutch pull is in your opinion.:confused2: While I normaly only use 1 or 2 fingers for breaking, I find I most often use all 4 with the clutch. More out of habit than anything else I guess. Thanks.

Yeah, I noticed a difference in the way the bike shifted with it also. Well worth the money IMO.

I liked having both shorty levers. I could only get three fingers on the clutch and didnt really notice any change

in the pull of it.

exit90a

June 29th, 2008, 07:24 PM

cowboyadam

June 29th, 2008, 07:36 PM

Can anyone confirm speed bleeder size for the front master cylinder? Some sources indicate a 7mm x 1.0 and others say 8mm x 1.25. I am putting on steel braided lines for brakes and clutch and thought I would do all the speed bleeders at the same time. Anyone have any tips on this procedure? Why did you decide not to use them Adam? Thanks.

Cant remember which size went where. Sold them to TX, maybe he can help you out. I decided

that it was easy enough to bleed the brakes alone that I didnt need the speed bleeders and could

use the money for other things, so I sold them. Its really not that hard to bleed them alone.

They would work great for a car/truck application though.