Welcome to 771Doug's web site ! |
Service help and "how to" pages |
I've owned this Katana since 1991, when I bought it (with 1400 miles on the odo)
at House of Motorcycles in San Diego, so I pretty much know my way around it, by
now. For the first 10 years, I didn't do too much to it. Pipe, jetting, etc.
During the summer of 2001, I was thinking about selling it and getting something
else. Hell, it was at 50,000 miles! It's been dead stone reliable for all of
that time, but I needed more. After much serious consideration, I couldn't bring
myself to sell it and that was when I decided to really put some work into it.
If you own a bike for 14 years, the little projects start to add up. Including
changes along the way, this is where it's at, now: * Wiseco 771cc kit (13:1 compression) * Ported head and balanced bottom end * Barnet clutch * Accel coils and wires (coils relocated to front of battery box) * RS-36 Mikuni's with K&N filters * Cam Motion intake and exhaust cams. * Vance & Hines SS-2R * Works Performance shock * Polished '98 rear wheel (how to do it ) with D208 Dunlops (160/60-17 and 120/70-17) * Russell brake lines up front * Polishing of the aluminum parts * Cut down rear fender with license plate tucked * Corbin seat (my girlfriend, Lauri, gives the accomodations a definite thumbs up) * Paint and assorted other minor cosmetic tweaks * 11.52 @ 117 with a crappy 60' time (I've cut an 11.48 since that pass) * Autometer oil temp gauge and "Andre" LED shift light * Stay tuned for newer pics with the newly powder coated swingarm, late model GSXR mirrors, and flush mount signals |
A shot of the bike taken a few days after I bought it. |
The official beer of 771Doug ! |
You may have noticed that my pages are best viewed with a display setting of 1024x768. Don't you hate that scroll bar at the bottom ? If you're on a dial-up connection, these pages will be slow to load, but they're worth it. |
Uh, there's no "home" button because you're already here. |
"We will direct every resource at our command -- every means of diplomacy, every
tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war -- to the destruction and to the defeat of the global terror network." President George Bush, in his address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, September 20, 2001. |
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The GSXR Project |
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(The eagerly awaited 2003 edition!) Updated every week or so. Yes, I know it's 2007, I've just been lazy. Some of us have to work, ya' know.. |
Showing some kids how it's done at the California Superbike School (Mid-Ohio).
I'll do it again at VIR in May '05. |
The Orphan FZR600 Track Toy page |
