{"id":3940,"date":"2019-05-22T10:30:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T09:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/?p=3940"},"modified":"2019-05-22T10:30:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T09:30:43","slug":"back-to-the-darkside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/?p=3940","title":{"rendered":"Back to the darkside."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some Rg125 bits first, the stock four pot is a great caliper, but pretty heavy, measure against another four pot i had lying around.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3925\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_201619-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_201619.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_201619-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So lets upgrade to the two pot sliding caliper! ok that make little sense, but lightness comes first when you have can&#8217;t have more power.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3934\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190510_110452-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190510_110452-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190510_110452-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190510_110452.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This drain nozzle on the bottom of the airbox is the only part of the bike that hits the s1000rr shock. specifically the rubber tube thats attached to this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3926\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_203418-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_203418.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_203418-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since the depth is fine i just heated it with as heat gun and slowly squished it shut.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3927\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_203846-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_203846.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_203846-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next i started to take a look at mounting the top fairing, stock head lamp cage hit the brake lever, looking into ways of remaking the whole lot out of aluminium.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3928\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_204856-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_204856.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190425_204856-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So enough of the crap piles, my two new bikes are a freshly restored DT175MX..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3930\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_113528-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_113528.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_113528-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3931\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_144821-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_144821.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_144821-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>..and yet another cbr6! gah actually this is only a loaner, couldn&#8217;t stand the gb400 any more so although i know i should not go back, i went back, the darkside has tight suspension and shiny bodywork.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3932\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_144851-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_144851.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_144851-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>carbs needed a little clean from sitting so long, i had the seat\/side panels\/tank\/airbox and carbs off quicker then my dad re installing the dt175 rear wheel, he didn&#8217;t know it was a race but a win is a win.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3933\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_144909-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_144909.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190507_144909-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bling!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3935\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190510_151020-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190510_151020.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190510_151020-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So very distracting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3936\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190510_151043-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190510_151043.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190510_151043-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>tiny bit of noise off of the camchain tensioner, i think my old cbr6 had a different shape, may change over.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3938\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190513_183702-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190513_183702.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190513_183702-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Got those blind holes tapped with the help of a snapped tap, very happy to see it on, less happy when i realised i hadn&#8217;t taken note of the timing marks..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3937\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190511_203924-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190511_203924.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190511_203924-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bench cleaned for the new head, gotta copy the porting over from the race head since that was so wildly successful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3939\" src=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190519_205241-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190519_205241.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190519_205241-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Complete head cost \u00e2\u201a\u00ac16, will those valves stand the abuse?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Rg125 bits first, the stock four pot is a great caliper, but pretty heavy, measure against another four pot i had lying around. So lets upgrade to the two pot sliding caliper! ok that make little sense, but lightness comes first when you have can&#8217;t have more power. This drain nozzle on the bottom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":964,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,76,61,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cbr-600-f2","category-dt175mx","category-honda-cub-90","category-rg125f"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/964"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3940"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3942,"href":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3940\/revisions\/3942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terraroot.neoneoism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}