Woo hoo ..... 462cc motor done and running again,bugger to start from cold with no decomp on the cams,hope it will loosen up slightly as its run in,feels great though,latest pics here
Been around for a while,went belly up then purchased by a member of the clews family who originally started the company (Clews Competion Motors ) and back in production again.... they are in mx gp's now with multiple 500 world champ David Thorpe as the team manager.
Beringer 4 pot off a ktm,matched with a Magura radial master and a 310 Beringer disc
Next up a better breathing exhaust as the current one is restricted in size due to its proximity to the rear off set pds shock..... so going underneath and adapting on of these to fit
Might not flow as much as a MRD,but that wont fit my bike,and this has larger pipework than my current set up,so can only be a good thing,im pretty confident it will fit and will be the first and i think only 404 to wear this system
Slight issues with the engine overheating traced to a loose electrical plug for the rad fan,still have an issue regarding the rebuilt engine so that has delayed fittting the Yoshi exhaust,but a couple of pics with the spark arrestor removed hopefully to liberate some noise,though as they have not even been fitted yet ill wait to see if i like it.
Had some issues with the engine,as it was running super high compression,hard to start from cold,and some detonation,resulting in a knock .... rebuilt with one more base gasket and all seems well now,RS4's dry fitted and it sounds very very different,not like a DRZ engine should,very basey sound,just got to fab some exhaust hangers up as the system is not meant for the 404,should be good.
First off source some billet oil filter and starter gear covers
Nice but has the suzuki S logo ..... so machine off nice and flat
Next change the colour.... o yea red i guess :lol:
Ill post the final bike in a few days as the exhaust brackets are almost done,just need to get them anodised but not sure if it will be too much to get them red,so might go black on those,and i have got some other trick red intake bits to go on yet
Well bike is 90% of how i want it to be,Yoshi RS4's are all fitted and sounding like no other DRZ engined bike ive heard,Berringer disc and caliper bolted up mated with a radial Magura master cylinder,i have an alternative intake system to fabricate and fit tomorrow,along with some longer axle sliders,to try and give some better protection to the exhausts in the event of a fall,though im not intending to try them out.
hi i was wondering if you brought thoose wheels aftermarket because the one im looking at has silver wheels which looks now way near as mean as your, nice build btw !
The wheels actually came with the bike when i got it,as far as i know CCM kinda fitted a couple of different wheelsets during the bikes lifespan,sort of depending what they had at the time,so two bikes of around the same vintage might well have different wheels.
Mirrors fitted inboard but give good rearward view
Been a while but a slight update,been having some issues starting the bike,with the higher comp it struggles to crank over even with the larger cca battery ive fitted,so having read about similar problems other guys with stroker motors have had,and the solution they have come to is this ....
A manual decomp assembly from a aftermarket kickstarter kit was sourced from a guy over in Norway,who very kindley donated it for free as it was surplus to his requirements,with this fitted there is a drop in comp when starting that enables the motor to spin over quicker without the normal struggle at TDC like there was before,very simple to fit,also ive fitted a cap on coil conversion that can be seen in one of the pics that a guy here in the uk had a batch of made up.
slightly more cluttered control area,but worth it
Ive had to delete the rad fan assembly as there is no room for that and the decomp cable bracket,having run previously a E spec drz which had no fan as standard,im not that bothered as once on the move the fan never operates anyway with the air flow through the rads.
Well no denying that small manufactures choose to use off the shelf parts from other bikes to limit development costs,its a well trodden route,but if chosen well its not a bad path to tread,and the 404 is an effective tool hotpotch or not.
Not done anything to the 404 for a while, but the other day j sourced a alloy sprocket cover from the states, been after a decent one for a while now, and also a Hammerhead 1" extended shifter
First off the alloy sprocket cover from the states
Take it to my local anodisers here in Brum
And next to the +1" shifter
Should go well with the rest of the tat on my bike :lol:
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