To all the motorcycle rider;
I am looking at shaving weight off my Land speed bike.
Re cap;
Shaft driven Suzuki VX800,
liquid cooled V twin
custom pistons
custom ignition,
custom rods,
custom drive shaft and drive hub,
shrink ported heads,
36cv to 41fcr carbs,
SS exhaust with super trapp exhaust
So here my dillema....
The stock rear wheel is about 25#
I have found a light weight front wheel (3.5" as it dont want to mod the swing arm, the swing arm houses the drive shaft).
It has the same bolt pattern as the drive splines. With minimal fabrication it should fit.
It doesnt have any cush drive.
What does the cush drive do, and is it possible to run without it? The wheels are from a `08 gsxr 600 and I figure (crude math not engineering numbers)from a race perspective, it sees as much force in deceleration as it would in acceleration (375# decelerating from 260kph in race form vs the acceleration of 475# with 70hp).
The bike when all said and done wont have massive power ~ 70hp.
Cheers
Alan