whothedevil
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Post by whothedevil on Mar 31, 2014 8:34:42 GMT
I've read on a few other forums about big bore kits you can get for the b6. TTS performance has come up a few times apparently selling an 884cc piston kit with sleeves and head gasket but I can't find it on their website. Does anyone have say experience with big bore kits at all or even better with the b6?
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Post by fula28 on Mar 31, 2014 18:47:05 GMT
Cheaper to fit gsxr 1100 motor or b12, 884s are good with right carbs an exhaust but choose is yours.
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Post by se5itchy on Mar 31, 2014 19:56:23 GMT
i'ts possible a 750 block bored out to take z1000 pistons, that have the correct gudgeon pin size for the b6 rods...
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Post by kokolis on Apr 1, 2014 6:39:21 GMT
If you want to go bigger and not worry for failures stick a bigger block in it
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whothedevil
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Post by whothedevil on Apr 1, 2014 8:31:55 GMT
The reason I would consider the big bore over a new block is for insurance purposes. I wouldn't want the b12 as standard as it's such a heavy bike for the power it has. With a big bore insurance would be none the wiser as no engine serial number changed and externally it looks the same. I would definitely get bigger carbs with the 884cc upgrade though. Maybe the b12 carbs? Or perhaps the slingy carbs would be better with an 884. Get rid of the airbox and replace with K&N pods and jet up, 4° ignition advancer and upgraded brakes to handle the extra power. Should make my stock b6 a competently different beast.
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Post by katanadave on Apr 1, 2014 11:05:07 GMT
Rich884 has done it with his 750 and he can probaly supply all parts for you give him a shout
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2014 11:57:41 GMT
the money you spend on a 884 kit and engine work/ carb work, exhaust. will be greatly more than fitting a b12 motor and insuring it correctly I would have thought. seems a false economy to me I once priced up to do exactly what your talking of doing. it was too expensive for me to justify so waited a year and bought a gsxr 1000..
ive grown tired of trying to make things vastly greater than they where designed to do it just costs so much. in this case im thinking soggy b6 suspension. and mediocre brakes.
but if you really want 884 go for it aslong as £££ aint a problem.
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whothedevil
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Post by whothedevil on Apr 1, 2014 16:54:11 GMT
I bought the bandit cheap (1200quid) so I could (at a stretch) justify spending the money on it all. My mentality is that there's no stock bike that particularly excites me as a whole bike so I want to go about just building the perfect bike for me. I've got a separate thread about a tail swap as well. I know it's expensive to go down the big bore route but the bike will be personal to me. I just want to make sure that regardless of the financial side it's mechanically sound.
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Post by whothedevil on Apr 1, 2014 16:56:45 GMT
Rich884 has done it with his 750 and he can probaly supply all parts for you give him a shout I can't find rich884 in the members list. |
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Post by katanadave on Apr 1, 2014 17:40:01 GMT
have sent ya his number
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Post by willo on Apr 2, 2014 7:06:02 GMT
This discussion has been on here a few times, I think Rich ended up with something like 130 odd bhp out of his 884, he said it was great to ride but had to be revved hard, It cost him a lot of money to get his up to scratch, I bet my 1216 bandit motor which is in a b6 frame cost a lot less and it had 150 odd bhp, and it pulls yours arms off from about 2500k upwards....
Les!
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Post by busaash on Apr 2, 2014 7:47:41 GMT
This discussion has been on here a few times, I think Rich ended up with something like 130 odd bhp out of his 884, he said it was great to ride but had to be revved hard, It cost him a lot of money to get his up to scratch, I bet my 1216 bandit motor which is in a b6 frame cost a lot less and it had 150 odd bhp, and it pulls yours arms off from about 2500k upwards.... Les! I agree with les , and the other comments above ,
buy the time you have added the cost and time of upping the cc to 884 , upgrading the rear end your planning , then you will want to do the usd front or radial front end.
you will have a unique bike for you and it will have cost more than the original bike .
if you have a spare bike to ride (nice weather is here )and are going to do this over many months /winter then its your bike your way.
some times its worth taking longer to add up the cost rather than half way through and thinking I am in too deep
I am not knocking what your doing , as I have been there done that , just trying to steer you into a better place .
as I said your bike your way
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Post by katanadave on Apr 2, 2014 10:46:49 GMT
Alot of us have been down the same route and put £4 or £5000 into a bike things have gone tits up and had to sell for a fraction of what you have spent and we have all been there n said i will never sell it
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