phantom405 Posted May 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 I am so excite. Came home from a week of working/partying in Texas to my Stellar swingarm waiting on my front porch. Awesome piece as always Got some time this even to put it together and make it able to roll around. This thing has a real altitude problem lol. Needs more low 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locogato11283 Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Fuck yea. See you in a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool83 Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 looks nice, just wish i saw more gussets on the arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 looks nice, just wish i saw more gussets on the arm.Dont underestimate a Stellar swingarm. I ran the same style for a long time and beat on it pretty good with 0 problems. I doubt he'll be doing any jumping with it either. Sent from my LG-H811 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom405 Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Finally got to spend some quality time riding this thing. I took it to the HQ ride but snapped the chain the first pass as soon as I let go of the clutch. I considered selling it after this trip because what little time I did get to ride it, it killed my hips. Not sure what was up with that, but it hasn't bothered me since then. Anyways, fixed the chain with another master link and took it to my local test spot (Cimarron River) to see if I could get comfortable on this thing. Aaaaand I love it. Nice and comfortable, fast and reliable in comparison to how my raptor has been treating me lately. Only thing I wasn't sure of is why I couldn't launch in second. It was only 15/40 gearing but I felt the motor makes enough power I should still be able to leave in second, but no. So I ordered a 43 tooth rear to see if it'd help. Got the 43 tooth on and took it back to the river to test it out. Still no second gear leave. Just bogs and won't go. Oh well, leaves ok in first just have to shift it quick. Last weekend a few people got together at Whitefield River (where we have King of the River) so I figured I'd make the 3 hour drive to have some fun and see how it stacks up. Very happy with it! Could beat my buddies 60hp yfzr by about a bike. That may not sound great, but I'm 250# and he's maybe 200# so I was pretty stoked. Also was able to outrun a 4mil cub by a pretty good ways. Obviously I know it's not that fast by any stretch of the imagination but it's turning out to be exactly what I wanted. My buddy with the yfz doing some racing on it. He bogged it trying to launch in second but did go around the 450r just for the record lol So on my 3 hour drive home I decided to see what I could learn about my not being able to launch in second problem. Turns out, and don't laugh, that there is quite a bit of tuning that can be done on the lockout clutches. The guy that built and tuned the motor was probably 100# lighter than me and has quite a bit of weight on the lockout arms. So, I'm going to mess with that and see if I can make this thing run even better. And if that doesn't work, I'll try a 14tooth front sprocket 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTmachining Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Was gona say take weight off clutch lock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87sheerips Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 nice bike! quite a bit of paddle there too bud, Ima guess going to a 14t front gear will be needed to get your launch. we got em here. http://www.jdscustoms.com/product/prox-grooved-ultralight-front-sprockets/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RagunCajun Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Is the gear spread too bad in general to set it up to launch in 1st instead of in 2nd gear? I used to have my N-down 1-5 set up for first gear launches. Worked well but I wasn't making the power most are. I personally don't care to lesson the weight just to get it to launch with a shorter ratio. I rather the clutches not slip since it's just for fun racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom405 Posted February 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 What a fun machine. I can't explain how much I enjoyed this bike last year. I beat on it mercilessly for the last half off the year and didn't miss a beat until I finally broke the transmission at the the Fall King of the River race. No complaints though. It definitely didn't owe me anything. I decided since I was going to have to split the cases to figure out exactly what was wrong, that I would just go ahead and build a new motor while I was in there. That way I know exactly everything that's in there. I gave Jeff at F.AS.T. a call and he was more than helpful with getting me setup with a new 4mil crank and some cub cylinders. I knew the old motor was a 4mil setup but I didn't know if it had a long rod or what so I just decided to start fresh so I did know. I also got a new ATVJoe trans and some 39mm PWK alky carbs. The end of my 2016 was super busy so I didn't get a chance to even touch this thing until just a couple weeks ago. Finally got it tore down and discovered I could have reused my old crank (oh well). Also confirmed my suspicions of a broke trans. (I had already cleaned one piston) I prolly shoulda sent this thing off to someone to be built because I'm not the most mechanically inclined person but I like learning new things soooo I put it together myself. Really wasn't that hard. Everything just kinda drops in And that's where I'm at with it for now. I had fun putting it together and I can now add another engine to my list of assemblies. Hoping to drop it in the chassis this weekend before I head out to Cali for a couple weeks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locogato11283 Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 Do you even ride bro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebanshee98 Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 Make sure you you a leak down pressure test if you want the motor to last long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guns4children Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 I didn't do a leak down test on my motor when I built it. It's been through 5 years of abuse so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebanshee98 Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 I didn't do a leak down test on my motor when I built it. It's been through 5 years of abuse so far.Yours was probably assembled correctly and didn't have any air leaks which is great. It's a good piece of mind to do it when they are being built. It doesn't have to be done but I would do it personally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RagunCajun Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 You need to do a leak down test period. It's freaking stupid not to. Period. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrx46 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 dope thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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