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posted April 26, 2002 01:28 PM
jacksonville floriduh eh?
kcad you oughta get together with greenglenn, he's feeling left alone since i moved away from that area... ;p
noone to ride with...
esp in that flat-swamphole of a place ;P
      
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posted April 26, 2002 07:46 PM
Hehe, I know that place...lol. Sorry to hear you were a customer...that place SUCKED! That idiot tried to tell me I should *remove* the turbo off of my GPz and put a bigbore kit in it because it would run better. What an idiot.
He moved his shop the Regency area quite a few years ago and I think he recently sold the place and its called 7 Bridges Cycle. Place was ALWAYS a rip off and did shody work. THe one DORK he had working for him was so tempermental, he would quit on a weekly basis.
I always laugh at the caliber of shops available in Jax. Somewhere between lame and pitiful!
Mayport is alive and well with *fresh* squids and daylaborers! It baffles me how $600,000 are only 50yds apart from $1500 single wide trailers...lol.
THere is a new shop now near Levy Rd called Kurts. He specializes in Moto Guzzis and GasGas dirtbikes. Has LOTS of junk specially priced for squids. 1988 FZ600 priced at $3500. (brand new they were $3k!)
There is yet another shop 1 block away about to open up too.
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There a place that started on Mayport road, I used to go there back in like 91-93 when I was in the Navy out there. They moved to past some mall, fuck cant remember that far back. Was ran by a guy named Mike, was very into sprint cars. Ah well, maybe he retired.
Brian
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posted April 26, 2002 07:58 PM
ah well
When I had my GS1150ES a guy that worked there Rob was a cool guy and never did me wrong. It has been 10 years since I was there so no biggie. Mike (the owner) was cool with me but never did work on my bike. Hell ya could go to Lee's (if hes still around) and have then fuck everything up. But as I said this is 10 years ago.
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posted April 26, 2002 11:14 PM
ANYONE near Jax...NEEDS to
Come and see this shop...You WILL like it...
I won't even say how much money they spent on JUST THE DYNO "SET-UP"...incredible place...it REALY IS 
I've got the day off Brian...we're cool...sorry I won't be there when you get your tires mounted...those machines are brand new also 
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posted April 27, 2002 02:45 PM
Stopped by with Steve today. Nice lookin shop!!
dyno room was pretty sweet too! Certainly does have the "feel" of a harley store and might not attract much of the sportbike crowd without some serious word of mouth advertisement 
However they all seemed like good people and I have no complaints with my service. Ill have to try the dyno out
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posted April 27, 2002 06:27 PM
don't buy anything special order from atlantic cycle
if he has it there instock, he usually can price it decently (like tires)
if ordered, forget it.
nice guy, unreliable....
anyways theres this little shop on blanding, d & c machine
he does machinework on anything you can bring in or mail to him
very nice work. friend had his TL heads port/polish/3-angle valvejob. price was about 300. heads came out looking brand new. no kidding. (and runs like a scalded 'rabbit' (per speed channel commentators' version of the saying))
when we were dropping them off, there was a head lying in a box on the floor, was painted, looked like it just came out of OEM box. (3 cylinder marine engine it came from) anyways we asked if it was new or rebuilt, he had just finished working it over. VERY impressive.
most of his work was hardley, but he would do anything.. quoted me 300 for complete head rework, port, polish and 3-angle) (4cyl 16vlv)
welp have fun, hope this helps out someone
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posted April 29, 2002 07:32 AM
kev, you can still finish my bike(compression) at your house , right? I figure , your boss should be ok with it considering you have over a year into my 12. Once you do that, then we can take it up to his shop to tune it
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posted April 29, 2002 12:29 PM
Eric...I look at you as my "friend" and...I will ALWAYS work on your bike...
I can't tell you when I can do it for sure right now but I'll let you know
I NEED to finish Steve's bike FIRST...he's been VERY patient with me...
The DragBike I'm working on had a problem with the head and that's been holding me up also...
Don't panic...I'll boost your "compression" soon enough
Feel free to call the shop for a full map on the VTX whenever you want to...VERY COOOL dyno room...LITERALLY!!! 
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posted April 29, 2002 03:14 PM
Kevin, how much would a mapping of my PC3 cost? Do you guys removed body work or no since the room is cooled? How long does it take and should I do it when a rear tire replacement is emminent? Sorry for all the Q's
Tony D.
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posted April 29, 2002 04:29 PM
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As stated above...a full mapping is $200...
I'll have to ask if it includes the fairing removale...
I wouldn't want to run a bike on the dyno with fairing no matter how good the air flow is...
I can take the ZX12 fairings off in my sleep so...I'll tell them that I think it should be included...
It shouldn't take more than 2-hours...that includes ALL the B.S.ing around (tour of shop, mapping, paperwork, talking, yada-yada)...
What does changing a tire have to do with fairings and dyno work???(not trying to be a smart-ass)...
We can do either-or-both...anytime you want...
They don't have many "Sportbike" tires in stock yet though (they're waiting for me to tell them what to get)...
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posted April 29, 2002 06:40 PM
I have heard that dyno runs are hard on tires so I wanted to know if I should get the dyno tuning done when my tire was just about wore out and needed to be replaced....
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posted April 29, 2002 07:05 PM
Sorry I didn't get the right meaning of your tire question (DOH)
Dyno runs "can be" hard on tires but...the Tunning Link software is MUCH easier on tires/engines than the "old way" of full mapping (manual)
It doesn't actually "hold the engine at each 500rpm" it just runs through the entire rpm range somewhat slower than a "HP/fuel-ratio reading pull" does...
2-pulls (3 if first one doesn't get it perfect) are done for each throttle position in the map...(IE 100% 80% 60% ect)...
It's up to you if you want to do the mapping towards the end of your current tires life but it would obviously be better for your New Tire if it wasn't on the bike during the mapping
We have run John's bike on the dyno WITH the M/T Shootout tire (sticker on tire says NOT to run tire on dyno) without "hurting it"...
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posted April 30, 2002 02:56 AM
Kev, give me a call when you get a chance. Im trying to accumulate all the parts for the *tune up*...lol
Power was out here last night, so I didnt get to order everything. Also have something for you to *try out*..hehe
Looks like there is a race this weekend. Northside Nationals or something like that.
Hehe, on a side note...what about "crazy" Troy and his Z1R ...lol
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posted April 30, 2002 06:45 AM
Steve- would you hurry up and get your bike outta there???, I have work to do damnit!!!
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posted April 30, 2002 07:22 AM
Yo steve, kev
If I get out of work early enough im going to swing by the house and pick up the bike and head to Jax.
Figure id try out the new 010s at the dragstrip to see hwo well they work
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posted April 30, 2002 05:51 PM
New best MPH 117...same shitty ET 7.0x
One day Ill lose weight, learn to launch and actually get a 60' better than 1.99
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posted April 30, 2002 06:12 PM
Damn 117??? Thats smoking....lol. Let me ride it one night.
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posted April 30, 2002 06:24 PM
you coulda ridden it tonight if you coulda made it out there.
Very few cars...about a dozen bikes.
Had everyone covered in mph....ET is another story.
Then again there was this dragbike runnin 157mph...but we wont talk about that
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posted May 01, 2002 08:44 PM
WOW!!!
Damn Brian! That's great speed!!!
I ran 123mph Sat. night...couldn't believe it then John told me he put "some" Nutec in the tank before I got there
Sorry I missed you guys at the shop...
I was helping Dean put his "bigger valves" ZRX back together and visiting whith my Father
Steve...
I'll call you tomorrow after work (thur...I get home after 7PM)...
Better yet...CALL ME AT WORK if you get a chance tomorrow (it will be OK)
If not...I'll call you after work...
Troy's bike??? (EEEK!) I would NOT let my bike be "seen let alone HEARD" if it was running like his was!?!?!? WHAT A JOKE!!!
90 freakin HP!?!?!? had like 80psi compression in one cylinder, ALL 4 cylinders were leaking from the intake valves...LOL...
NEVER seen a cam chain so far out of adjustment on a KZ
in my life!!!
VERY lucky it didn't blow ON THE DYNO!!!
You would have to see the valve job/porting that was done on this head to believe it...I saw it and STILL don't believe "someone" actually charged money for it!?!?!?
They had the 45* angle so far in on the valve that it was a COMPLETE waste of time/money even HAVING oversized valves in it!!!
If he (Troy) is for real??? we (Stock Mild to Wild) will build him a MUCH better motor than he has EVER had before (after seeing THIS thing)
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posted May 02, 2002 03:44 AM
Sadly he is for real. He likes the old bikes and dreams of laying Busas and 12s to waste. He wants to go 5s on that Z1...lol. Hes got a LONG way to go...hehe.
He is a character!!
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posted May 02, 2002 06:31 AM
Shoot...he told me it already ran 6.40s
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posted May 02, 2002 06:35 AM
I got a dyno question
I've been told that different brands of sportbike tires will result in different dyno numbers. If I rember correctly, my source said that the better the tire grips the drum, the LOWER the numbers. Is there any truth to this? My unnamed source said that a GSXR did some runs with a D207 and then came back with a Pilot on back, and the numbers wer about 3~5 HP lower. Is this "BS" or is there some kind of logical truth to this?
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posted May 02, 2002 08:32 AM
anything is possible...i would think that a bigger factor would be how hard the bike is "Strapped down" in the rear onto the drum more than the tire itself.
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posted May 06, 2002 04:27 AM
I carried my 12 to stock, mild to wild Friday to make a custom fuel map. I must say I was impressed with the dyno room, the shop and all the equipment. Like Kevin stated they do mostly Harley work, but would like to get into the import work. Kevin and Ryan stayed with the bike until it was as close to perfect as possible. The bike definitely runs and rides better now, I also picked up 5.5 more HP all for $200. This was the first 12 that has done on their dyno(with the tuning link software) so it took alittle longer than what I expected, but they stayed with it until it was right.
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posted May 06, 2002 08:53 PM
UP!!!
Good deal ruready!!!
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