kawasaki_rick
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posted February 19, 2006 02:44 PM
wheel wieghts
Hi to all, im a new member so please take it easy on me. Just wondering if any1 knows where i can get wheel wieghts for 2000 zx12r for drag racing? Or would you have any pics of where 2 put bricks , wieghts, etc on the front end? Any pics would be great. thanks in advance. kawasaki 4-ever.
  
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MadMike
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posted February 19, 2006 02:51 PM
Hey Rick... first off welcome!!!
I would start with Schnitz racing first... then do a search on Ballest Weight... you can see some setups...
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posted February 19, 2006 06:30 PM
I left you a message on the zx-12.org site
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kawasaki_rick
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posted February 19, 2006 06:38 PM
thanks
Im gonna get 2 working on those ideas. thanks for the info. But i dont understand the fender concept.
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posted February 20, 2006 05:55 AM
 Edited By: NOX on 20 Feb 2006 05:57
pour epoxy in the fender, with it off, upside down.......
Take lead shot, like out of a shotgun shell, and pour in it. You can buy it in bulk, like at Acadamy, Gander Mtn., or just buy a box of 7s or 8s, and cut the end of the plastic shell, and the shot falls out. I would buy it in bulk, cheap, and no buffer in it, most new shells have a plastic buffer in with it, would be tedious to separate.
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posted February 20, 2006 08:16 AM
Edited By: megabyte on 20 Feb 2006 15:45
hope this helps
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MadMike
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posted February 20, 2006 11:14 AM
megabyte, he wants to ADD weight to the front wheel.... for dragracing...
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posted February 20, 2006 12:09 PM
fill the front axle with lead? (its hollow)
move the battery to the nose (alotta wires though)
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posted February 21, 2006 03:04 PM
You might contact Tobin O'Connor at 717-792-3708 or 717-424-4037. He makes a disc weight for the front axel and installs them on the axels and balances the whole system. There are 2 discs in the system. I got the ones that weighed 34 Lbs. They work very well in keeping the front wheel down, and I feel they ad stability to the straight line tracking of the bike at high speed due to the centrifugul effect.
The product is not cheap, but he did a very good job on my wheel and was dependable and honest in my purchase.
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posted February 21, 2006 03:20 PM
oof...but thats added significant rolling resistance no?
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posted February 21, 2006 04:14 PM
Edited By: buddy on 21 Feb 2006 16:16
I'm sure the added weight added time on a perfect run by some amount. I don't make many perfect runs, however. Many times I was fighting wheelies and that increased my time much more than the extra weight.
They worked well for me when I was at 60". I'm way back there now, and don't need the weights as much so I don't use them.
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posted February 21, 2006 05:18 PM
want 2 sell wieghts?
Want 2 sell those wieghts? If so how much? pm me with awnser. thanks
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posted February 21, 2006 05:59 PM
Add weight, but try not to do it to rolling mass........., you will actually gain, by staying same weight, and removing weight off the wheel........, ie, remove a rotor, and add the weight on the nose somewhere..........
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posted February 21, 2006 06:00 PM
I've got another bike that is 68" with a lot of power. If it ever gets finished, I will need the wheel for it, so I don't want to sell it.
If you have stock wheels, you have to send the wheel to Tobin, as he has to remove the brake rotors and grind off some of the hub. He then attaches the weights to the hub and the rotors to the weights. He then balances the whole set up with the tire on it. It's a nice installation, but the weights can't be just taken off and sold.
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posted February 21, 2006 06:14 PM
I would rather add weight somewhere else........., that has to eat a hair of mph.........
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posted February 23, 2006 07:04 PM
MPH doesn't win races, ET does...
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posted February 23, 2006 07:17 PM
Right on!
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posted February 23, 2006 07:19 PM
but, if you can add the same weight and keep it off the rotating parts of the bike, it will et better, and mph better..........
that is what I meant...........
I know et is more important, but, back half is important too, just not first priority.....
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posted February 23, 2006 10:12 PM
I made a tube that bolts on in between the headers and the motor on my zx9r. It was made with some rectangle tube and some creativity. It was then filled with melted lead shot, capped and painted black. It weighed about 30 pounds and almost nobody notices it at the track. Invisible wheelie bars I call it. I think it helped me pick up 2 tenths in the 1/8.
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