Shane661
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posted January 14, 2009 04:47 PM
 Edited By: Shane661 on 15 Jan 2009 00:59
-KZScott Tribute/Battery Box Project-
Since I am not using a headlight, I have decided to mount my battery and some electronics at the front of the bike. This will put the weight in a better spot to counteract wheelies.
The added bracketry will weigh a couple of pounds. I am going to be using an Odyssey 310 battery. It weighs about 5 lbs. less than the stock unit. This way I won't gain any weight on the bike, even with the added battery box. Here is the battery:
You can see it is pretty small. It is a direct replacement for many 1000cc bikes.
There are no premade boxes for this. The next series of photos will show my cardboard mock-up. I also made the mounting plate wide so that it can accomodate electronics, in addition to the battery:
This is the sort of thing that is time consuming. After I have the final template made, I will add this part to the growing list of items that I need to make or have machined. In a week or so I will be making a trip to the machine shop and powder coater.
I figured I would post this over here, as a tribute to the cardboard artistry of Scott. 
Shane
  
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smokehouse4444
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posted January 14, 2009 08:02 PM
Damn Shane, where do you come up with this stuff? Very cool. Hope it works out.
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Shane661
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posted January 14, 2009 08:30 PM
KZScott suggested it a while back. I did some looking around, and saw quite a few Busas with a somewhat similar setup. I'm still messing around with the arrangement a bit, but I'm headed in the right direction. It is about 20 degrees in the garage tonight, so I came in the house. 
Shane
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KZScott
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posted January 14, 2009 10:30 PM
Im honoured
can you really lay the battery on its side like that? I thought they had to be upright?
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posted January 14, 2009 10:32 PM
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posted January 15, 2009 12:26 AM
gel cell, put it upside down if you want
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KZScott
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posted January 15, 2009 01:00 AM
ahhh nice
ill have another cardboard project started once im done with dads bike..... a fuel cell design
great idea making it wide for electronics. get that weight up front too!
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01 ZX-12R 8.84 @ 156.3 no bars, DOT tires. Pump Gas, NA.... turbo 8.47 @ 164.
00 ZX-12R 8.62 @ 165.2 no bars, slicks, Pump Gas, 55 shot.... turbo 8.32 @173
00 ZX-12R Fastest NA Kawasaki in the world 1: 222.046 1.5: 226.390 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R street turbo 1: 227.9 1.5: 234.1 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R LSR turbo 1: 263.1 1.5: 266.5 Loring AFB Worlds fastest ZX-12R
CMG Racing RCC Turbos
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NOX
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posted January 15, 2009 07:43 AM
I will get pics of mine up when I get it back. Not sure if it will work with stock headlights though.........
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Sponsored by:
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AMSOIL
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