Buck, dude you need to lighten up abit. Try to inject some humor into our site. Your Zilla is going to be bad ass we know... Shouldn't you be dialing in the 500 now?
also u can have the best machine shop in the world... port work isnt machine work
Buck, dude you need to lighten up abit. Try to inject some humor into our site. Your Zilla is going to be bad ass we know... Shouldn't you be dialing in the 500 now?
Dez you're right I need to lighten up. I had a chitty day at work today and I took it out on poor old Dale. Well shitty day at work coupled with a dinner of lobster and crab that I'm pretty sure isn't going to stay down tonight. And please don't patronize me, my Zilla is going to be a low budget first build and will get better over the next few years as I make upgrades to different stuff that just isn't in the budget right now. And I'll be wrenching on it tomorrow. Btw your bike looks really slick and I agree with Bret your rear suspension seems to be sitting really high. Glad your investment put a smile on your face man that's what it's really about hell we can't take it with us I just wish I had more.
This is the thread that never dies, it's a parasite that lives off new threads, kills them and assimilates their bodies, then spreads more parasites to other threads.
Im going to say this one thing if you paid 3 times more your motor would have already been back to you. So for someone like me who hates to wait forever to get my toys fixed or upgraded. The extra money well worth it to me. You want the best you have to pay for the best.
Hey Bucky!.... Geez I knew you would get riled up at me saying that..
.but hey your young and can take it. !!!
Yes.. at my age I just kick*** and get the job done. The guy I raced is my age too..the reason one race was enough is because at our age and level of experience there was no question who had the fastest machine.
I do enjoy your enthusiasm,..Oh and let me share something else most of us old dogs who have been around these builders know.....Yes.. Jerry Hall does himself port every cylinder that goes thru his shop.
He and his brother Kenny do every bit of fab and machine work...its called Extreme quality control.
Best of luck with your build. Hope you get riding soon!
250WV the timeline I was quoted was totally fine with me as work is cranking with 60-80 hrs a week and I still don't have my roller together as a result. So paying triple the money to have parts sitting on my motor sitting on a workbench would've been a big waste of money. Not everyone's time line is the same just as not everyone has the same opinions, embrace that its what makes us human. I can respect your need to have your stuff yesterday I'm pretty much the most impatient person I know but I also knew going into selecting a builder a week turn around time wasn't a necessity because of my work schedule getting crazy.
Alky its all in fun man. You're a lot more established in your life than I am I'm just getting started. I was fishing for a rise out of you and I got it. Haha
And trust me I'm not riled up at all I just apparently have a very condescending Internet forum tone as I've been told many times I have a very condescending tone in my real life personal interactions. Guess it comes with who I am. I'm really only being half serious though. Jerry was the first person I called when I got my Zilla before I joined any forum or even picked my bike up. I made that call because its easy to see he's very well respected and superbly defended by his customers and supporters when somebody questions anything he does. You raced three people on that video and the young guy won haha remember that!
You know what I plan on doing in the future is getting a second 88 cylinder and sending it out to Jerry for a port job similar to the one I'm having done now, well his version of it at least. Then dyno'ing the two different cylinders so I can really see if there's a drastic difference. Wouldn't all you "3x the price is worth it guys" just poo your pants if it ended up being on the lower side of the two?
I hear on crazy work time. Yes everyone has a opinion to. I have had parts come back screwed up because their was a problem and the company just half assed it so they would get paid. I had nothing but problems with my quad since. I paid for their port job that was one of the best they said. Just to say my bike has run like junk ever since. So i just had to pay another 500$ just to start fresh form their mess ups. They were alot cheaper then the builders were talking about.In no means am I saying your builders isnt good or is going to screw you over. This just one of my experience I was trying to save a buck and got the shaft big time. I got 2 builders now that i will have do my work that i can't do myself.
HAY buckeye--Ive been off the site for 2 days and missed all the fun
To answer your question my frame is still at the power coaters but will all be done monday. The frame gusseting after the beed blast slowed things up. Im afraid my build will be slow as I have to get my yard landscaping in before it gets hot. I know, I know..landscaping over zilla build---my prioraties are all screwed up.--mike
Well at least you're getting closer come Monday! I chose not to gusset my frame before powder hope that doesn't bite me in the keester down the road. And I feel yah on the slow build thing my problem is I work way to effing much!! Gotta stop volunteering to pick up Saturdays after 65 hours Monday-Friday.
Yah but Im a heavy giant so i figured my frame gets a workout and could use gussets---and let be honest-- they just look cool
buckeye im close to pittsburgh but my bikes in pieces atm waiting for wcr wit my tranny. Dez ure bike looks great! Im curious bout your shocks? i wanna start working on my 90 just build a nice plush rider how do they work they look like 450r?
Hey thanks!
Yeah they are trx450r, they work well for the Zilla actually, I have them preloaded about 1/4" and the clickers all on full soft atm. The arms are +1" wider +1" forward w/z400 spindles from metal tech, full droop its 50" wide. Mr. C your another guy with some killer stuff going on... I always check out the pics of yer rides
buckeye im close to pittsburgh but my bikes in pieces atm waiting for wcr wit my tranny. Dez ure bike looks great! Im curious bout your shocks? i wanna start working on my 90 just build a nice plush rider how do they work they look like 450r?
Well I did say when my bike was together I'd make the trip. Maybe sometime over the summer? I'd like to check out bbdr. Do they allow motorcycles to drag their too? My brother is putting finishing touches on his buell xb9r.
Definitely looks like a trip I can plan on making. That track always so loose?
they always run the big bikes after they just drag it. but yea sorry dez
buck im gonna make a seperate thread would like to see some 500's u can always tell who the 500 guys are they flock around my conopy/pit lol