Shrunken FXR

The stock tranny linkage cut to work as our brake linkage. A week ago I worked on the brake controls with some success. After fabricating a mastercylinder bracket and actually drilling the holes in the proper location, it wouldn't work. I needed to turn the master cylinder upside down. I called Frank Kaisler to confirm that it was a remote possibility, it was. I cut another chunk of steel plate, drilled the holes again and dug through drawers to find a pushrod. Nothing. Parts and pieces we used to cobble together brake linkage. The master cylinder in place upside down under the tranny.The stock stainless shift rod cut for a master cylinder pushrod. I used a stainless steel shift rod ...

Shrunken FXR mid-controls by Giggie at Compu-Fire. Note: we need flat-headed Allens. Giggie our master machinist from Compu-Fire rolled up to the Bikernet Headquarters last Saturday. We haven't seen him for months due in part to his work on new starting systems for the custom market. They are dancing through the final development stages of a system configured to drive off the crank shaft of the motor with a 60- to-one ratio compared to stock 48-to-1. That will leave the area about the tranny available for custom applications or lower seat heights. Giggie brought some wrong fasteners but lots of them and counter-sunk drilling tool. Currently Compu-fire is soon to release a standard starting system, the Gen-2 HT, with 33 ...