build diary

January 19, 2006: The muffler arrived today.
It looks like a good size, 4" x 22". Hopefully it will hush the beast a little. It's about 9" longer than the current one. For those who are confused as to the muffler saga, I started with a chambered muffler. It blew apart after a backfire. When it was working, it was pretty good but had a rasp at low throttle. It was replaced with a resonator that sounds great at part throttle and is ear-splitted at full bore. This new one should keep things a bit quieter at full throttle due to the extra length but still have nice sound when puttering. Let's hope so! It's certainly free-flowing - I can drop a squash ball right through it. The battery has also been ordered, that should show up soon. The old Miata battery that's in the car right now will probably end up in my Mini.

I finally figured out how to find motorcycle suspension rockers on eBay. They're called "shock linkages". There's quite a variety available, usually along with the shock. Busa parts might work well, although I'll make a journey to our local motorcycle wrecking yard to get some dimensions first. Odd that there should be so many high-performance motorbikes being parted out...

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