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  1. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Here is what I have been working on. Feel free to chime in, but I'll use the 4 halves to make the inside of the intake tract, then the 2 negatives...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 30, 2019 in forum: XJ Modifications
  2. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Little update, y'all are learning very quickly that I cannot stick to one project haha. Little summary since the last update; The manifold I had...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 30, 2019 in forum: XJ Modifications
  3. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Alrighty ladies and gents. Enough wasting time and kicking rocks. I just ordered the intake manifold flanges to get 3D printed in PLA. This is for...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Aug 24, 2018 in forum: XJ Modifications
  4. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Thank you all for the input. I really appreciate it. Plans have changed a little, I have been busy fabricating fork compressors and...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Mar 20, 2018 in forum: XJ Modifications
  5. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Here is something to look at, even though it's just digital. I have been getting a ton of questions about the intake manifold, so I figured I...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Nov 8, 2017 in forum: XJ Modifications
  6. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    School and work really gets in the way of progress, but I have a new fuel rail from a 07 R6r that will need to be modified a bit to fit on the fz6...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Nov 8, 2017 in forum: XJ Modifications
  7. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Little update. I ghosted for a while, but have no fear, I will not let this die. I have been very busy with school and work, so progress has been...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Aug 11, 2017 in forum: XJ Modifications
  8. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    You know it! It's taxing helping others, but it has to be done for good friends. Don't worry, I won't be giving up on this bike. Little by...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 29, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  9. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Looks like a great project! Will be good to see his get completed, looks like he really knows his stuff. There needs to be more successful builds....
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 29, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  10. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Nothing new to report. Other than I have moved the bike into a friend's heated 2 stall garage for the winter to continue working on it. Since...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 25, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  11. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Thanks, I'll definitely have to pull the valve cover off and check that out.
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Oct 24, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  12. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Agreed! I've tried drowning it in fuel, leaning it out, starter fluid, covering the intakes, all the little tricks (that I know of) to try to get...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Oct 21, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  13. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    I actually haven't, thanks! I get the most activity from the motor at 10 btdc, so that makes sense. Must be some other error of mine that is...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Oct 18, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  14. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Trying every degree timing in 1 degree increments. I checked it with the timing light, but I'm going to go back and double check everything. Spark...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Oct 17, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  15. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Attempting to get the engine to run. Trigger wheel is welded and bolted on, and I am messing with the timing on TunerStudio. Using "fixed timing"...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Oct 15, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  16. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Small update. In exchange for a few Budweisers, a friend of mine machined the spacer I needed. Now I just have to set the motor at TDC and weld...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Oct 6, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  17. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Some day when I have nothing else to do, I am going to figure out how much of a difference, rotationally, my lightened trigger wheel makes...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Sep 20, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  18. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Small typo, I have to machine the spacer to bolt the trigger wheel to the stock location.
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Sep 16, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  19. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Things are really starting to shape up. Just got the new trigger wheel that I designed, and wow. Not to brag, but this thing looks wicked cool....
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Sep 15, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  20. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    I am expecting to gain some throttle response, and I should see a gain in torque and power throughout the rpm range, since I can tune everything...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Sep 15, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  21. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Sorted out the weird spark issue. The trigger wheel that I welded onto my stock spacer wasn't perfectly center, so it would lose contact with the...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Sep 6, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  22. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Agreed, I'll just order a smaller tire if the new tires are bigger for some reason
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Aug 8, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  23. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    The fender mount isn't on backwards, it only fits one way, and the reason why the holes don't line up is because I have already raised the fender...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Aug 8, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  24. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Tried that, still did the same thing. I'm fairly certain I have the offset too far off. Messing around with it today, so we'll see if I can make...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Aug 5, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  25. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Man, I knew this was going to be hard, but what a nightmare. I'm getting spark, just at the wrong time, it back fires through the intake. Then...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Aug 4, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  26. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Have no fear, I was wiring like a mad man this weekend whenever I wasn't working, and got the whole bike wired up, all without hooking the battery...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Aug 1, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  27. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    See, I thought that too, but when I ordered it, it said it was for a front only. Maybe it was a mistake on the website, or maybe I misread it, but...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jul 28, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  28. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Yup, monoshock. The ole FJ was quite sporty back in the day apparently.
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jul 26, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  29. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Stock 84 FJ. Or it was on the bike at least when I bought it. The tire is the size that is required in the service manual, but this brand is way...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jul 26, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  30. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Good call, I'll give that a whirl
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jul 26, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  31. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Still working away at it. I completed the exhaust, and for my first go, I'd say I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Welds could have been...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jul 26, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  32. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Thanks! Once I buy a tig welder I'll try making a better looking one out of aluminum. Agreed, maybe a KZ650 tank or honda cb550. I do like the...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jul 8, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  33. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Completely agreed, everything that I weld is cleaned off. Have not been welding through any paint.
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jul 7, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  34. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Mig with .035 wire and C-25. Might have to take the die grinder to them, good idea
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jul 6, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  35. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Speedometer and ignition coil brackets. [ATTACH] Made a riser for the back coil to be able to clear the plug for the wire harness, and the...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jul 6, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  36. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Got a lot done over the 4th of July weekend. Battery/electronics tray, intake manifold, and speedometer, fuel pump, ignition coil brackets. Excuse...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jul 6, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  37. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    I created some new flanges on CAD, because my old drawings were garbage and sent the drawing to the local metal working place. They CNC laser cut...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, May 13, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  38. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Slow, but I am making progress. I have all the parts I need, or at least I think I do. Now I am just waiting on the manifold flanges. After I get...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, May 4, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  39. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Worked on the subframe all Sunday and spent about 8 hours cutting, measuring, cutting and tweaking. I only had 6ft of tubing, so the saying...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, May 4, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  40. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Update, a friend of mine is going to cut out the flanges, so that will really move things along. Once I get the flanges on, then I'll start...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jan 24, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  41. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Great idea! That is a good looking flange. I actually thought about that, but the throttle bodies I have are shorter from one pair to the other,...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Jan 24, 2016 in forum: XJ Modifications
  42. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    I drew up a few designs in CAD quick, of the intake manifold design. It will be in three pieces, and then welded together. A friend of mine is a...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 27, 2015 in forum: XJ Modifications
  43. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Well, thanks a lot! I'll let you know if I will end up being able to fit it in my design. Going to take some tank measurements and brainstorm my...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 24, 2015 in forum: XJ Modifications
  44. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Thanks, and thank you to everyone else for all the encouragment and ideas. I think I'm in it too far to turn back or give up now. I'm practically...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 15, 2015 in forum: XJ Modifications
  45. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Here are some initial ideas of mounting the throttle bodies to the FJ. I would make the intake boots that bolt to the engine out of alumium,...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 15, 2015 in forum: XJ Modifications
  46. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    I have wondered that too, with an FI set up, one could just have the injectors right outside of the ports, port injection, and then have one...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 15, 2015 in forum: XJ Modifications
  47. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    I would pay for postage or pay for it if necessary. What I was thinking for the in-tank pump is, that I would buy a used R1/R6 tank, 03-05 (just...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 15, 2015 in forum: XJ Modifications
  48. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    The R6 or R1's use an in-tank pump, it's fairly small, I don't know any numbers on it, but if those pumps will supply enough fuel for the R6 at...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 15, 2015 in forum: XJ Modifications
  49. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Yeah, apparently it is supposed to get 45-55 mpg, my R6 got about 42-50, so if I can keep it above 40 mpg, then I'll consider it a success for...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 11, 2015 in forum: XJ Modifications
  50. Jonathan Calkins
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    XJ600/FJ600 Custom Bike Build with Microsquirt

    Now this build thread is all up to date. 12/9/15. Will be posting as I go. Probably won't go in great dept on the boring stuff, but I can send...
    Post by: Jonathan Calkins, Dec 10, 2015 in forum: XJ Modifications
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