{"id":564,"date":"2010-09-04T21:19:06","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T04:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=564"},"modified":"2012-06-03T20:37:21","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T03:37:21","slug":"one-step-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2010\/09\/one-step-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"One Step at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
Did a few odds and ends on the CBR today. First thing I did was put back the front wheel to lower the bike. Then I removed the front intake assembly.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n The agenda was to gut the insides of the air intake. I didn’t take a picture of the before, but Honda included a bunch of restrictive fins. More Air, More Power… so all this junk had to come out:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I used my cheap $10 dremel to smoothen out the ridges inside, sanded with some 400 grit paper, and gave it a little paint in the work areas. Here is the intake all opened up.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Also yesterday, I made this Exhaust Servo Eliminator. Since I removed the servo, simply having it unplugged will throw an F.I. code and put the engine in limp mode. By using a 470uF electrolytic capacitor with 220 ohm and 4.7k \u00a0ohm resistors ran in series on the positive side, you can trick the ECU into thinking the servo is still there.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I also took the first steps towards the Brakes by bleeding out all the old fluid to get ready for the new bits… While working on the rear brake, I took the opportunity to bust out the angle grinder and cut off this bracket from the subframe, which held the rear reservoir.<\/p>\n