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I use the XR400 petcock on my Liger. It has a reserve and the outlet points backwards compared to the 650 forward. XR400 fits perfect for a Lectron carb because of this.

The forks are Marzocchi 50mm factory forks with titanium internals. Rebound in one leg and comp in the other one. The bike is used for some street riding and ice racing when we have ice here in Sweden.

Well, the Liger bike is finished i think. There is always stuff that you can change but i am quite satisfyed with how it rides and looks now.
here is some pics of it:

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Later it was decided to make a cutout in the frame and weld in a halfpipe to make room for the hose, then make some strengthening on the rails.
We also had to modify the frame at the back left rail to make more room for the carb. Everything was done to make everything as short as possible. The ...

Another problem area was the exhaust side. I was both lucky and unlucky here. As the cylinder is further forward i didn't know if it was possible to retain the stock front frame rail, but the cylinder slipped in with minor work. What i had to do was to slightly polish the weld in the middle of the ...

then the most complicated part: All measuring and testing to solve the clearance problems with this big cylinder in a stock frame. Remember that the cylinders are made for bores over 100mm so the are big! Not only the casting in the bore area, but also the length of the intake side plus that the ...

So, to the bottom end then;
Here i used a Hot rods crank. I knew this COULD be a bit of a gamble, but as they re updated not long ago i decided to try it.

Stock bearings are used everywhere.
I went for a Hinson clutch basket with a stock inner hub and pressure plate together with barnett carbon ...

This is the parts that were used during the build:

Liger 550cc cylinder (94mm bore) with adaptor plate.
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Modified engine cases to match cylinder and adaptor plate. There is also some matchporting with Epoxy in the ...

It all started with a crappy but registered 1990 500. Today the frame is all that remains from that bike. Beautiful, isn't it ?

Hi again guys! After some discussion with Adam (Roostius) he suggested that i should put up some more info about how the build of my Liger 550 went through. I have a lot of pictures from the build, and i also did some small movies where i show and explain the procedure with the frame mods that was ...

I haven't been Writing here so much as i write mostly on cr500riders.com, but the bike was dynoed about a month ago and we got 91,5 hp at the crank at 7440 rpm's and 93,5NM at 6820 rpm's. Very satisfyed! more than i and anyone else expected!

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Thanks! I finally got to try it a little on the ice this Sunday. The weather has been bad with first snow, then rain, but we took a chance and my friends plowed a short track, which suited me for a first test on ice and check some jetting and other stuff.
The bike is great! It starts easy, not ...

Kuma wrote:Johnny, did you put it on the dyno yet? interested to hear the numbers.

No, i haven't. my plan is to get some riding time on it before i dyno it, but the weather is bad so we have no icetracks ready, and now it's getting warmer again... Damn!

The bike is now ready for some icetrack testing. I worked all evening yesterday to get it done Before the weekend. I'ts not sure that the ice is good enough, but it's best to be ready if the track is ok. It will be a test day.

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So, finally i have taken some short bursts with the bike. First a short slow ride to check that clutch and gearbox was working properly, and today i went out and started to give it som more throttle. I still haven't used much above half throttle because it was very slippery outside. We have -3C here ...

IT'S ALIVE!

Finally i got my project running and almost totally finished! There is som small stuff left to do, like making a proper water outlet Y-connector to the hoses, hopefully get my factory marzocchi forks modified to suit, and also get a good check at the jetting, probably in a dyno for a ...

IT'S ALIVE!

Finally i got my project running and almost totally finished! There is som small stuff left to do, like making a proper water outlet Y-connector to the hoses, hopefully get my factory marzocchi forks modified to suit, and also get a good check at the jetting, probably in a dyno for a ...

if i remember right there is two ribs in the head that that directs the inlet flow. I have no picture of the inside unfortunately.

No question is too crazy! The water inlet is at the front of ther head right above the exhaust outlet.

Finally i got the frame back from the powder coating yesterday. Now the final assembly can start! me and my son had some quality time today in the garage:=). We started to put the bottom end into the frame for, hopefully the final time. After that we started to put the top end in with the lightened ...

Working on it, Bob:=)! The frame will be painted next week. That is what limits me right now. After that everything will start to be put together. I have prepared all the parts as much as i can to be able to get it together as fast as i can:=). There is not only the build itself that has been worked ...

Today i have done the final fitment in the frame to check that everything fits after all the mods we have done. Finally it seems like everything fits! This hasn't been easy, to get a lectron 48 into the stock frame. Finally it works, even with the thicker V-force3 reedcage. I haven't decided which ...

So, yesterday i got my engine back from my friend who has helped me rebuild it. Everything is new, except the gearbox that has been back cut on 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears. Tomorrow i will put the engine in the frame for the last measurings before i paint it. I hope i will be done with the frame now. It ...

Yesterday we continued with the frame mods. We decided to raise the radiators about 7mm, and also move them forward about 10mm at the lower mounting point, which will be 5mm at the middle mounting point. This is done because we have made a cutout in the frame where the radiator hose goes beween the ...

Thanks Adam :=)!