Skorp sport mirrors

[maxgain]

Anyone replaced their mirrors on a skorp. I am in the process of spraying, powder coating and generally making the old girl look nice again. Fancy putting some different mirrors on any suggestions welcome

regards - Stu

[Bill Jurgenson]

yup,
I used the mirrors found on the Cagiva Mito and a couple of Ducatis.

[basser23]

Bill,
Any fitment issues? Direct bolt on?
I noticed on both Skorpions shown the rear sets are not stock...what
brand are they,and are they readily available? Who's exhaust system
is shown on the red one?

Thanks,

Chip

[Bill Jurgenson]

no serious fitment issues, can be bolted thru the original hole but need a bit of adaptation.
Rear sets are my own in both cases.
The older ones, seen on the red machine are now on Chris Hunsicker's racer.
I sold the red machine later and that a--h--- had nothing better to do than to dimantle it for parts after feigning to eally want a sporty modified Skorpion for his own use. You will notice, that the bike also has Brembo wheels and brakes and shortly after the photo got the custom exhaust mounted on the other bike. It also had Tomasselli forged clipons and Mikuni TM34-65 Carbs and a Wilbers strut.
I would have sold ithad I known what a jerk he is...
the other brackets are the same as on my racer. We milled two sets and have welded both set since after spills. The brake lever on the Tour is Yamaha OEM SZR/TZR, the pegs MuZ OEM Replica; the lever fits the peg perfectly. There is no shift linkage; I use a vintage MZ TS150 lever
reversed on both Skorpions and the SZR.
I ride first gear up whereever possible and I recommend to each and all change. It is much more natural and , on the track, often the only way possible.
The racer uses "Metisse" pegs and brake lever.

Off topic, but before anyone asks, thru the hole in the fairing you can see the pickup for the SilentHektik battery ignition on the end of the crankshaft. There is no flywheel.

[Bill Jurgenson]

here is a much better picture I forgot I had.

Off topic, but the Mecdine Quickshifter is a piece of hi-tech. It is not the usual timed cutout actuated by a pressure switch in the linkage.
The position sensor uses a permanent magnet in the rod to induce a direct current in the sensor. the voltage is measured with a good multimeter at two positions, rest and depressed to just before the dogs disengage and from these the voltage for the third position is calculated. With this data the controller is "programmed" by depressing the lever to read the voltage of the second position which is ignition cutout and this is entered into the controller. Then the lever is further depressed until the calculated third voltage is red out and this is entered into controller. This the cutin position.
So it doesn't matter how ast or how slow you shift, the cutout is precisely as the lever stands.

Haven't ridden it yet, haven't riden the bike at all yet this year, or even run it, but soon...