Probably should have started this when I picked up the bike, but better late than never.
Here is my new 2008 R6 for racing next year.
The only mods that I know it came with are as follows:
- Block of plates
- M4 slip on with Y pipe welded on (obnoxious, will be selling ASAP)
- ECU Flash by Bauce Racing, I have heard great things about him.
- 520 Conversion kit
- Ghetto Rigged Keyless Ignition
- Graves Clip Ons
- GB Racing Engine Covers
- Ohlins Steering Stabilizer (mount bolt broken off in frame)
- Stainless Steel Goodridge Lines
Heres some pictures the day after I got it home:
You cant see in these pictures but the whole bike is covered in black/silver overspray...
I got it off the truck and rolled it into the garage and it wouldn't start. Quickly diagnosed it to be a bad battery, so I shot down to Cycle Gear to pick up my favorite choice of battery:
The Shorai spun up that motor like it had never been spun before!!
That weekend after buying it I had a track day scheduled at the ridge.
Boy what a weekend. The day started out wet, but dried out for the mid morning-afternoon sessions. I started the day on the Honda and finished it out on the Yamaha. Such a hugeeee Improvement over the Honda... With the R6 not being anywhere near as set up as the Honda is for me I still managed to shave 3 seconds off my best time by the end of the day. Needless to say I am very excited for next season.
After the track day I learned there is a slight leak coming from one of the radiator hoses and the front left fork is leaking. Well now that I had it back home I took it to a local frame guru (Wasco Frame) to get the bolt drilled out and re-tapped, since it was far gone...
Wasco took a good minute getting it out (about a week) but did a great job and it works perfectly so far.
And now that I have it back from Wasco I have started to clean all of the over spray off with this stuff:
Here is my new 2008 R6 for racing next year.
The only mods that I know it came with are as follows:
- Block of plates
- M4 slip on with Y pipe welded on (obnoxious, will be selling ASAP)
- ECU Flash by Bauce Racing, I have heard great things about him.
- 520 Conversion kit
- Ghetto Rigged Keyless Ignition
- Graves Clip Ons
- GB Racing Engine Covers
- Ohlins Steering Stabilizer (mount bolt broken off in frame)
- Stainless Steel Goodridge Lines
Heres some pictures the day after I got it home:
You cant see in these pictures but the whole bike is covered in black/silver overspray...
I got it off the truck and rolled it into the garage and it wouldn't start. Quickly diagnosed it to be a bad battery, so I shot down to Cycle Gear to pick up my favorite choice of battery:
The Shorai spun up that motor like it had never been spun before!!
That weekend after buying it I had a track day scheduled at the ridge.
Boy what a weekend. The day started out wet, but dried out for the mid morning-afternoon sessions. I started the day on the Honda and finished it out on the Yamaha. Such a hugeeee Improvement over the Honda... With the R6 not being anywhere near as set up as the Honda is for me I still managed to shave 3 seconds off my best time by the end of the day. Needless to say I am very excited for next season.
After the track day I learned there is a slight leak coming from one of the radiator hoses and the front left fork is leaking. Well now that I had it back home I took it to a local frame guru (Wasco Frame) to get the bolt drilled out and re-tapped, since it was far gone...
Wasco took a good minute getting it out (about a week) but did a great job and it works perfectly so far.
And now that I have it back from Wasco I have started to clean all of the over spray off with this stuff: