Track Slag Finished

So happy with his i decided to whore the absolute shit out it with its own thread.

I totally realise how wankey this sound but just wanted it out there.................
Some of you know that just before i binned it i lost my dad to cancer. He helped my all through my time racing motocross and latterly with the Caterham in the scottish championship. There's times i've been in that damp cramped shitty little shed spannering away feeling pretty damn low. So that is the main reason i rebuild it rather than brake it after the crash.

I want to race it but being straight i just cant afford it. Worked out it'd cost almost £800 a meeting to do Thundersport Streetfighter A. That would almost cover a Euro trip with 3 days at Jerez and having spent a few sesons in racing i know for sure what would be more relaxing and fun, and give more tracktime

So i'm gonna trackday the hell out it in 2012. Buying a new house at the end of the year so no idea how 2013 will pan out. One thing for sure is the bike is never going up for sale. It'll get put under a cover and kept coz there's a lil bit of more than me in that bike.

Right.............draw a line under that. Let the piss taking commence. DP, give it your best dude.

Finished. Totally. No more to do apart from sag set up.





Full spec...............

Chassis

Nichols Engineering Top Triple
2010 R model lower
Revalved forks with 9.5nm springs and 7.5wt oil
Revalved shock modified with shrader valve
Cycle Control rearset plates
Billet pegs
LSL Steering Damper
Renthal Dual Compound grips
Stubby bar ends
R model Marchesisni (*cough Brembo *cough) wheels running Metzeler Interacts K1 front K2 rear
Standard brembo wheels running Brigestone E05Z/E08Z wets
SSR quick release fuel cap
Foam filled fuel tank
Shorai lightweight battery

Brakes

SBS Dual Carbon pads
HEL Dual brake lines
Pazzo (copy ) levers
Motul RBF 660 synthetic fluid

Engine/drivetrain

CPR Fab Rottweiler airbox
RC8 stacks
Custom breather with filter and catch tube
SAS block off plates
Quick action throttle
16/40 gearing
Sigma Slipper clutch
Leo Vince carbon cans
Oberon slave cylinder
Coroba quickshifter
Akrapovic base ECU map
PC3 with FBM Motorsport custom map
Exhaust Y Piece heat wrapped (not in pics)

Main plan was to make it corner and stop quicker. Little bit more power but very basic on engine front. Hopfully should be alot of fun to ride and be plenty reliable too.

Looks great Viking, look forward to you steaming round the outside of me at Anglesey. Hopefully will be able to see it close up in those lovely new garages that are being built up now.

Its good to have a distraction from a loss, my Mum died a couple years ago this January and at that time I thought to myself come on powelly sort your shit out and enjoy life. I'm still doing that now and will continue to as long as I live.

Bike looks mega! I really like the rear end, nice clean subframe! Taking of the sidepanels looks awesome when combined with a seatcover and nice pipes. Congrats! Please keep it in 1 piece this year!

It looks rather tasty and would be a shame to bin it on the track, so ring its neck, and be fookin careful as well

That looks great.




I do think it could have been enhanced with use of sellotape, cable ties and some string though.

I have no doubt it will also be the quickest SD through the corners by far.


Nichols Engineering technology - NO CAN DEFEND!

This thread has also reminded me that:

A) My bike is still locked down on the trailor untouched since returning from Jerez in October.

B) I still want to get a .25 throttle cam.

Well done, a miracle of perseverance:wink:

Makes me feel very ashamed having crashed hard 11 bikes and never rebuilt one of them

Makes me want my old SD back

Nice, prefer it with rear side panels though.

Looks great mate. Have a good year at the tracks!

Mint.
Looking fwd to seeing it in action.

Nice job Viking!

looks good mate

Nice job.....Looks sharp ....cant wait to see it in the flesh

OK - now I'm motivated to spray that ugly-ass CF "KTM" rear seat cowl to match the rest of my bike (white). Its too ugly to bear as-is - its been a dust collector since the 2nd day I had it - but yours looks great. BTW - which one (brand, or whatever) is it? Looks great w/o the rear panels (usually over the cans) - no ass roasting with those CF cans I suppose.

Nice re-do!

No fooking rim tape.

Yo Viking...I cant tell for sure from you pictures but it looks like you could use some side case protection. You can fab you own from some UHMW or like plastic or aluminium or what have you. If you have it a lot of the times you will not use it. Funny how that works. Got some of my Grand Dads and Dads tools that I use still. Nice way to bring back memories. Brought Grand Dads shop vice by air 2400 miles to my home. Got some looks going thru bording securty 45 lbs in a carrry on jym bag

One more tid bit my Dad told me. "You only have to go fast enough to win". Fook, me eyes are watering up and leaking. He's gone on too.

looking good, interesting to hear how it all works on track now with what you done

You've done a cracking job.

Took the bike for a blast today up and down my local testtrack loop for the 1st time since the crash to try it all out.
Totally over the moon. The thing is mega.


Brakes are brilliant. Hardly any lever pressure needed and it bites hard without grabbing.

Suspention is firm but compliant. Feels nice..........really nice.

Geo surprised me the most. Still turns fast, but you can feel it's lost that twitchyness. Once it's leaned over its mega stable. Just sits there and holds a line but at the same time you can play with lean in the corner. Before it felt like it would tip in and want to keep on going over, but at the same time felt pretty vague. Feels real confidence inspiring now. Dont know if it's all the weight it's lost (and me!) but it feels light and flickable but at the same time has that stable planted feel at lean. Interacts have alot of feeling, dunno if they have a softer carcass or that but i like 'em. Looking forward to getting warmers on them and getting them working on track. Rearset plates help loads, feel alot more in control of it with the pegs jacked up.

Power is definitely up. I'm going to book the dyno tomorrow for next monday. Again i think the weight drop has helped, along with the lightweight battery at the front, but i've actively got to lean forward to try and hold the front end down. Lifts easily off the throttle at the top end of 3rd with a tiny tug on the bars. Honestly think it would clutch up at over 100 in 4th if you tried it.
Rottweiler airbox sounds the nuts. Nice deep throaty roar from it on wide open throttle. The box combined with the RC8 stacks have made a big difference. Motor feels loose. Power builds and just keep on getting better, almost like an I4 but with a good bottom end. There's definite more top end rush.

Slipper works great. I set it at 1.2mm. Still got all its engine braking but it just wont lock the rear on downshifts. Nice and subtle. It's weird, kinda like you cant feel it working unless you listen for it. I've never ridden a bike with a slipper before.............i'm impressed! Read you can go down the box with no clutch if your going in hard enough to get it working. Did and emergency stop from 130 right down the box to 1st with no clutch.....perfect....stayed in line, snicked into gear no probs, didnt lock or judder.

Only negaitve i found it it doesnt like being clutched up now. I'm a clutch up style wheelie guy...........when i try it in 2nd it lifts then kinda jolts. Best way to describe it is it feels like the chain was loose and it was jumping a tooth. I can feel the clutch lever clicking a bit sometimes..........i see this is a feature of a slipper......not sure why though.


It's on me now. There's no reason this bike cant run at the top 1/3 of the fast group. Not saying i'm the man to put it there, just gotta get out, ride it and build up slowly. Bike feels spot on though, great place to start the 2012 track season.

Congrats! I hope you have a great track season this year!

Excellent!
Looking fwd to it coming past at Anglesey

how far have you pushed the forks down by< i tried mine today and yesterday with 10mm showing and it is like you say still tips in fast but has more feel up front, I know the real test will be on track, but so far there is an improvement on feel if only the bike had,nt sprung a leak on the rear cam cover, I would of spanked it a little harder

yes really well finished took me about an hour to fit, the worst bit was taking out the bolts holding the handlebar mounts, I have bit the bullet and orderd the clevis as well, gonna start of on 2mm shorter than standard on that

that looks tremendous ,am i gonna see it at cock hill or eastfortune this year ,or like most are you going south this year ?

Think pretty much everything will be down south this year. Fed up with Knockhill. After trying some of the tracks down south it's made me realise how shit knockhill is. They're dreaming with their prices up here too. £160 for a day! That's more than Oulton charges in the height of summer.

Saying that, if they put up a cheap late notice open pit afternoon or that and I'm off I'd consider doing it just to get a run out on the bike.

heading to cadwell on the 26th might be spaces left if your not working

I'm booked for 26th April if that's the same one? Fired up a post in the tracks section. Doing Oulton on 25th then nipping across and doing Cadwell on 26th.

1st time out will be Anglesey on 8th and 9th April. My new rosta doesn't start till April so can't manage much till then.

I've got 7 days booked already from April to June. Should be more than enough time to bin it again.

If I can get my SD put back together in time I might be able to make it. Am doing the Peaks with Scotsduke, Sabre and Millar that weekend and would come along Sunday night. Not going to have the heads back for at least 12 days though. Leaves me a week to put it all back together. Could be tight.