RVF RT Suzuka build

[Drunkn Munky]

Well its been a while since i updated this, unfortunately the silhouette bodywork still isn't painted i've had no time so to get it on the road i fitted a set of bargin basement chinese panels in RR colours. Half a day with a dremel and a bit of patients got them fitted to a decent standard, for what they are i think there ok and definitely worth the £300 odd i paid for them.



MOT'd a week or so before the cadwell trackday and i finally had a bike to ride in what seems like forever! felt nice to ride again even though the clutch dragged and the forks felt a little soft which was hardly surprising as the bike had been sitting for years part stripped, the new HRC linkage seemed to work well though.
Cadwell was epic for many reasons but the forks were really showing their age and no matter how high i turned the damping up the V piece was toast by the end of the 2nd session, it wasn't the best handling bike ive rode either.


So back from cadwell and the first job on the list was a fork upgrade from rick o, that along with raising the shock from 310mm to 315mm has given me tons more confidence on the bike and i now feel like im sitting on the bike rather than in it. The hiperform system has now been removed in favour of a very clean stock system I must be getting old as i kinda prefer the quietness of the stock system when riding on the road, I also think the stock RVF can looks pretty good. Carbs have been rejetted with the budokan jet kit/needle kit i originally found in the carbs and although the top end is fine considering it has wierd 107 main jets i need to play with the needle heights as the midrange is fluffy and lacking drive.
In a moment of madness i bid on a TSR end can whilst browsing yahoo japan and paid a little more than i should of really but it is nice, think its Ti too


Will be fitted when i fancy making a little more noise

[Speedy]

You ARE getting old; back to stock zorst, really???
Must be yer kids screaming, that's made your hearing too sensitive.

Your RVF's got a 70 profile front tyre doesn't it?
You're right in sorting the forks out though!

[Drunkn Munky]

i call it a midlife crisis

Yes ive always run a 70 profile front i like the way turns and never had issues before, its my own fault i knew they were knackered just didnt get time to sort them.

[ireson75]

Did you purchase the TSR can through Yahoo Auctions directly or use Moriwaki Man (or similar)??

Cheers!

[Drunkn Munky]

You can't buy direct from yahoo auctions, I do usually use moriwaki man but used buyee for this purchase just to see what the service was like as you can bid in real time as opposed to sending moriwaki man an email to bid for me but to be honest ill go back to using moriwaki man in the future as real time bidding just sucks you into paying more than you should.

[Drunkn Munky]

Update time, its still no suzuka rep its getting there and lots have changed. I got bored very quickly of the standard system and fitted the Ganador twinstack i have, if im honest i wasnt that keen on it before fitting i thought it looked a bit big but once fitted it wasnt as bad as i imagined it would look.


The chinese bodywork is now gone in favour of some OEM kit in the better RT scheme Its all pretty good bar a crack in the LHS seat unit and a scuffed RHS lower, also making it onto the bike a couple more goodies in the form of a GSXR genni conversion, SES ally clip on and some Coerce rearsets.
Bike rides great now especially after having the suspension setup properly whilst on a trackday at brands but ive come to the conclusion its no longer a road bike for me atleast, the few occasions ive been out on the road on it ive come back in agony so that along with the news from the docs that my knee's are shot the bike is being resigned to being a trackbike. All the road gear is currently being stripped to be stored in the loft, race fairings have been bought and prepped for paint and today i collected a new front end

Trumpet 675 daytona forks and calipers+MS, apart from some custom spacers its pretty much a bolt on upgrade that fits the RVF yokes, front wheel and discs.

[Tim400GB]

Nice

[Speedy]

I does look better now than with the Chinese paint, but the RR colours win any day!
I bet that Ganador is quite loud; I still prefer the single can arrangement though.

[Drunkn Munky]

No its not that loud really, very un NC sounding as theres no rasp to it but quite a deep boom and does pop on the over run. It made 102db IIRC when noise tested.
Im with you though on the single can setup id quite happily swap the twinstack for a decent single can full system.

[Drunkn Munky]

Done a bit more race bike prepping today, most of the road gear is off, rear subframe chopped, fitted the works copy alloy rear axle and gave the trumpet forks a oil change and got them fitted up. Spacers needed are 24mm right and 20mm left for those interested.


Disc weighs more than the axle i think

Had to buy a proper spring compressor for these forks rather than using my usual blue peter approach of levers and spanners

It did make life a lot easier but the oil change still didnt resolve the piss poor damping on these forks so they may have to go off to someone that knows their onions to be sorted. The bike they came off was broken due to a crash and im not surprised he binned it the rebound damping returned so slow it must have taken half a mile for the forks to recover from hitting a bump in the road.

Still to do is swapping out the loom for a race one, fit a race dash, rebuild the 675 calipers, remove the remaining road gear and finish painting the panels then its ready for cadwell