So. The winter finally came to Finland so I have plenty of time to fiddle around with the bike ;D The bike is sitting in a public garage with about 100 cars so that puts some limitations to what I can do onsite. Anything that requires power tools needs to be done some place else. It means taking the parts of the bike and carrying them home with me (luckily just 300meters but still
)
So where am I now
So it's a '06 yeller, the faster color. The bike isn't exactly stock as it is, but I concider this the starting point to modding the bike. As some of you might know I dropped the bike in walking speed in the summer which caused about 2000euros worth of damage. Busted the radiator, rear sets etc. Luckily the bike's insured. This was a good excuse to update the damaged parts with some cooler after market versions. So I got rizoma rear sets, pazzo shorty levers, MadDoc blinkers (I'll get back to this later) and black rad cowls.
So this is how it looked like on christmas eve
Right after that I got CRG bar end mirrors through Aptech77 (Thank you
). I don't have pics from this stage though.
What am I going to do?
Well nothing special really, but I like to keep a diary. If you want to read and give suggestions and/or advice, please do
I have set five goals for this project:
Simplicity (KISS!)
Power
Weight loss
Comfort
Usability
I use the bike mainly for commuting and joyrides, but I do quite many trackdays too. I want it to be able to haul ass on the track when my skills are on adequate level. It also sets some limits to the parts I'm putting on the bike.
What I'll get done on the bike depends on finances and how much time I have on my hands. So far I have more time than money
Sure, time is money but it don't buy bike parts :violent1: ;D
So where am I now
So it's a '06 yeller, the faster color. The bike isn't exactly stock as it is, but I concider this the starting point to modding the bike. As some of you might know I dropped the bike in walking speed in the summer which caused about 2000euros worth of damage. Busted the radiator, rear sets etc. Luckily the bike's insured. This was a good excuse to update the damaged parts with some cooler after market versions. So I got rizoma rear sets, pazzo shorty levers, MadDoc blinkers (I'll get back to this later) and black rad cowls.
So this is how it looked like on christmas eve
Right after that I got CRG bar end mirrors through Aptech77 (Thank you
What am I going to do?
Well nothing special really, but I like to keep a diary. If you want to read and give suggestions and/or advice, please do
I have set five goals for this project:
Simplicity (KISS!)
Power
Weight loss
Comfort
Usability
I use the bike mainly for commuting and joyrides, but I do quite many trackdays too. I want it to be able to haul ass on the track when my skills are on adequate level. It also sets some limits to the parts I'm putting on the bike.
What I'll get done on the bike depends on finances and how much time I have on my hands. So far I have more time than money