Lookin' very nice. You've got yourself the makings of a SuperDuperHawk.

 

I set myself up for that one. That didn't sound right. Actually I have a cool set of bodywork hammers and dollys. That downbrace is just a thin box of aluminum so I tapped it in into a shallow curve and ground it smooth. Did the same in the front by the shock. It looks like it came that way now.

 

Okay, if you say so, but you can only redeem yourself with high quality pics.

 

Looking good CC love the carbon front fender thats one thing on my list in the not too distant future have you ridden it yet with the sp1 front end?

 

Looks real nice Captain!!!!

I'm in the same boat as you, slowly getting there. Don't have a baby (or wife have a baby to be correct) during a swap, will kill your free time, and cause you to get yelled at everytime the buffing wheel / air compressoor, etc. is fired up!!

I'm about ready to powdercoat my triples and mount everything back up shortly. Bought a "hobby" powdercoat gun to do most of the parts myself, because there is nothing like adding more stuff to your to do list when you don't have time as it is!!!

Anyway.. I'll take pics of my lower triple (It's a 929). It' finally ready for powder and mounting... I ground down the stops in the "center" to avoid the center fairing brace bracket, drilled/tapped each steering stop and added a small bolt to hit the frame in the right spot. I also made radiator "relocating" brackets and shifted the rads back to increase the steering... as of right now, I stop before i hit the rad hose, and it's about 1/8" short (frame stop to triple stop) of the stock turning range.

J.

 

Slowhawk can you post me a pic of your triple mod i really must do this on mine as i cant really get on with the reduced lock.

 

yes, would really appreciate a pic to show the set-up you used to relocate new stops and brackets you made to relocate radiators. No problems with the fairing with the relocated radiators?

 

I'm sure you are limited to about 5mm before they will intefere.I know what to do but i'm just intrested in the drilled and tapped stops so pics pics pics please

soz CC for hijacking your thread

 

Alright... here are some pics....

This first one shows the untouched triple and interfering parts/areas...

 

Here is the grinding to the center stops, screws/bolts inserted into the backside of the stops to hit the frame, and the rad brackets moving the rads back about .625"

 

And this is the last one.... showing with the triple in place.... the rads shifted back form th underside... the outside, and the fairing bracket you'll need to grind little bit to clear the fan, as they touch when everything shifts back a bit.

 

those are beautiful solutions. I have to check the RC51 bottom triple - its just slightly different and I think I removed more of the stock stop which probably doesn't leave enough to tap into horizontally.

 

Hey Slowhawk that all looks pretty cool, nice work. What combo of bars are you using? Like I said I found 954 bars have the perfect height but they're still hitting the gauges. And no prob Alan we can all use the extra help. Next time I have to fix up a stock bike it's going to be a joke-just read the manual This we all have to figure out on our own. And yes I was riding around a little after the front end swap but short rides around the block, nothing special where I could give any real feedback (not that I'm really qualified to do that anyway). Once I have the bike gone over at Computrack I'll feel happy with pushing it a little. Honestly one of biggest improvements I'm counting on are the brakes.

 

Thanks for the compliments... once I powder them up this weekend they should look pretty hot... probably gonn agloss black both the lower and upper... and I polished the caliper brackets as well, they look billet.

As for bars... I'm either going 954 clip-ons (Second option) or I have a pair of Heli's off a GSXR 750 (First option)... the heli's are fairly close to the 954 clipons height wise, but are "off to the side" a bit more which should cure the gauge clearence problems.

Just out of curiosity Captain.... which upper triple did you go with, and how high are the forks in the clamps... I still have to put the old front end on and make a couple ground clearence measurements, then install the RC stuff and try to get close to those specs... (I have a RC and 929 upper triple... so I have flexibility on fork height and clipon placement.)

J.

 

CC
is computrack the computer system for setting up trail, height etc? That will be very interesting to hear about. I tried to take some accurate measurements on the front end before the swap to get the same height at the steering head as stock after my switch, but its difficult to be accurate. Plus the offset on the RC51 triples is different than the VTR so the trail is changed also. Will be very interesting to hear what you learn.
bill

 

looking very very cool

 

Yeah slowhawk, what you're talking about with the gsxr heli's in the next thing I wanted to start looking for. Otherwise the height on the 954's is perfect for clearing the fairings. Everything on the front end is rc51 besides the bars. I know some folks have used other lower triples that may clear the inner fairing better than the rc51's. As far as the height I'd have to measure but I just did a little before and after measuring and tried to come as close as I could. That's why I want to take it to computrack, because the guy there is a suspension wizard (and I am not). Yeah cliby they measure everything on the frame and suspension and make adjustments to straighten everything out if necessary. They even do brand new bikes, which often are out of alignment slightly. Besides racebikes (and hardcore streetbikes I guess) I think it's also very valuable for customs and accident bikes. I just want to make sure mine is safe and is "right." All my parts are used so you never know. I'm not going to lie I'm not going to be racing the bike, I just want something different that looks cool that I did myself and also looking forward more to the better brakes than any improvements in stiffness, etc. I actually was always pretty happy with the stock suspension ride.

 

I'm in the exact same mode as you Captain.... I wanted something a little different, and I'd rather put 1500 into my bike that I love instead of spending a ridiculous amount for a cookie cutter sport bike. Since I sold my Mustang a few years ago, I needed somethign else to tinker with.... and this bike is great for that, plus it fits in my warm basement unlike working out in the hot/freezing garage on a car!!!

As for hte stock suspension... After putting the racetech stuff in my forks, I was pretty thrilled about the change..... I'm hopinght RC stuff will be even better!!!

Let us know what what Computrack says about your setup.... I'm hoping after all this work somebody with true technical knowlegde of the changes doesn't say we made deathtraps out of our bikes!!!

J.

 

Good work Captain, no doubt you are feeling very satisfied by doing the work yourself.