My 2020 S1000RR build
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Thank you, yeah modified. I bought them used along with the levers. He had all the M bits changed from blue to red anodising. Works well on the Hockenheim and will tie in lovely with the new Alpha Racing fairings too.
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Hi all, Further Sunday morning progress.
First things first, you may notice I ditched the sketchy front stand setup for some nice new Gee-Techs! [emoji2956]
I?ve offered up the rest of the Akrapovic and had the tyres swapped onto the Dymag wheels to enable me to do the remainder of running in miles once the body work is complete.
I?ve fitted a Galfer wavy disk to the rear and transferred the BSB spec Brembo HPK front disks from the forged M wheels I bought.
As seen on the bathams bikes.
These Dymags will be my dry/road setup and when I run the slicks down on the M wheels I?m going to replace them with W01?s as a wet setup on track days.
I?ll hopefully get the fairings mounted and bike sent off for paint and decals over the next 2 weeks.
First things first, you may notice I ditched the sketchy front stand setup for some nice new Gee-Techs! [emoji2956]
I?ve offered up the rest of the Akrapovic and had the tyres swapped onto the Dymag wheels to enable me to do the remainder of running in miles once the body work is complete.
I?ve fitted a Galfer wavy disk to the rear and transferred the BSB spec Brembo HPK front disks from the forged M wheels I bought.
As seen on the bathams bikes.
These Dymags will be my dry/road setup and when I run the slicks down on the M wheels I?m going to replace them with W01?s as a wet setup on track days.
I?ll hopefully get the fairings mounted and bike sent off for paint and decals over the next 2 weeks.
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Thanks, yeah I have a few more mods in the pipeline, nothing major though, the main parts I want are all sorted. Just things like the 520 sprockets and chain to go on, sprint airfilter, Gilles axle bobbins and Alpha blanking plugs for the intake then finally a remap. Then I?ll toy with the idea of adding some carbon frame/swing arm covers just to tart it up some more.
Going to be sticking with the stock switch gear for now and not bother with clip-on?s as it will still get used on the road a fair bit. I will just try modify the alpha fairings to take the TST rear lights I think
Sounds pretty much exactly the same as my new mods. Just waiting for my blanking plates and sprockets from Alpha. I've got the Alpha frame guards and they're very good quality and workout cheaper than Ilmberger. (I am sure they are made by Ilmberger though)
I've got the alpha Clip ons but stock switch gear. Mainly because i have heard of several Gen 4 owners damaging their fork tubes when crashing. It seems the OE clip ons are not very forgiving in a crash and the fork tube can take brunt. The Alpha racing clp ons are pretty comfy on the road to be honest. Far nicer than Renthal.
Are you keeping the headlights?
I've got the alpha Clip ons but stock switch gear. Mainly because i have heard of several Gen 4 owners damaging their fork tubes when crashing. It seems the OE clip ons are not very forgiving in a crash and the fork tube can take brunt. The Alpha racing clp ons are pretty comfy on the road to be honest. Far nicer than Renthal.
Are you keeping the headlights?
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Ahhh yeah nice! Id not actually thought of keeping the stock switchgear with the clip ons. Certainly something to think about in future.
No I won?t be keeping the headlights at first, as I daren?t cut into the carbon fairings that much and risk making a mess of them haha! I would like to though as I will be doing a good bit of road riding still and hopefully get between 5-10 trackdays this season.
The TST rear lights should work if I just drill a hole however I?m expecting the fit to be a bit ropey on the moulded fairings compared to oem. Main reason for fitting those is for insurance purposes, purely having a break light makes it much easier to sort.
The stock switch gear on after market clip ons works fine. They just need to be drilled to accept them.
I was in the same place as you a few years ago with my first Gen 4. I bought CRC fairings and attacked them with a saw, it looked ok but the CRC stuff is so flimsy the overall finish wasn't great. But there have been a few guys that have cut race fairings to accept headlights and the finish is pretty good!
Alpha just cut their fairings and run stock lights for their EWC bikes. They may have a template they can send you or at least hints. They are always pretty helpful.
I was in the same place as you a few years ago with my first Gen 4. I bought CRC fairings and attacked them with a saw, it looked ok but the CRC stuff is so flimsy the overall finish wasn't great. But there have been a few guys that have cut race fairings to accept headlights and the finish is pretty good!
Alpha just cut their fairings and run stock lights for their EWC bikes. They may have a template they can send you or at least hints. They are always pretty helpful.
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So the fairings are all mounted back on the bike, I?m going to drop it off at the paint shop on Wednesday for the tank and front mudguard to have some matching paint! Then get it all stickered up.
Just booked Croft for the 20th May so that gives me something to work towards.
Fingers crossed I get it finished and ran in in time [emoji41]
Just booked Croft for the 20th May so that gives me something to work towards.
Fingers crossed I get it finished and ran in in time [emoji41]
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Just Picked the bike up from the paint shop this evening. Tank cover and front mudguard all painted and he lacquered the tail unit so the Carbon is popping now. Just need to drop the remaining panels in for lacquer for him to finish next week.
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Little update for the thread, the next stage has been completed and the bike is finally looking the part and all starting to come together.
Taken it on a first ride today since ownership and all went well.
Going to try get it over 500odd miles and into BMW this Saturday for its running in service. Mainly to get rid of the 9000rpm Rev limit in time for croft 20th may.
Still awaiting a few little engine modifications before taking to Crowe Performance for its remap.
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Taken it on a first ride today since ownership and all went well.
Going to try get it over 500odd miles and into BMW this Saturday for its running in service. Mainly to get rid of the 9000rpm Rev limit in time for croft 20th may.
Still awaiting a few little engine modifications before taking to Crowe Performance for its remap.
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That 9k limit is the work of the devil. Longest 600 miles of my life that was.
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It's a total pain in the arse, it's set just at the tickly bit.. Tantric Motorcycling it's called,
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That 600 miles feels a total waste of money throwing fuel in for half throttle
You two must be doing it wrong - I had a great time!!!
...apart from the one time I forgot the limiter was there, and ....
You two must be doing it wrong - I had a great time!!!
...apart from the one time I forgot the limiter was there, and ....
LOL, having 2 to break in, you know what's coming ....
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