The Great R6 (re)Build

[CEO]

so i take it you couldnt just get 1 tank slider as a replacement? that sucks dude.

No I didn't check into that... the new set is for the NEW tank... I still have to ask them if I can just buy 1 single left one for replacing the one that was on my original tank... the slider was toast.










Made huge progress on the bike a little while ago but have been to busy to post it up until now... It's pretty much done though.



Mounted up the new radiator and filled with engine ice:



Removed the stock O2 sensor and installed the PCIII... downloaded the DynoJet map for my setup on there temporarily until I get a map:



Mounted up the new gas tank:



Filled her up with oil and gas, and also had to fill and bleed the rear brake since I installed the banjo pressure switch, then took her outside to start that bitch up.

Started up right away, and that exhaust is SICK. Sounds great. Not to mention that since the DynoJet maps are set pretty rich, she shoots big flames on decel

I'm pretty disappointed with the sound in this video... maybe the microphone on my camera doesn't pick up the lower frequencies as well. This video doesn't do it justice at all, I plan to take another one next time I go out there... The camera doesn't pick up the deepness very well and the frame rate doesn't pick up most of the flameshooting. Anyways, here it is:

SAHLl_xkkyk

Then Wednesday my good buddy Denno helped me cut/drill/mount the race bodywork since I'd never done it before. We all joke and bust balls here, but it was real good of him and I appreciate it a lot. Lots of good folks on here.

The fit was pretty spot-on, the flexibility of the stuff is great. Mounted up:









Then Dennis left so I could install the frame sliders since he is poisonous with that shit (haha Thierry):

Cut and mounted, right:



Left:



Mounted the new set of tank sliders. Looks like Traxxion went to a glossier finish of plastic which is nice, they definitely blend in more nicely now:





Then I took all that off and mounted up all the street stuff so I could check that all the wiring still worked, as well as cut the street fairings for the frame sliders, like so:



Then I stripped her all down again, and got everything I'm painting ready for paint. The full set of track bodywork, the airbox cover, my backup gas tank, the stock fender and the two midfairings:



Now she's just hanging out waiting for next week's track days, as am I




Oh and lastly since a ziptie bit the wire of my camera lens I repaired that by splicing it open and using four inline crimp bullet connectors which afterwards I wrapped all up with electrical tape:





Thursday at 2pm I'm getting a dyno and custom map done for the bike. Monday on my way up to the track I'll be grabbing the bodywork. Looks like everything will be together in time... except the decals, I'll throw those on when I get back from the track.

Can't wait to get her on the track. I'm psyched.

[Jim]

slider install looks slick. did you do the laser idea i said?

show pictures of the fuck up Denno did with the drill on your plastics

[Crash Dummy Denno]

you really are an ass jim

bike's gonna look slick after the spray - Robbie Nigyl does the best paint jobs around!

[CEO]

slider install looks slick. did you do the laser idea i said?

show pictures of the fuck up Denno did with the drill on your plastics

I was going to do the laser thing... it's a great idea... but then I realized I am perfect so I just did it by eye

Basically I just drilled a pilot holt and tried to center it on the center bolt of the slider mounting bracket. then if it was off a bit I moved the drill bit a little to get it nice and centered. Then put the holesaw pilot bit in that spot and drilled it out.

I don't have a pic of the extra hole but it was really not a big deal. It'll get filled in in a few minutes before the paint goes down.

you really are an ass jim

bike's gonna look slick after the spray - Robbie Nigyl does the best paint jobs around!

I'm psyched... not to mention he's a wicked nice guy.

Once I get those decals on (probably have to wait till after the TDs), shit's gonna look tits.

[Jim]

I'm psyched... not to mention he's wicked gay.

fixed

[CEO]

fixed

Do you even know who I was talking about? He's da man.

[CEO]

Couple updates.

First, unfortunately, it looks like the paint won't be ready for the track days this week I had a feeling he wasn't going to have enough time so I told him if he didn't think they'd be ready to wait on even starting, since I need to ride with them for the track days, and then I'll just give them right back afterwards. No big deal. I think when I give him back the track bodywork, he'll probably have the couple street pieces I wanted done all finished, so I'll be able to come back and get her street ready

Anyways, a couple little seams and stitches were messed up from the crash so I had Held repair them. They did a perfect job. Also picked up another seat cowl for the street, and in the back you can see my new set of ratcheting wrenches:



I took the bike to Rob's dyno to get a custom map for the bike.



Rob's a nice guy and seems like he really knows his shit. The 2006+ R6 is a bit tricky as I understand it because the ECM won't let you open the throttle butterflies all the way below 9krpm, so you basically tune the bike to run well around the low rpms, but can't get full adjustability until then. Regardless, I don't give a shit about 9krpm and under anyways.

You can see that Rob really was able to smooth out the torque curve from 10krpm to redline. Also, the A/F mixture was way too rich with the downloaded map so the result of the custom map is that it was leaned out to a proper mixture.

Not that I care about the power number because it doesn't mean anything and there's no ram air anyways, but she dynoed at 106hp and 40 tq with the BMC race air filter and akrapovic full system.

I thought this sounded a little low but Rob said that was a good pull for a 600 with these mods. I guess there is a ton of variability between dynos (not to mention ambient conditions) and a lot of people play number games... Rob seems to be a straight shooter and I trust the number... but what I really care about is the smooth power delivery and a/f mapping. I don't have a baseline run from before the crash either, so that REALLY makes the hp number meaningless. Once I get her on the track this week I'll see if the performance has changed.

And BTW.. the akra sounded alright revving in my driveway... but on the dyno, since the engine is under load and not just rev rev revving... shit sounded awesome

[CEO]

Received and installed the woodcraft 3 piece brake lever that was backordered



Threw a Puig black double bubble windscreen on the stock front cowling. Have a clear oem for the race plastics. No switching necessary now.



Threw on the new pazzo clutch lever, will keep the rashed one as a spare



Threw on a fresh set of stompgrips



Put most of the stock fairings and lights back on

[rlee02135]

amazing work.

[Jim]

are you going to repaint the rashed Pazzo's or just leave them as is. bike's coming along nicely except that gay R6 decal on the new windscreen

[CEO]

amazing work.

Thanks!

are you going to repaint the rashed Pazzo's or just leave them as is. bike's coming along nicely except that gay R6 decal on the new windscreen

Repaint it? It's a spare now.

That's a Puig double bubble. They come like that.








Looks like I'll be picking everything up from paint probably thursday evening. Shit's gonna be off the heezy

Also have some more goodies on the way... particularly some stands to replace the ones I sold to Mondo and a set of spare wheels (see other thread)

[kamikaze]

Great Work. Looks neat and tidy!

[CEO]

Great Work. Looks neat and tidy!

Thanks dude

I'm really itching to get all the bodywork back and on there

When I do I'll take lots of high-resolution pictures and DBConz will make fun of me. But that's OK because his bike looks like the last crap I took.

[Jim]

When I do I'll take lots of high-resolution pictures and DBConz will make fun of me. But that's OK because he's so dreamy .

whoa! you really had to throw that out there on a public forum?

[Mondo]

sweet, maybe ill stop by thursday night...

o wait that would mean my bike would be finished at the shop
hahahhahhahahahhaha

[scottieducati]

Dude, you're gettin a Robbie paint job???

Freakin SICK! Almost as good as a Denno blowjob...

Make sure to take some high-rez pics of that beast

you really are an ass jim

bike's gonna look slick after the spray - Robbie Nigyl does the best paint jobs around!

[BostonSVkid]

Dude, you're gettin a Robbie paint job???

Freakin SICK! Almost as good as a Denno blowjob...

Make sure to take some high-rez pics of that beast

I am sorry why arent you out riding that beauty??

[CEO]

sweet, maybe ill stop by thursday night...

Looks like it's going to be tomorrow night that I'm picking everything up instead, actually.

I think I'm going to ride sunday if you're interested. Denno, R7, maybe a couple other people might join as well.

It will be like my THIRD street ride this year hahaha

Dude, you're gettin a Robbie paint job???

Freakin SICK! Almost as good as a Denno blowjob...

Make sure to take some high-rez pics of that beast

Yeah I'm pretty psyched about it. Basically it's a little treat to myself that I never would have been able to afford without the insurance money... I can't wait to get the valencia stripe decals on there... it's gonna look tits

Yeah Denno blowjobs are alright... but his rimjobs... I'll tell ya...

And don't you EVER worry about me not taking high resolution pictures

[Jim]

I am sorry why arent you out riding that beauty??

he doesnt really push it on street tires

[CEO]

BTW I think I posted a picture of the stripes before but this is how they will go on the bike, mimicking this 2007 scheme from motoGP

[Jim]

nice chris. just dont put those gay michelin man stickers on the fender

[OreoGaborio]

yeah, michelin man stickers on the fender are totally gay.



But it's ok if it's Pirelli

[R7]

I think I'm going to ride sunday if you're interested. Denno, R7, maybe a couple other people might join as well.

Huh, what? News to me but if I'm getting a invite to one of these rides, I may just go

[BostonSVkid]

yeah, michelin man stickers on the fender are totally gay.



But it's ok if it's Pirelli

so that how you painted it huh??? whore!

[CEO]

nice chris. just dont put those gay michelin man stickers on the fender

Thanks dude... and those michelin stickers are there because they gave him lots of monies.

And even at the club level, you need to have them there if you want to get paid contingency monies... regardless, I won't need them anytime soon...

Huh, what? News to me but if I'm getting a invite to one of these rides, I may just go

Haha I thought we discussed this before?