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Short and sleazy:
I crashed the Mille at the Chris Peris Race School last month with a day and a half left to ride. I was lucky enough to be able to jump on another bike to finish out the school...a bone stock '97 Kawasaki ZX-6R. My SV was faster than this thing! But I learned a lot from riding that bike, along with outclassing just about everyone else who was on a 600 that day...just not on the front straight!
I'd been thinking of selling the Mille and getting into a 600 i4 jap bike set-up for track/race only. The crash was not bad, but it did help me iron out my decision to get into some thing smaller, newer, and more competitive, along with having a long discussion with one of the instructors about the pros of racing a middleweight instead of a big twin after having the track entirely to ourselves for 5 laps.
SO, here she is. 2007 Yamaha R6.
Graves full Ti system
GPR Damper
20mm Ohlins front end kit
Ohlins shock
Vortex rear-sets/clip-ons
Morse GP Composites body work (2 full sets)
Stock motor with a Rapid Bike engine tuner
While I would have liked some other goodies on the bike, its a great set-up and I am very excited to be back on a 600. Its going to be a nice change! I do love the twins, but I really was not excited by looking into another SV.
She's going to the Dyno this week and then Im heading to the track on Sat to see what all the hype about a 17.5k Redline is all about!
She needs a name too...