Leaderboard

it's generally difficult to type while at full mast... i'm happy to share it. Turn One Racing is doing a phenomenal job , and every time we do something else it gets me giddy i'm just glad to see others enjoying it as well

...just be prepared for awkward shower invites from @RonStopable...

2006: 220K care free miles.

Every time I read about what you’re going through with your daughter I don’t know what to say. I feel for you man. I have prayed for you and your family and will continue to do so. Having 13 and 15 year old daughters myself, I can’t even imagine what you’re going through.

Rode the damn thing! New wires were making all the right connections.

This tread is giving me a chubby. I love building motors, but most of my race motor builds have been for dirt late models, drag cars, and dirt bikes, quads etc. I did a big bore kit on my old ZX11, but that was the only I4 bike motor I got into, and I never split the cases. Thanks for sharing the good stuff Rabbit!

I think it started way back with Craig @blue03636.... But there is a term of "stuffing" someone into a turn, and someone had double stuf oreos. And so comments and jokes had started and so it just became a tradition thing. But this was all before my time and how I understand it started. Last year @TRMN8TR and I had a double stuf endurance racing team with FB page. You never know where you might find an oreo... on your bike, in your exhaust, in your leather, go pro case etc.. When we travel for a track weekend it really is an amazing time.... grilling and hanging out with everyone asking questions and telling stories about what happened on track that day. If anyone gets a chance to tag along for a long weekend I promise you wont regret it.

I'm in. Are we meeting at a designated spot at 11? Or should I just randomly shout O-H and hope someone responds RIDERS.

Finally getting to the plug wires on Izzy. Thanks @Pauly!

Well you came back didn't you? That's all we have at the moment reassembly is getting ready to start Find just for Giggles a big giant box of parts

AAAAAANNNNND We are back at it!!!! a long hiatus on the build for the holiday break... now time to knuckle down We need to improve performance in every aspect of our machines. Transmissions are no exception. Shimming for proper end play and under/over cutting improve engagement. An improvement on any machine but a necessity on modern Kawasakis. REM superfinish polishing can sow over 30% reduction in friction in a constant mesh gear set. This system of polishing has also been tested up to a 60% reduction in wear. Polishing the shift drum, forks and shafts along with modern shift assist systems get as close as we can to the seamless shift transmission used in MotoGP. We polish the camshafts and buckets for further reduction of negative HP.

I couldn't take it anymore. I had to take the bike out today. Did my short 14 mile loop. Wow this thing is awesome. Had TCS and Mode in the most forgiving, still picked up the wheel a few times. This was my first time using a quickshifter, which is awesome. The 30 feet from my garage to the road was a soupy muddy mess so now the bike is all dirty. Time for some cleaning...

Theres only one thing we all need in this world, a sturdy bottom end. Blueprinting for proper oil clearances and balancing parts with rotating mass increases reliability and reduces vibration. Boring and plating cylinders to match over size pistons and for maintenance. Cryo treating and or Lighten/Balancing crankshaft. Carrillo Rods when more strength is needed. Piston coatings reduce friction and wear while increasing sealing surface area and managing heat. R6s have vary specific issues with the oil clearances on the crank and rods. The 06-07 crank bearings allowed a loss of oil pressure causing a starvation condition to the #2 rod and habitual spun rod bearings. In 08- yamaha made a correction to prevent this issue but overcorrected. In this 2017 r6 the #5 rod bearing had 0.0003” oil gap. And therefor not long for this earth. In the 08- we started to see crankshaft failures that cryo treatment prevents. This is why properly built engines can increase reliability.