OK, you guys didn't like the most difficult one to build. How about the most expensive and exotic. This is a FZR750RRW that was converted at the Yamaha Factory to full racing specification to an OW01. It was shipped to the US in Nov of 1988 to Vance & Hines Racing where it was put into service in their fleet of race bikes. I took poceession of the bike in Oct of 1989, refurbished it, set the 750 motor aside, made motor mounts for the a 1000 motor & installed a 1040cc motor with a very special cylinder head that some "friends" from Japan clued me in on, with the kit 6 speed out of the 750 motor after some mods, installed the kit side plates on the chassis, installed YZF bodywork, had Yoshimura build me a pipe.
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Well I'm impressed ::018:: Do you have any SRX600 connections ::26::
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Very, very nice machine. Always fancied one myself. ::008::
Other than I wished I had bought one when they were new? Probably one of the funnest bikes ever. People that have owned RD350's, RZ350's, would be the most appreciative of that bike.mcbrien said:
Three National AMA/CCS #1 Plates in GTO and Unlimited Superbike in 1991, 1992, 1993.
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Actually I bought mine new in 1986 and I'm still not finished .
Sure turns heads .
Sure turns heads .
I'm not sure what it is about that bike other than it's simplistic, basic, and light, but the lines are just right. I love the pipe, I bet she's quiet. 
Like.... wake the dead quiet. What else is done to it? The '86 red too, they did a good job with that color that year.
Like.... wake the dead quiet. What else is done to it? The '86 red too, they did a good job with that color that year.
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wow, you don't screw around. nice is an understatement.Ticeman2 said:
So many bikes I want to own, so little time, money, and understanding from my wife :'(
The best part of this whole deal was it was so light. The rolling chassis, no tank, no bodywork of any sort, no wiring, etc, just magnesium Ohlins forks, Marchesini magnesium wheels, chassis, swingarm, no brakes, was 26 lbs. Braking cast iron brake rotors, quick change wheel hardware, Brembo radial mastercylinder, lines, Nissan monoblock calipers, clip-ons, levers and brake fluid weighed just under 13 lbs. The bike on Daytona's scales weighed 292 lbs, ready to roll. Less than the Superbikes were allowed to weigh at the time. We actually pushed the bike off the scales and had them check to see if something was wrong with them and they were zero'd out, they were and again, it weighed 292. We ran it on the dyno before we left, it was 176 rwhp, and 114.1 lb/ft. That equated to 192 mph there, again @ Road America, and again @ Brainerd. Track lap records @ Blackhawk Farms in 1990, 1991, twice in 1992, rest 3 times in one weekend in 1993, and twice more before the season ender. ::008::
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wow wee!
makes a co-workers 2013 ZX14R feel slow ::013::
makes a co-workers 2013 ZX14R feel slow ::013::
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my 99 klr (sniff, sold, too many speeding tickets ::025:: ::002:
could blow that thing out of the water any day! ::015::
could blow that thing out of the water any day! ::015::
11 psi of boost on 93 octane pump gas, 228 lb/ft of torque, or that's close to what it read anyway, it also showed just under 300 hp. It actually gave a solid number but, you can't beleive any of it, you have to average it out. Not very accurruate. Now, the problem is getting it stop spinning the tire on the drum. An impossible task you'd think would have been easy to find a solution for. Unfortunately, these low inertia, variable vane turbos have a pretty sudden spike in the torque curve when the turbo spools up @ 3400 rpm and it's pretty damn hard to stop it from spinning the tire after that.greg the pole said:my 99 klr (sniff, sold, too many speeding tickets ::025:: ::002:
could blow that thing out of the water any day! ::015::
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man oh man.
Makes me want to do nasty things to my vfr....
let's see
Hayabusa front end with six pot calipers (it's what i have access to)
supercharger kit....
maybe I should just give up on that, and buy a clean cbr 954... or a cb1000r
maybe a thunder ace...
Makes me want to do nasty things to my vfr....
let's see
Hayabusa front end with six pot calipers (it's what i have access to)
supercharger kit....
maybe I should just give up on that, and buy a clean cbr 954... or a cb1000r
maybe a thunder ace...
I did a centrifugal supercharger on a Polaris Ranger RZR-S a while back, totally custom for a friend. That thing was out of control. It was into the 100 hp range at the tires but, as you can expect, knobbies do not grip a dyno drum very well. That was fun.