revtothelimit - motorbike forum

HI All

Posted in the Noob section and was welcomed so thought this was the right place to drop some pics in of the project that I have been putting together since March last year.

I'm no racer that's for sure but used to do a lot of track days and Euro tours, both car and bike.

I have other bikes which i didn't want to throw down the track so set about purchasing and building a bike to do the job but I think my aspirations went a little to far as you would think a track hack should be minimal to keep the 'repair' costs down

Anyway, in March 2020, i purchased this..

IMG_2615 by Gary ORourke, on Flickr

Its a standard ZX10R KRT, not the Performance or RR model, standard suspension etc.

It kept the cost down and I'm not good enough a rider to take max advantage of swing arm positions etc..

The bike was stripped of ALL the standard road gear which i have kept although with the mods its had I doubt I will ever put it back on the road

cbf227ff-c0df-4169-9019-04765532a23c by Gary ORourke, on Flickr

It was turned into a.......

Hoverbike

080a2e60-7375-42c0-960a-8e979477d770 by Gary ORourke, on Flickr

Take the expensive bits off and ride it, it's more than good enough, it's limits are way beyond most riders, don't waste your money on go faster bits, spend your money on track days, the more you ride the faster you'll be.

Oh no, posted too late, it's going to be covered in "bling" isn't it?

I can write up the mods if anyone was interested, but once it was running and rolling I took it to have the ECU flashed and set up

IMG_4869 by Gary ORourke, on Flickr


I have the printouts and it shows 204bhp once complete

So this is how she looked once she was near complete

36a9e5f9-48b2-427f-8448-e064c2b4616d by Gary ORourke, on Flickr


I had a design in mind and once i had drawn it up and happy with it the bike was shipped off to be wrapped

So this is how she looks now, other than the fact I have fitted Gold Dymags to the bike to complete it

Hope you like it

IMG_6749 by Gary ORourke, on Flickr

r1flyguy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:40 pm I have the printouts and it shows 204bhp once complete

That's impressive!

Unless it's a Hilltop tune

I'll be amazed if you've not bumped into more than a few on here on trackdays then, several of us have done 100+, a couple arguably closer to 200.

KungFooBob wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:43 pm

r1flyguy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:40 pm I have the printouts and it shows 204bhp once complete

That's impressive!

Unless it's a Hilltop tune

No Idea I appreciate some dyno's can be a little exaggerational if that's even a word

weeksy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:43 pm I'll be amazed if you've not bumped into more than a few on here on trackdays then, several of us have done 100+, a couple arguably closer to 200.

I'll be honest with you I have done more of late in the car than on the bike and I often head to the 'Ring' in the car a couple of times a year but now I have the bike finished I can look at booking something soon. Just waiting to get the cast off my wrist.... repetitive strain injury from lock down

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:39 pm
Oh no, posted too late, it's going to be covered in "bling" isn't it?

Sorry about that. i m u s t l e a r n t o t y p e s l o w e r

r1flyguy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:50 pm

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:39 pm
Oh no, posted too late, it's going to be covered in "bling" isn't it?

Sorry about that. i m u s t l e a r n t o t y p e s l o w e r

Ignore Cheesy, he thinks bike development peaked in 1987.

KungFooBob wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:52 pm

r1flyguy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:50 pm

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:39 pm
Oh no, posted too late, it's going to be covered in "bling" isn't it?

Sorry about that. i m u s t l e a r n t o t y p e s l o w e r

Ignore Cheesy, he thinks bike development peaked in 1987.

The thing is he's possibly not wrong The bike will be better than I will ever be, I even had 2 sets of bodykit made up ready for the inevitable

r1flyguy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:56 pm The thing is he's possibly not wrong The bike will be better than I will ever be, I even had 2 sets of bodykit made up ready for the inevitable

My 30 year old FZR400 is better than me, so I'm in no position to criticise.

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:58 pm

r1flyguy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:56 pm The thing is he's possibly not wrong The bike will be better than I will ever be, I even had 2 sets of bodykit made up ready for the inevitable

My 30 year old FZR400 is better than me, so I'm in no position to criticise.

I have a friend who had one of those and had a thundercat engine squeezed into it

r1flyguy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:01 pm

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:58 pm

r1flyguy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:56 pm The thing is he's possibly not wrong The bike will be better than I will ever be, I even had 2 sets of bodykit made up ready for the inevitable

My 30 year old FZR400 is better than me, so I'm in no position to criticise.

I have a friend who had one of those and had a thundercat engine squeezed into it

It nearly bolts straight in, when my 400 engine goes bang I'll put a Thundercat engine in it.

Skip the Cat go straight for the Ace lump!

204 gee gees is ok I suppose.


2 more than mine

KungFooBob wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:08 pm Skip the Cat go straight for the Ace lump!

It's a bit big but can be made to fit, there's an FZR400 with a Turbocharged Fireblade engine out there.

Of course rather than buying a very gay pink GSXR1100 you could buy my FZR and put a Thunderarse engine in.