As I touched on in my earlier post I recently purchased the race fairings for both of them and am working hard to have them both track ready by the beginning of April. Everything is progressing nicely but isn’t going as fast as I would really like it to go. I guess that happens when you’re trying to do things on a budget! lol

Anyway I’ve heard quite a lot about the 2006-2007 R6’s catching fire on the track and finally came across a video of it happening. The problem lies in the way Yamaha designed the tank; it sticks out farther than the frame and because it’s so think it only takes a second for the asphalt to grind right through it.

Most of the race organizations have (or will) release new rules for the ‘06-07 R6 and make it mandatory that the bikes have tank sliders to keep something like this from happening. Traxxion Dynamics has released what I consider the best tank slider for the R6… one more thing that I’ve got to buy.

Traxxion Dynamics R6 Tank Sliders

In my earlier entry “It’s a Girl!” I was working on gettin the new track weapon road ready track ready. I finally managed to get her put back together and was even able to put about a hundred miles on her before she was tucked away into the stable for the winter.

I still have plenty of things to do though… I need to remove all of the stock plastic and replace it with some armour bodies skins… add a steering stabilizer, install some new frame sliders, and pick up a new oil filter. I’m confident I’ll have the bike done for the 2008 season.
She’s currently got a Graves full exhaust system (titanium), PCIII USB, removed AIS system, braided stainless steel brake lines, Pirelli supercorsas, 520 conversion w/DID ERV3 chain, modified gearing, Woodcraft rearsets & Frame Sliders, etc.

For those that are intersted here are some updated shots of the bike:

Taking the R1 out on the track was just asking for trouble so I added another bike to the stable! The deal was just too good to pass up and it was an opportunity for me to take on another “project”.

The kid I bought the bike from was attempting to pass someone in an acceleration lane and ran out of road. He hit a curb at about 40MPH, flipped the bike onto some grass, and slid down the road a little ways. Surprisingly his insurance company didn’t total the bike but cut him a check for almost $8,000. I picked her up for $1,000 and the rest is history!

The damage included:

• Broken Fairing Stay
• Broken Subframe
• Broken Lower Tripple Tree
• Bent Upper Tripple Tree
• Bent Forks

The plastic has several cracks and has got some major rash but I don’t really care. I wrapped in in electrical tape to hold it together until I get can get some Armour Bodies race plastic.