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.