Anybody picking up any new toys or mods for next summer?

[bttrfngrz]

I'm Finally going to tear down my motor and rebuild my transmission, pistons, push rods.

toys: picking up a cheap bike i am comfortable thrashing at the track next summer. i found a 2000
suzuki gsxr 600 with 18k for 600.

also i plan on moving to georgia at the end of next summer to race wera on a real bike so i'm picking an old work van up to move in and have as a bike hauler- race pit.

 

[upthemaiden]

Not picking up any new project this winter. Picking up another motorcycle next fall for a winter project, hoping for a gsxr750, possibly a 636.

This winter though, I've got some unfinished projects I need to take care of. First is making this thing work properly. My wife bought it for me for $150, in awful shape, nothing close to working. I cleaned the whole thing up, rebuild the motor, replaced all the bearings, replaced the stock top end with a 70cc kit, mikuni vm20 carb, new pipe, new wheels, seat, bars. Awesome to ride, but I only had it running about 3 times before it stopped running. I need to figure what it's problem is and hopefully have it running by next spring. My wife is super into mopeds so it'll give me a chance to get out with her more....

This is my wife's old GS500. I rode it for a few months before I found the XB, but we're gonna sell it this spring so I need to finish cleaning it up 3 thing to be done are find out why the choke doesn't work(have to turn up the idle to start it, then it runs fine), give it a matching paint job, probably jut black to keep it simple, and last is to finish up the tail swap. It's a little rough at the moment, but with some filing, grinding, drilling, painting, fiberglassing, and some general cleanup I'll make it presentable to be sold.

Last is my basement. I put up some wall last fall/winter to take away some of that city dungeon feel, but this winter it's gonna get a real floor, possibly a better ceiling, and I'm gonna replace the cheap benches I've been using with some real work benches, not to mention just clean the whole thing up in general....

 

[jasonxb9]

I just ordered a set of pazzo levers and preload adjusters, a carbon fiber air box cover and windscreen, a new set of precision engineering shift/brake levers and new black bars. I am also looking at mirrors and maybe some new aftermarket footpegs.

 

[stang65pony]

finishing modding this ^ even though im converting from an ss tail to an s tail.

converting my tail section to an "s" tail and making a custom seat/seat cowl assembly for it (nothing fancy)

repairing and repainting ^ my wife's ninja 250. adding hid's, led's, and painting pearl white or something idk.


also; tearing down my 07 ltr 450 and powdercoating a lot of stuff.

also workin on my basement

 

[lifeisafractal]

I've been toying with the idea of getting an 1125 to keep my XB company. Any one thinking about selling one in new england?

 

[bttrfngrz]

i think i'm tearing down the kx 125 for this summer and powder coating stuff too.

it's about time,

mopeds are sweet. i learned to ride on a scooter, then i got a 250. but scooters and mopeds are sweet.
they are like fat chicks, but in their own sense fat chicks are fun to ride too.

 

[anrkizm95]

im thinking about this cb1000r

 

[upthemaiden]

but scooters and mopeds are sweet.
they are like fat chicks, but in their own sense fat chicks are fun to ride too.

Haha, you won't catch me complaining.

As far as mopeds, I'm fine with riding in tennis shoes and a tshirt, but I stick with the full face helmet mostly for that reason, haha. You do feel a little goofy, but I live in the city so it's pretty useful. The 70cc cylinder helps. It has no problem lifting the front wheel when I want it to, I just need to practice rolling burnouts! It does about 45-50mph too, which is a big improvement over 25mph it used to do.

 

[Riderdie]

Working on a fiberglass seat cowl for my ss now.

Gathering all the parts to swap the lightning front end to a bolt over the winter.

It's strange but I somewhat can't wait for it to be too cold to ride so I can take my bike apart.

 

[agfish18]

trying to get my CBR set up for track season next year. Here is what is on my list so far
Race plastics
new tires
steering damper
brake and clutch levers
rearsets
tire warmers
new front and rear stands
power commander
new suspension (front and back)

as you can see I will be spending a lot of money on the track bike.... dont know how much I will get done on the Buell though.

 

[xtremelow]

Get my bike back on the road, only a list to long to finish. [smirk]

 

[bttrfngrz]

agfish where are you racing?

 

[fireinxb]

I'm looking at an engine build/swap to get her running, then a few cosmetic mods to get it where I want it. Otherwise I'll be snowboarding =P.

 

[jammer84_03]

Teardown for a completely clean bike at the beginning of summer.
Jardine muffler
new brakes, pads, spark plugs...etc.
RSS
ECU tune
new tires...

more will pop on the list as winter goes along and I get bored and think of more things to do to the bike....lol

Just finishing up redoing the garage. Epoxy white gloss floors, ceiling mounted gas heater (75,000 btu, termostatically controlled), new walls and insulation, and a few other minor add-ons

 

[agfish18]

agfish where are you racing?

I live in Albuquerque, and I race at Sandia Motor Speedway just outside of town. I am just starting out, so maybe next year I can head out to some more interesting tracks.

 

[bttrfngrz]

thats really cool, i'm moving next year to wera race maybe we can race each other at some point.