Setting a street 1125R up to drag race

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Some pics for the curious crowd.

 

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The valve seat is all but gone.

 

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Do you think the valve is suppose to look like this?

 

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Stuff all over the place.

 

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I worked on the fairing stay a little today. It weighed in at 2 pounds 10 ounces and I was able to cut a pound off easily.

 

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A couple coats of paint......

 

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Next up is the top triple tree. There was only a few ounces to be gained here.

 

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I received my product of choice this week so I decided to give it a shot and insulate the frame in an attempt to cut down on the heat transferred to the frame from the motor. I used the 3/16 material from DEI rated to 1750 degrees. While it claims to be 3/16 of an inch thick I don't think so. The entire piece I ordered 21"x24" weighed in at 1 pound exactly. I used about half of the sheet adding a half pound to the bike. While cutting the material for the frame I traced the patten onto cardboard so I have a template to cut pieces for my street bike. I'm a little curious if I'll be able to install it with the motor in place. If not I'll wait until it is valve adjustment time.

 

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Cleaned the frame to insure proper adhesion.

 

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Marking my cut lines.I originally started out using a razor knife to cut the material and later discover a good ol' pair of scissors worked better.

 

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The material is self adhesive and while it sticks fast fairly decent there is a little ability to manipulate it to where you need it.

 

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My templates with the "reversions".

 

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I picked up some "Snake oil" to try, a version of water wetter.

 

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I worked on lowering the bike while I had the top tree off. I tried to lower it two inches however for some reason the tubes stopped 1 1/2". I'll try it again after the motor is back in the frame.

 

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I made my initial contact with a CP Piston rep today in an attempt to get some parts ordered. Michael at EBR turned me onto CP as they (EBR) predominately carry road race geared parts. I dealt with a Terry Stewart who is a CP distributor and a Nitro drag racer, cool!

Mike1125 had given me the heads up in regards to having to order 4 pistons when ordering custom pistons. So at this time I'm looking to see if I can go bigger than the 3 MM overbore (1190) that the road race guys are limited to. In the area 1250cc would be fine if doable.

CP is also Carillo rods so I am looking to change the rods also. Erik himself told me to at least change the rod bolts.

Terry has done cam work on the 1125's so I'll wait to see what he has to offer as well as what they are going to run me.

I'm hoping to get some numbers on pricing here shortly as well as availability (sounds like everything is 6-8 weeks for custom). I'm OK with the time frame at this point as this stuff isn't on the shelf anywhere and what is is for the street or road racers.

 

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What the new parts will look like.

 

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I picked up some of the bodywork I'm going to use and started test fitting it. I originally was going to use a stock tail as I wanted to be able to gain access to my electronics. I have since given thought to that and I'm going to mount them in the nose where the headlights use to sit.

I went with a Flexi-Glass Super-bike tail section with integrated seat pan and their ultra light nose. I also picked up a front fender and under-tail but decided to not use them.

Quick look at the tail.

 

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A few pics of the nose.

 

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Since I run a strut the shock was unbolted and placed in the unused pile.