Thought i would post up some pics of my 2010 R1, that i have been building since last June. Bike was built by Ecosse Yamaha in Aberdeen - Scotland, hence the name. Ecosse R1 SP.
This is the 2nd R1 i have built in conjunction with Ecosse, the first being a 2007 bike, which was written off in 2008. When we decided to do another, i thought we will go better this time.
So, Ecosse took in 2 new Black R1's last May. 1 was for me, the other was to be their demonstrator bike. While we waited for the bikes to arrive, we went through a spec sheet of what we were going to build.
So we decided on engine tuning, top spec suspension, light wheels, and the obligatory paint job.
When the 2 bikes arrived, my bike was taken straight into the workshop and the engine was removed. This was sent away to a company called Rev2race. This is Kev Stevenson, who builds the race engines for Rob Mac Racing in British Superbikes. As this is a road bike, the engine was built to the same spec as William Dunlop's IOM-TT race bike. The engine was stripped, blueprinted. The head has been ported and polished. YEC cams are fitted, the valve seats are modified, and a thinner YEC head gasket fitted. A set of YEC Upper and Lower inlet funnels are also fitted.
The 2nd R1 that was delivered was sent away to a company in Scotland called Bike Paints. This was done so that while my bike was stripped, Bike Paints could work on the painting of the 2nd bike, as they required a complete bike to get the panel lines to match. The spec i gave Bike Paints was limited, as this is the 3rd bike they have done for me, and i know i can trust them. I told them, to use a McLaren F1 car as a base, and the only other thing i told them was to ghost in a Yamaha Tuning fork logo onto the side. That was it. When i picked up the 2nd bike, a month later, i was stunned at the paintscheme. It is far better than i thought it would be. The silver paint used is the same as a McLaren Mercedes SLR road car. The bike has been laquored with a gold and red flake that shimmers in the sunshine.
The plan was to run the bike with K-Tech suspension, to be different. They would sell me forks, but not a shock, so thought, fcuk em.
So, we spoke with Harris in the UK, and they said, if i was willing to wait a month, they could supply me with a set of 2010 Ohlins FGR-000 forks. So, we waited for them, a Ohlins TTX shock and damper. To fit the forks Harris built a custom Aluminium Yoke set, and also required custom wheel axle and C/F front fender. They also offered me a set of full on Brembo calipers and discs. This is the same set up as HM Plant Honda use in BSB, and they are the only team to get this set up. The master cylinder is a forged and machined Brembo WSB spec unit. The rear caliper is again, from Brembo's race parts and has quick release pads. We have mounted this underslung from a custom mount. To complete this, the bike is fitted with a set of BST carbon wheels. Couldn't believe how light these wheels were before we fitted the tyres.
We had major issues fitting the steering damper, due to the size of the fork tubes, plus with it being a roadbike, it would hit the lights when at full lock. We had to make a custom bracket, and bolt it to the front subframe.
So, engine came back, now also fitted with a Sigma slipper Clutch and Samco hoses. Engine was re-fitted and a full Titanium Akrapovic stuck on.
An AIM Dash has been fitted to the bike, but this has turned out to be nothing but hastle. We cannot get it to work properly, despite it being "plug and play". We refer to is as being more like plug and play about. Messed around for about 8 hours using a dyno to try to programme the gear indicator, to no avail. Cannot get the fuel light to read correctly. I have had very poor support from AIM with this, so it is about to be removed and sent back. I am going to replace it with a HM Dash, which i have been is plug and play, and if im not happy, they say i will get a full refund.
Other additions to the bike are Sato rearsets, Akrapovic Carbon parts. Probably a lot more i have forgotten. Quite a few Titanium fasteners are fitted, not for weight etc, but just to improve on the look of some of the standard parts.
When the bike was built up, the front of the tank didn't look right, leaving the carbon front cover, bare carbon. So the tank was removed and the carbon painted. If you look at the pics, you can see the paint fades out from full paint, to near see through to show the bare carbon. This looks a lot better.
Also on the pics, it shows a K-Tech logo on the side panels. This has also been removed.
At present the bike has covered only 250 miles, but additions just done, and still to do are.
A full size custom radiator has just been fitted.
There is a new gear set to fit to the box from Nova Transmissions. Unfortunatley, this means engine out again, and i only wish i had decided to do this at the start. This will be done once we have 600 miles on the engine. When its all back together, then it's dyno time. I have set the bike up with reverse shift, and it's fitted with a HM Quickshifter.
Unfortunately i had planned to run the bike with full YEC loom and ECU, but it's not any use without the road going set up like speedo, fans, lights, indicators etc. I'm not interested in ebay re-flashes. So, plan is to run PC-V, SFM, Hub and switch to give 2 maps. I've sent a PM to SpidermanSS on here, to see about the possibility of running the bike with a YEC ECU, but using the Sub Harness with the standard loom, as to whether this would keep the roadgoing options.
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My other toy, in Almeria - Spain.
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This is the 2nd R1 i have built in conjunction with Ecosse, the first being a 2007 bike, which was written off in 2008. When we decided to do another, i thought we will go better this time.
So, Ecosse took in 2 new Black R1's last May. 1 was for me, the other was to be their demonstrator bike. While we waited for the bikes to arrive, we went through a spec sheet of what we were going to build.
So we decided on engine tuning, top spec suspension, light wheels, and the obligatory paint job.
When the 2 bikes arrived, my bike was taken straight into the workshop and the engine was removed. This was sent away to a company called Rev2race. This is Kev Stevenson, who builds the race engines for Rob Mac Racing in British Superbikes. As this is a road bike, the engine was built to the same spec as William Dunlop's IOM-TT race bike. The engine was stripped, blueprinted. The head has been ported and polished. YEC cams are fitted, the valve seats are modified, and a thinner YEC head gasket fitted. A set of YEC Upper and Lower inlet funnels are also fitted.
The 2nd R1 that was delivered was sent away to a company in Scotland called Bike Paints. This was done so that while my bike was stripped, Bike Paints could work on the painting of the 2nd bike, as they required a complete bike to get the panel lines to match. The spec i gave Bike Paints was limited, as this is the 3rd bike they have done for me, and i know i can trust them. I told them, to use a McLaren F1 car as a base, and the only other thing i told them was to ghost in a Yamaha Tuning fork logo onto the side. That was it. When i picked up the 2nd bike, a month later, i was stunned at the paintscheme. It is far better than i thought it would be. The silver paint used is the same as a McLaren Mercedes SLR road car. The bike has been laquored with a gold and red flake that shimmers in the sunshine.
The plan was to run the bike with K-Tech suspension, to be different. They would sell me forks, but not a shock, so thought, fcuk em.
So, we spoke with Harris in the UK, and they said, if i was willing to wait a month, they could supply me with a set of 2010 Ohlins FGR-000 forks. So, we waited for them, a Ohlins TTX shock and damper. To fit the forks Harris built a custom Aluminium Yoke set, and also required custom wheel axle and C/F front fender. They also offered me a set of full on Brembo calipers and discs. This is the same set up as HM Plant Honda use in BSB, and they are the only team to get this set up. The master cylinder is a forged and machined Brembo WSB spec unit. The rear caliper is again, from Brembo's race parts and has quick release pads. We have mounted this underslung from a custom mount. To complete this, the bike is fitted with a set of BST carbon wheels. Couldn't believe how light these wheels were before we fitted the tyres.
We had major issues fitting the steering damper, due to the size of the fork tubes, plus with it being a roadbike, it would hit the lights when at full lock. We had to make a custom bracket, and bolt it to the front subframe.
So, engine came back, now also fitted with a Sigma slipper Clutch and Samco hoses. Engine was re-fitted and a full Titanium Akrapovic stuck on.
An AIM Dash has been fitted to the bike, but this has turned out to be nothing but hastle. We cannot get it to work properly, despite it being "plug and play". We refer to is as being more like plug and play about. Messed around for about 8 hours using a dyno to try to programme the gear indicator, to no avail. Cannot get the fuel light to read correctly. I have had very poor support from AIM with this, so it is about to be removed and sent back. I am going to replace it with a HM Dash, which i have been is plug and play, and if im not happy, they say i will get a full refund.
Other additions to the bike are Sato rearsets, Akrapovic Carbon parts. Probably a lot more i have forgotten. Quite a few Titanium fasteners are fitted, not for weight etc, but just to improve on the look of some of the standard parts.
When the bike was built up, the front of the tank didn't look right, leaving the carbon front cover, bare carbon. So the tank was removed and the carbon painted. If you look at the pics, you can see the paint fades out from full paint, to near see through to show the bare carbon. This looks a lot better.
Also on the pics, it shows a K-Tech logo on the side panels. This has also been removed.
At present the bike has covered only 250 miles, but additions just done, and still to do are.
A full size custom radiator has just been fitted.
There is a new gear set to fit to the box from Nova Transmissions. Unfortunatley, this means engine out again, and i only wish i had decided to do this at the start. This will be done once we have 600 miles on the engine. When its all back together, then it's dyno time. I have set the bike up with reverse shift, and it's fitted with a HM Quickshifter.
Unfortunately i had planned to run the bike with full YEC loom and ECU, but it's not any use without the road going set up like speedo, fans, lights, indicators etc. I'm not interested in ebay re-flashes. So, plan is to run PC-V, SFM, Hub and switch to give 2 maps. I've sent a PM to SpidermanSS on here, to see about the possibility of running the bike with a YEC ECU, but using the Sub Harness with the standard loom, as to whether this would keep the roadgoing options.
My other toy, in Almeria - Spain.
. Wish i had, then i would have some money left.
