Hey Guys, i've been asked by a couple of members to post some pics & info on the NSR in my sig. I appologise that this thread has nothing to do with R1's....or four strokes....or even Yamaha's....yet....:secret:
When I started all this, I wanted to end up with something similar in looks to this without spending bucketloads of cash....which I didn't and still dont have!
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Anyway, here are a few pics of the bike the day I bought it:
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The day before I went to see it the dealers mechanic took it for a spin & dropped it which turned out to be a bit of a result as I haggled them down to less than half the original asking price.
I then got hold of a load of parts from Tyga including SS expansion chambers and 250GP replica bodywork. I believe the moulds for the fairing & seat unit were made using genuine NSR250 GP bike bodywork which was liberated from a skip at the Malaysian GP.
At this point I was on the lookout for a USD front end and happened across an RVF400 NC35 whose owner had run out of talent mid corner. I bought the whole bike, kept the front end, and sold the remainder for more than I had paid in the first place, which funded the services of NK Racing to swap the RVF stem for the NSR one & manufacture caliper brackets and a sweet pair of end cans. It was while trying to remove the RVF engine from the frame with my limited tools & even more limited mechanical expertise that I met Mark (marcaztls).
At this stage the bike started to take shape:
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A trip to Road & Track dyno with Mark got the jetting sorted and saw a pretty healthy 62bhp. (He had his R1 dyno'd at the same time which was obviously putting out considerably more, but as I reminded him all the way home, i've got 248bhp per litre):yesnod
The last job was to get a race replica paint scheme done. I was originally going to go for the Daijiro Katoh AXO scheme but settled on the Shell Advance Tohru Ukawa colours as it hadn't been done before. There is no vinyl used on the panels, all the logo's have been airbrushed.
So, if I haven't bored the arse off you and you're still reading, thanks, and here are a couple of pics of the finished article. ( I say finished, but they never really are are they......)
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When I started all this, I wanted to end up with something similar in looks to this without spending bucketloads of cash....which I didn't and still dont have!
Anyway, here are a few pics of the bike the day I bought it:
The day before I went to see it the dealers mechanic took it for a spin & dropped it which turned out to be a bit of a result as I haggled them down to less than half the original asking price.
I then got hold of a load of parts from Tyga including SS expansion chambers and 250GP replica bodywork. I believe the moulds for the fairing & seat unit were made using genuine NSR250 GP bike bodywork which was liberated from a skip at the Malaysian GP.
At this point I was on the lookout for a USD front end and happened across an RVF400 NC35 whose owner had run out of talent mid corner. I bought the whole bike, kept the front end, and sold the remainder for more than I had paid in the first place, which funded the services of NK Racing to swap the RVF stem for the NSR one & manufacture caliper brackets and a sweet pair of end cans. It was while trying to remove the RVF engine from the frame with my limited tools & even more limited mechanical expertise that I met Mark (marcaztls).
At this stage the bike started to take shape:
A trip to Road & Track dyno with Mark got the jetting sorted and saw a pretty healthy 62bhp. (He had his R1 dyno'd at the same time which was obviously putting out considerably more, but as I reminded him all the way home, i've got 248bhp per litre):yesnod
The last job was to get a race replica paint scheme done. I was originally going to go for the Daijiro Katoh AXO scheme but settled on the Shell Advance Tohru Ukawa colours as it hadn't been done before. There is no vinyl used on the panels, all the logo's have been airbrushed.
So, if I haven't bored the arse off you and you're still reading, thanks, and here are a couple of pics of the finished article. ( I say finished, but they never really are are they......)
