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The problem is before I put the Koni's on the car had over steer characteristics. Now it doesn't. I tested the car with the sway bar before the suspension was put on, and the car would over steer. The minute the cup kit went on, it developed mild understeer on corner entry.
On track you'd never notice it. In autocross and tighter roads you do feel it. That's why I've tried to to cure it now with ride height adjustment. Its solved for now but doesn't give you the most control to dial out understeer.
I can appreciate any custom work. Ugly or pretty. Its not a ratty project but its finished well and there's quite a bit of quality workmanship to it. I can get behind that.
Well here she is with some light mods done by the previous owner. Spending the day restoring it to stock. He had some wiring done for some custom neon stuff so all that is coming out and so are the wheel strips. Should be all stock pretty soon.
I hate how it looks now. Every dude with a mohawk riding around and popping wheelies has the same look to their bike. Very few stock superbikes around and I like how it looks. Plus I want turn signals on it. Don't need some moron claiming I crashed into them because I didn't signal. And last of all the plate keeps getting bent under the bike and looks ugly. Just want a clean bike with no neon crap looking fairly stock.
Cool. Back when I had my R1 I had a OEM version plate holder, with blinkers and all, but like 10-15% of the size. Best of both worlds. Don't remember the brand though, been a few years.
It was black, no neon, and placed the plate above the rear mud guard, between the rear pegs, so no bent plates.
Yeah yoshimura makes a nice one but I'm gonna run stock for a while. Low expectations for someone like me riding it lol. The tire is squared off so it doesn't corner well. Have a little TLC to get this thing back to normal.
Ugh so jelly... thinking I should get my motorcycle license, but the insurance here would be ridiculously miserable for me - not something I could afford for another couple of years at least.
If you start small it won't be bad. And also an older bike. Its collision insurance that costs a lot. They don't much care about upping your insurance coverage but the cost of the bike is what they screw you on. Start on a cheap older sports bike. VFR, ZRX, XJR1300... any classics.
Shop around. They're pretty cheap with similar power. And Insurance on them isn't bad. I just wanted a fully faired sports bike since I've been waiting to buy one for so long. Next project bike is going to be a muscle bike or an RC51.
Just realized how easy it is when you have something that's a looker! I think weekend rides are going to give me a lot of material for shots like this. Plus in Utah its not too hard!
03-18-2015, 05:36 PM
