July 2020 I had the vfr400 out for about 60miles. It's now got a dead battery, sorn, needs MOT.
KTM sold, for £300 more than I paid for it 6 years ago
ZX6 December 2019 in almeria

Could rally do with a ride out sometime soon!

Quote from: mc101 on August 27, 2020, 09:54:01 AM

Quote from: 1-600-matt on August 22, 2020, 11:16:15 PMLooks like a nice track.

What bike is this mark... 2018 R1?

Seems like I'm not gonna make it on track in 2020 at all

Its an old classic 2017 R1 now ;-)

Bummer fella, I've made hay and been pretty fortunate timing wise this year so far !  Just Brands GP and Portimao to do next month then that'll be it until early 2021 and the inevitable Almeria winter testing trip.

I'd like an old classic r1.... What does that make my 2003 b1h!!

Looks like a nice track.

What bike is this mark... 2018 R1?

Seems like I'm not gonna make it on track in 2020 at all

Quote from: Raydial on January 29, 2020, 12:49:30 PM

Quote from: DaveH on January 29, 2020, 12:22:27 PMnot keen on the current styling of the zx6r; did like the Z650, but latest one has lost some of what looks it had.

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of their looks either. I think somehow Kawasaki are trying to incorporate some of the looks (and popularity) of the old B1 across the range with headlights that sort of slope under. But the designs are too fussy for my liking.

I quite like that new 6r! Think if I was buying anything I'd like to have a spin on a new 1L bike to see what they are like.

Quote from: mc101 on March 13, 2020, 10:59:34 AM

Quote from: Maddog on March 04, 2020, 05:04:12 PMIf you had a 1000cc jap sportsbike that has had engine work done (cam and valves re worked, ported and polished) and i believe an ECU remap giving more revs. It would be almost entirely for track days

How often should or would you refresh the engine? Ive never had a bike with internal mods so have no idea on timings nor costs.

Bearing in mind i am inters or slow advanced.....

Depending on how hard ... but usaully a 10 - 1 ratio is adopted for a race/trackday bike.  So mutiply your milage by 10 and voila.  Dont wait for it to sound rough as hell, it maybe way to late.  Refreshes are preventaive and alot cheaper than a rod through the block, you gravel surfing etc....

Mine is refreshed every 1500 miles.

But money is no object for you! And you have new bikes that are worth looking after.
If you have an old shitter, a b1h, the bikes only worth £1500 on a good day with a tail wind, an engine refresh with a set of valves, pistons and rings, 3 rd gear, probably a selector fork or two... would cost more than the bike is worth.

If you have a stock engine, no porting, no skimming etc, then it should run to the book service intervals as that's what the engine is designed to do.

I know mine will die at some point, but it's done 25k miles, the last 10-12k on track and other than a taste for a bit of engine oil and needing to change a shim or four every few thousand miles it's going grand. I will probably run out of shim sizes and prompt a head refurbish, at which point I will probably strip it down.  Until then, or it going bang, I'll just keep using it. Oil change on about 1000-1500 miles or so, maybe less if I'm feeling generous. Check compression and do a leak down check when I do valve clearances. Although I think I maybe have an oil leak on the engine somewhere so that approach may go out the window soon!

I did more or less the same thing when I was there last year. Bit more gas through 5 then minor shittage of pants combined with looking at the gravel and went straight on rather than turn right for turn 6. Soon as I was in the curbs I was cursing myself. Stayed on though. Just had to run through the gravel and rejoin at the exit of turn 7!

Quote from: mc101 on July 11, 2019, 12:08:44 PM

Quote from: Lord Danoir the first on July 10, 2019, 09:13:45 PM

Quote from: David W on July 10, 2019, 08:55:05 PM
Won't fit the 'fix' to a bike that hasn't gone bang?
Never heard so much fucking bollocks in my life.
Everything and anything can be replaced, especially if it hasn't actually broken yet!
Cunt.

He was a bit of a cunt to be honest...... but what he was saying was that enough of the gear teeth will already be floating in the engine causing damage that replacing it with the improved version won't undo the damage already done and won't stop ultimate failure.

At least he wasn't scaremongering and angling for work.

Smells and sounds like bullshit (Buellshit ?) -- of course its fixable - if parts are "worn to the point of being filings the majority will be in the oil" -- drain it and check ..

Big bits should sit in the sump at the oil pickup, little bits should be caught in the oil filter. Anything that does damage in the gearbox or bottom end can be replaced, but the top end should be clean as the filter should protect it. If I loved the bike I would do some investigating before flogging it or buying another engine. Maybe just a small batch of gears that failed. He will only see the failures, not all the ones that are still going strong

Quote from: mc101 on June 24, 2019, 01:45:42 PM

Quote from: 1-600-matt on June 10, 2019, 08:04:40 AM
So what's the spec on this one mark? Stock motor or has seton been fiddling with it?

Motor wise its got some refinements -- YEC loom, Fiddled with Fuelling Maps, Braking Maps, SCS maps, TC maps and AW maps, MWR filter, YEC springs and Valves, and a full Ti system, just shy of 210bhp on he dyno (against 206 on my last one), 96ft lb ... Drives like a train :-)

Brakes and wheels don't look stock!?
It's only 100hp more than my zx6!!

So what's the spec on this one mark? Stock motor or has seton been fiddling with it?

They take a lot of hammer as bikes riding trails. Oil changes are the tip of the iceberg. All the bearing, particularly swingarm, shock linkage are often little needle roller things that fill up with shit very quickly if your in muddy rivers and puddles. Suspension needs much more frequent servicing. Be prepared to do much more frequent spannering if you want to keep it working well.

If you go enduro, a 250 is more than enough to start. Electric start is a godsend when you've just got stuck and stalled it, then dropped it and heaved it back up on its wheels and are blowing out your arse on a slippery hill.

My first trail bike was a wr250, turned out the engine was fucked and I had to change pretty much every bearing outside of the engine... plus a few inside. But they are largely regarded to be a great bike. I liked mine... while it was running

I have not had one on a bike of mine yet. But just got a HM plus. It was easy to fit and setup of the unit is easy to do. Not used in anger yet, but it's got a dyno run next week so will see then how it works out.

Someone who is good will still be pretty much fastest on the majority of trackdays with a 600, however if you aren't very good, like me, then being on a 600 still seems to work as an excuse!!

I guess if I had more money I was willing to throw at the handful of trackdays I do per year then I would get the latest and greatest thou. But for now I will stick to a 600, it's a cheap bike, cheaper for tyres and fuel, I'm not worried about damaging it and it's still a lot of fun even if you lose a lot of time on the straight compared to a similarly (un)skilled thou rider

Quote from: David W on April 08, 2019, 01:16:20 PM
These arrived the other day.

Why have you hung your callipers up with bungee cords when there are two little pins on the stand to hang your callipers upon?

Quote from: The Wizard of MOz on February 10, 2019, 05:11:23 PM

Quote from: 1-600-matt on February 09, 2019, 08:59:14 PM
Nothing more satisfying than rinsing a litre bike on a 600... particularly if you manage it on a straight on the power... rarely happens, but it's worth having a girls bike just for those special moments when you get to ruin someone on a £15k r1

Get the newest 636 you can afford.

You're my hero!

He spoke of doing some higher mileage touring. I can think of anything worse than a sports 600 for that. At least a litre bike has lazier power and will cruise at higher speeds lower revs compared to a 636. The only downsize for G specifically is his size.

Said he was 9st, hardly a giant and said he didn't feel the need for any more power than a 600. And planning what sounded like 2 trips, IOM and France... didn't seem like the need for a litre bike was really there. 636 was fine down through the alps for in my view, sitting about 80mph quite comfortably and I imagine a better range than a litre bike on a tank

Nothing more satisfying than rinsing a litre bike on a 600... particularly if you manage it on a straight on the power... rarely happens, but it's worth having a girls bike just for those special moments when you get to ruin someone on a £15k r1

Get the newest 636 you can afford.