Yet another fzr build (con't from the archives)

[gooserex]

what did u pay for that iginition
i bet mine looks worst :!:

$60 shipped, from ebay.

[gooserex]

Glad to see you're making progress + got inspiration. You always get the wildest avatars. Sweet.

Thanks man, the avatar I ripped from a local bike forum, it's perfect!

yeah, we all liked your old avatar... (you know what we're talkin about)

Not this again.

[gooserex]

After 40 minutes of sorting out the front-end wiring and getting it all nice and cleanly setup as per the manual *proud* I took the bike out for it's 2nd development/tuning ride tonight...

The bike is possesed, I magically have the carbs dialed almost perfectly after only 1 tuning run, pulls very hard at all RPMs from WOT, FREAKING LOUD with the pod filters and the full V&H headers and sport exhaust I also think the advanced timing via the Powerpak was resulting in a few pops on down shifts.

Brakes, the difference between the stock setup and the R6 MC/Calipers /w steel lines is night and day, the stopping power is almost dangerious. I can only imagine what would happen with new rotors.

Suspension, the only issue I see at this point is it being unbalanced, I have a .95kg race tech setup on the front /w 25mm of preload right now, and a worm stock shock in the rear on the highest preload, at this point the fastest way I see addressing this issue is shelving the Ohlins for now and getting a Penske rear...

I also think I started the call of the wild, I went out pretty late tonight, maybe around 12:30am, it was DEAD QUIET in my area and all the local chill spots where vacant, other then myself and a lot of bored cops it was nice and dead, perfect for testing out the bike and not having to deal with insane traffic. So, of course when I get home around 1:30 and finish packing everything up in the garage and have my helmet off, I hear three seperate bikes ripping around the area. One of them kind enough to grace me with a stoppy at the three way stop just by my house

[gooserex]

Another tuning ride, much longer this time...

So far so good, turned the mixture screws out .5 turns to 3 turns total before this ride, and the bike fired right up, 2.5 turns out needed a few more turns of the crank before she'd fire, had a great ride and also found a flat spot on my way home on the highway, looks like I need to bring the needle down a spot, I'm not sure if I want to tune the top end any more, the 120 main I have on there now seems to pull VERY hard. we'll see, I want to get it right so I'll probably try a couple mains first before moving to tuning the mid section.

I Also had more pops when rolling off the throttle quickly, I think this is in the mid range so I wouldn't be surprised if this just supports lowering the needle a clip.

Oddly, after I got off the highway I lost two cylinders, only seemed to be a WOT in any RPM, I also switched the petcock to RES and it seemed to help so I'm wondering if there is some vapour in the carbs.. We'll see if this continues to be a problem next ride...

Also I picked up some new last years model Technic Speedstar gloves today, $99 at my local shop (MARKED DOWN BIG TIME)


I also had a new clutch bearing show up! NOS from ebay.

cheers

[ShogunTX]

Sounds like you have been busy there Goose, glad to see you have it back on the road! The summer temps around here are already unbearable during the day 103-105 degrees! But at least it isn't flooding like those poor souls on the Mississippi!!

[haunter]

Another tuning ride, much longer this time...

So far so good, turned the mixture screws out .5 turns to 3 turns total before this ride, and the bike fired right up, 2.5 turns out needed a few more turns of the crank before she'd fire, had a great ride and also found a flat spot on my way home on the highway, looks like I need to bring the needle down a spot, I'm not sure if I want to tune the top end any more, the 120 main I have on there now seems to pull VERY hard. we'll see, I want to get it right so I'll probably try a couple mains first before moving to tuning the mid section.

I Also had more pops when rolling off the throttle quickly, I think this is in the mid range so I wouldn't be surprised if this just supports lowering the needle a clip.

sounds about right.

[gooserex]

Another tuning ride, much longer this time...

So far so good, turned the mixture screws out .5 turns to 3 turns total before this ride, and the bike fired right up, 2.5 turns out needed a few more turns of the crank before she'd fire, had a great ride and also found a flat spot on my way home on the highway, looks like I need to bring the needle down a spot, I'm not sure if I want to tune the top end any more, the 120 main I have on there now seems to pull VERY hard. we'll see, I want to get it right so I'll probably try a couple mains first before moving to tuning the mid section.

I Also had more pops when rolling off the throttle quickly, I think this is in the mid range so I wouldn't be surprised if this just supports lowering the needle a clip.

sounds about right.

Just lost a three paragraph post... Any how, ya... I'm going to lower the needle tonight, I can load up the rear suspension when rolling on above 7000rpm so I'm going to stick with the 120main for now (@ 200 feet above sea level /w pod filters).

Does anyone know of a good excel spreadsheet for tracking carb tuning changes?

[gooserex]

Back for more, I guess I'll just update here cuz there is a pulse here.

I got my Penske shock back from Penske and was able to get it installed, afterward I took the bike out for a test ride and was quickly amazed and the improvement in handling and feel of the bike.





Note the gauge, currently reading "Air" since the bike is off.


Also installed a new to me (3500 miles) coils and hand controls (my light switch was dead and thus had no headlights, so I spliced in the low beam so I could ride). The new coils helped a lot and once I got the stock coils off I took the plug caps off the coil wires and low and behold, #2 plug cap was rusted at the wire/cap connector and #4 had a rusted cap to spark plug connector, so there was obviously a need to replace them. Replacing the coils came about after taking exhaust temperature readings and cyl #2 and #4 where about 50f cooler then #1 and #3.

Next on the list is the metmachex swingarm, I think I'm going to powder coat it the same as the rest of the frame and sinc ethe bearings are shot I need to pull them anyways, hopefully I'll get the swingarm up to the coaters next week.

[gooserex]

Picked up some new CRG RAC levers from Rider's Choice(local shop)] to replace the OE R6 levers for both the clutch and brake, very nice fit and finish, although it appears as though I will need a slightly shorter clutch cable, there is enough tension to engage and disengage the clutch so it's ride-able but nothing long-term, I'll have to order one from Motion Pro as their custom cables are very affordable.