OK, I just wanted to give a big shout out to everybody who helped answer my questions. Many thanks to you, it made things much easier for me.
I now have one Suzuki GSXR750 06 with:
- Brembo lever and Galfer lines
- Ohlins steering damper
- Vortex clip ons
- Vortex rearsets
- Ohlins rear shock
- Armourbodies body work with a $20 rattle can special in hot rod black
- And (I am sure I will get $hit for this one) Pirelli Diabo Superbike SC2 slicks which are more fun than being in a Swedish whorehouse with a fistfull of $100 bills.
The bike runs great. A couple of quick comparison to the MV:
- It ain't anywhere near as fast or as powerful. The engine pulls like a tractor above 10,000 rpm, but is a little anemic below that.
- It just feels "loose" compared to the MV. The suspension is way softer, the steering a little less precise, and the feel from the front end is just not quite there.
- The transmission is also pretty notchy on the GSXR by comparison, and the clutch not as smooth (do the factory guys do a hydraulic clutch conversion on these things?) Generally the bike just isn't as refined.
So now the rear work begins on making it behave the way I want. It seems a little bouncy (underdamped?) at the moment, and as I said, the front end is still a little vague. Anybody have any suggestions for what to do to the rear ride height? At the moment, I have the Ohlins all the way down, which pretty much mimics stock. Also, how do I measure this accurate to account for differences in tires? (Last track day was pushing 100 degrees so they are getting shredded quick.) Any other suggestions for making it quicker? Oh, and one other impression: it is not all that stable at high speeds--at 140+ it moves around a lot. Not in a totally unnerving way, but way more than I am used to with the 999 or MV.