I took my time building it all winter, after collecting parts for a year.
It was my first bike in 3 years. A very disappointing start.
I had a leisurely list of things to do to prepare for Thunderhill on Saturday. I couldn't get the fuel pump to come on with the race harness and spent the next 3 evenings and all day Friday trying to get it figured out. I ended up stuffing the stock harness back in, after draping it over the bike and plugging it in and having the fuel pump work.
got the bike started. attached all the bodywork. Put on my helmet to test it, put it in to gear and PUHH, it died - no kickstand switch. 6:30 PM, hadn't eaten since breakfast, in a frezny. Stopped to talk to the wife for a moment after removing the airbox, intalling the sidestand switch, repacing the airbox, setting both velocity stacks in place and tightening the front one - ooopps.
I got to the folks house in Chico at midnight. Then up at 6 for coffee and off to the track. Basically hurrying at every opportunity until the leathers were on.
I didn't take the time to do the mental preparation, and when the bike just took off when I tried to close the throttle, it was a big side through the weeds, 15 minutes into the first session.
I have all the parts to fix it. Just need to find the time for all the prep and painting.
Once I got all the bent and twisted stuff off, it wasn't too bad.
I sent the front wheel to Frame Man is Sacramento - great guys! No charge to check runout on the wheel and rotors. NO damage there.
It's just a matter of finding time to get it back together. Im in the middle of a Subaru engine rebuild with my son. I'm planning to be back on the track in July.
Good luck with the rebuild, that's a good lookin bike.
Here is a pic of mine (In case you haven't seen enough stock RC51's , pretty much the standard 06 Sp2. This is from when I bought it, I have since put the stock signals back on it because I like to be seen on the street and frankly I think they look cool.
From our classifieds 100 bucks or so,I had to take it to the mill to get the steering damper to clear and the clip-ons had to go a bit lower (thicker than oem) all and all it was a pain pro-tek is the brand.
Yep, it's running top notch and the new front mounts do a great job of keeping things cool (provided you're moving). General operating temp seldom exceeds 80 deg. C - usually between 73-76 deg.
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did you take the stat out Rob? i did and had it boil over in town a couple of times(and that's with a fan)ended up putting it back in,all good now.i'm only using mine on the road at the mo'.Without the stat i'm guessing the water doesn't stop in the rad long enough to dissipate the heat.i'm sure it would be a differet kettle of fish if used on track.mine was running the same temps as yours without the stat when moving,think it's too cool and mid 80's would be better.
Thermostat is still in the bike so no worries with it boiling over. I have yet to get on the track with it, seems every time I have time off the weather doesn't cooperate.
So what's the deal with the temperatue? If it's running too cool is it an issue some how? If I am stuck at a light it climbs steady up to 90+ and then drops down again when moving. good thing I don't use this bike to commute
Cheers Vince!
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Wow there's some super nice bikes on here. I've had my RC for a little over 6 months and it's had 2 make-overs already . Butt-ugly when I first got it...
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, pretty much the standard 06 Sp2. This is from when I bought it, I have since put the stock signals back on it because I like to be seen on the street and frankly I think they look cool.
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