vw151

Got Rains today. Look good! Thanks drew.

yah, we both have monsters too, which is confusing. I just take tons of pictures. I only end up in a handful of them though since they are my cameras.

Here ya go. I don't know who I know on here other than Flounder and yota but in this picture Ray is on the left and I'm on the right.

LOL, This is Joe. I know you from the gym. Yah, Ray is still waiting on the insurance company. I understand the confusion though since I'm not in many of the pictures. That's just cause I'm the one taking them. Luckily he found a bike to ride at barber in the mean time. I don't know if Ray is a member on this forum or not but if he was I'd guess his name to be proclivity.

I believe that is the motor he had in the silver frame. Either way I haven't had much chance to really ride this thing hard so we'll see. It seems fine when riding it up and down the street and the tolerances were good on this motor when we checked it. Sounds good at idle too. We'll see this weekend, but so far the motor seems solid. The rest of the bike was a little suspect but the motor seems good. I'm just thankful for all of my knowledgeable friends who have helped me go through the bike.

Like yota said, prolly won't need them this weekend but I am interested in seeing/having them. I'd love to see what someone else has done with the bike. It seems this is a poplular track/race bike just getting old and being replaced by the newer generation bikes.

Might be able to use some help Wednesday night. I'll let you know. About to send some cash for the rains BTW. Thanks those might come in very handy this weekend.

I've got nothing personal against them but all the stickers have been removed in the sanding-fiberglass-duraglassing process. It's almost ready for some primer.

Yes, Robert has been a huge help. He has 2 GSXR track bikes and knows the bikes really well. He is probably one of the nicest people you will ever meet, so if you ever meet him..... well, be nice to him cause he deserves it.

I am not sure what to say about Rob's dick holster. however...... I will always post pics of the monster when asked. I whore pictures all the time and that bike is sooo pretty these days. The insurance company helped me out with it last year when I had a mishap down in south east OH. The first two are as it is today.... minus some tech spec grippy stuff on the tank. I was getting it all ready to track this year when it occurred to me that wrecking it again would cost more then just buying a pre-loved WERA raced gixxer. Not to mention the fact that a GSX-R750 is just plain more suited for the track. I've ridden the monster at the track and an old GSX-R600 and I've ridden some other superbikes. The monster does fine at the track but the superbikes are just meant for the track. Anyway' date=' that's how I ended up with the GSXR. [img']http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r197/vw151/IMG_0066.jpg check out this animated gif lol. here are a few from in between when the engine covers where still off. didn't have the header yet. heres one of the damage from the wreck PRE-new parts. here are a couple from before I had done any mods only a few months after I got her. LOL, told you I was a whore. I'll post up more pics of the track bike when she's ready for barber. I have a feeling she won't be all done by then but the bike will be good enough to ride.

No final pics yet but they will follow. Still need to put it all back together but it's almost done. Would have liked to have been able to go through the forks too but not enough time. I can't wait to ride at Barber. Once it's done it'll be all black. Probably just primer before the end of the week though.

no valve problem. Just checking tolerances. They were in but close to needing shimmed. I'll probably shim them after barber.

busch light, coors light bouleit burbon. It all depends. We like drinking and working on bikes. It's been an eventful 2 weeks. I just hope we can get it buttoned up this week before barber. BTW, anyone who is seeing themselves in these pictures. Thanks again for your help. I appreciate it a lot. Lots of desmohio love in here and a special thanks to Robert, who isn't quite as into the forums as us computer nerds.

I decided the monster was too pretty to risk trashing at the track. I found this GSXR 750 fairly cheap on the WERA forum. Anyway, check it out. Actually, you guys know him. Gixxie750 sold it to me. Had a lot of good parts, was a pretty good deal but needed a little love. More progress working on the bike has been fun. Need ot have it finished before shit coming weekend. found a problem with the threads in the drain plug. It was interesting having my buddy's fabricator fix that. I suppose there are simpler ways to do it. Funny, you get a race bike and all your friends want to work on it. I dunno if its a tom sawyer sort of thing or what but I feel pretty lucky.

Funny Kevin!

PM sent about rains

I'll take it for $250 shipped, if it will fit the bike you just sold me and you can accept paypal.

you ever sell this?

My sympathies to Bill's Family and Friends. I met him several times at Desmohio events and he was a very genuine and good person.

6spd. I'd be more worried if it was DSG but I think it'd probably still be fine.

Check with the dealer to see what the tow rating for your car is. Mine is tow rated to 2000lbs with this hitch because it's a class 1 hitch which is actually plenty to even tow 3 bikes on a light trailer. I'm interested to see how it feels with just the 1 bike. I'll report back in about a week when I go to pick my bike up from the shop.

There are Euro Hitches available for about $400 that mount behind the bumper plastic but I wasn't really into spending that kind of money. It detracts from the appearance of the car some but I don't care. It can tow my bike and that is gonna be huge.

It's ugly I know, but it will allow me to trailer my bike to the track and shop. And let's face it my GTI just isn't nearly as pretty as my ducati anyway.

Just to help out with the gear thing. I think it's $75 to rent leathers at the track. I was able to buy a decent 1 pc. teknic leather suit for $300 here http://www.motorcyclecloseouts.com/ Granted you still want boots, a helmet and gloves and a back protector but it's a start. It seems pretty obvious to me, a fall on the street is probably gonna be worse than a fall on the track so I just wear my gear all the time. At the very least I'm in my jacket, gloves, an over the ankle boot and helmet. My health is valuable to me. As far as freeballin or whatever everyone else does. I wear a coolmax undersuit when I'm in my full leathers. It not only keeps you dry but it also makes the leather suit go on and off easier. I am signed up for my first track day on July 28th at Mid-Ohio in novice. Euro bikes only though, sorry guys (well most you guys, not Kevin though). I'm looking forward to learning the proper technique for riding fast. Another good site for gear is www.sportbiketrackgear.com or you could even go to Iron Pony and check out their stuff. They have some good teknics closeouts still on jackets.