Sunday 10 May 2009


Well the bike is almost complete and ready for her first race, its been a long and arduous project which just started out as a general clean up! this changed when I was asked if I would consider letting someone race it for me. Being the person I am I wanted the bike to be in a condition that I would be happy with, and that meant a lot of upgrades:
Replaced original forks with Yamaha R6 04
Upgraded FZR400 wheels to light weight TZ ally
Upgraded front brake to 320mm PFM disc and AP Racing 6 pot caliper
Fitted Brembo radial front master cylinder
New Vortex clip ons
Dennis Trollope rear sets
Upgraded rear shock to a Suzuki GSR600 K6
Upgraded rear caliper by using a Scooter front Brembo caliper
Fitted Yamaha TZ 250E Droopy seat
Powder coated frame,sub frame and swing arm
Fairing, seat, tank and hugger sprayed two pak
Engine was stripped, repaired and rebuilt by Steve Ruth
Aprox 100 hours of garage time by me
And the cost? Aprox £3k but had a lot of deals down the line so impossible to put an accurate figure.

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I have been racing motorcycles on/off for over 25 years, (but unfortunately not very well"!!!!),and although I officially retired from racing at the end of 2008 an offer has been made to me to contest the 2010 Supermono Cup on a very famous bike, "Gordon"