Tanuki's CBR400 NC29

[tanuki]

Well here finally is the finished version, I cant really think of anything else I would want to do to this bike other than some fancy wheels but the expense of those outweighs the gains.

This bike has developed over the years to what it is now and have managed to get some bargains on the way but trick parts for the 29 are hard to come by. The bike started as a £600 box of bits and I dont think there is any of that original bike left (maybe the loom and clutch lever) slowly I have upgraded or replaced parts as I have gone.

So here it is...

Powder coated frame
Powdercoated modified/lightened subframe
Powdercoated engine casings
Skidmarks bodywork
Skidmarks RS250 tail
Lowered Radiator
Modified mudguard (to stop it hitting the rad under braking)
160 section rear tyre
520 chain
Rethal rear sprocket
14 tooth front sprocket
Ally sharkfin/toe protector
Standard calipers rebuilt with new pistons and seals
Goodrich brakelines all round
CBR600 Front master cylinder
Carbone Lorrain Sintered SBK race pads
EBC Prolite discs
HRC rear brake resevoir
Maxton rear shock
Maxton revalved and resprung forks
R&G crashbungs
R&G fork sliders
R&G bobbins/swingarm sliders
White Power steering damper
Modified clocks with speedo removed
HRC overflow bottle
Crankcase breather bottle
DHM Race filler cap
Race products ally clip-ons
SES rearsets
Carbon ramair scoop
Carbon exhaust hanger
Carbon front chain guard
Nasert Beet full exhaust system
Ram-Air
Dynojet kit
Shotened velocity stacks
Skimmed, Polished and ported head
Quietning gears removed
Rehoned bores
RVF pistons
Total loss
HRC CDI

I think thats it but I have no doubt I have forgotten something.















Scoopy...







MMMMpurple springyness



HRC trickery






There you have it, its only a trackbike as I cant afford to go racing the numbers are for racer chique only, its not been on a dyno but it has to be very high 60s if not low 70s BHP

[chrisja2]

Awesome mate, hope to see it going like the clappers at Cadwell soon. Are those later type forks?

[Spike16]

looks great mate, get racing it tho!

[cbr400rrn]

Very nice, youve been a busy lad.
Powdercoated engine casings eh............hmm

[tanuki]

Awesome mate, hope to see it going like the clappers at Cadwell soon. Are those later type forks?

Yes mate, the fully adjustable jobbies, I took it out yestaerday and it goes like a greased cat lol, what you got booked mate?

looks great mate, get racing it tho!

I would love to but I'm lucky if I can afford more than 3 trackdays a year so the tracktime I would get just make it not worth it.

[justmartyn]

Billy there's a couple of us on 29's coming over for Cadwell on the 5th of August if you can make it. Would be nice to see yours in action mate.

[royster81]

very nice bill, i like it a lot.

with any luck you can make it to the track when marty is over and he can tell me about the battles over a beer some night.

[tanuki]

I'll be at cadwell on the 10th of august I'm afraid with the Pb forum lot.

[royster81]

have you any pictures of this on track with you giving it the lolly ?



(took me a few days to find this thread so please make it worthwhile )

[tanuki]

shit wank shit bollocks...

got the bike out yesterday to get it arm so as to find the oil leak its got, its not major but it needed finding....once the bike started getting up to temprature I noticed a lot of steam comming out of the cam cover breather.

Steam.....

Steam....

WTF!!!!!!

So a quick call to the guy who built the engine from me and it looks like the little heater in the workshop wasnt enough to stop the bike freezing this winter, looks like my skimmed and slightly ported head now has a nice crack somewhere to go with it.

Its not a majorly big deal reasonably cheap to fix but a major pain in the ass.

Big bag of steaming shite


Rory the only ones I have is when it was wearing its other bodywork..









oops how did that get in there....

I suppose white its got the engine out I can spend some time fitting the alloy battery box I have scourced and the NSR250 rad...