Streetbike to streetstock (and then back again a day later)
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:17 pm
ok as title may suggest this is my thread for turning my road going nc30 into a streetstock/f400 race bike, the only catch is its my main form of transport so come monday morning i need it to get to college and work so im not going overboard.
the reason i am doing this is as im 17 and on a restricted licence no tracks will let me on their track days, a couple will with a race licence but it will allow me to do testing at all tracks, which was my initial plan, but im taken by the idea of getting out of the track to race for real so in the second half of the season i wana do a couple of local rounds.
first of all this is how she looks now:
and so far in terms of performance items iv fitted:
steering damper
cbr600rr brakes set (master cylinder, calipers and braided lines)
samco hoses
520 tsubaki chain and renthal sporckets (standard gearing)
carbon can
HRC brake and coolant res's
and iv got some rearsets (hrc rc45 items) and rear braided brake line that i will fit once i can get round to it,
the reason i havent fitted these items yet is because i plan to do it all in one go when i will route the brake line through the swing arm, will said swingarm with expanding foam and service the rear hub aswell as fit a brake banjo switch as there is no provision for the brake light switch on the rearsets
Iv also decided to try and make myself some clip-on's that are lighter than standard items for just £10
, I can get 22mm aluminium tube from college and a pair of plastic bungs cost £1, unfortunately the clip on parts that i planned to be cutting up have arrived and i realised they will not work (they dont clamp onto the stancion's) picture shown bellow:
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so if any of you have anything that clamps onto the stancion (41mm), has a 22mm bar clamp and is alloy and is cheep Im interested (pictures would help too)
In terms of suspension im planning an rs250 rear shock (preferable with ride height adjustment) for the rear and initially just to rebuild the front forks as i am quite light (10 stone in riding full gear) which is similar to what a the suspension will have been designed to carry originaly so i have been advised to change the oil and seals etc first, then see how it is and look at uprated spring etc from there.
If the budget will stretch to wets on wheels im thinking nc23 front wheel and bros rear, as i can get the pair for around £100 and with a 17in rear i can get scrubbed wets for very cheep from a friend
Iv already sorted a front fairing, an rvf item and im planning on either an sp1 tail unit or an rs250 item, however the sp1 is depending on if a friend is going to be able to make one to fit the nc30, iv been doing a couple of designs of colour scheme's and like the one below the most, its copy of the Embassy Triumph BSS team and i think it suits the bike well.
o and one last thing i havent mentioned, Im a student that works part time and earn about £250 a month, odds of me getting to the track are sevearly stacked against me I think, but hey thats how i like it!
the reason i am doing this is as im 17 and on a restricted licence no tracks will let me on their track days, a couple will with a race licence but it will allow me to do testing at all tracks, which was my initial plan, but im taken by the idea of getting out of the track to race for real so in the second half of the season i wana do a couple of local rounds.
first of all this is how she looks now:
and so far in terms of performance items iv fitted:
steering damper
cbr600rr brakes set (master cylinder, calipers and braided lines)
samco hoses
520 tsubaki chain and renthal sporckets (standard gearing)
carbon can
HRC brake and coolant res's
and iv got some rearsets (hrc rc45 items) and rear braided brake line that i will fit once i can get round to it,
the reason i havent fitted these items yet is because i plan to do it all in one go when i will route the brake line through the swing arm, will said swingarm with expanding foam and service the rear hub aswell as fit a brake banjo switch as there is no provision for the brake light switch on the rearsets
Iv also decided to try and make myself some clip-on's that are lighter than standard items for just £10
, I can get 22mm aluminium tube from college and a pair of plastic bungs cost £1, unfortunately the clip on parts that i planned to be cutting up have arrived and i realised they will not work (they dont clamp onto the stancion's) picture shown bellow: http://w4.bikepics.com/pics/2009/01/04/ ... 21-800.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
so if any of you have anything that clamps onto the stancion (41mm), has a 22mm bar clamp and is alloy and is cheep Im interested (pictures would help too)
In terms of suspension im planning an rs250 rear shock (preferable with ride height adjustment) for the rear and initially just to rebuild the front forks as i am quite light (10 stone in riding full gear) which is similar to what a the suspension will have been designed to carry originaly so i have been advised to change the oil and seals etc first, then see how it is and look at uprated spring etc from there.
If the budget will stretch to wets on wheels im thinking nc23 front wheel and bros rear, as i can get the pair for around £100 and with a 17in rear i can get scrubbed wets for very cheep from a friend
Iv already sorted a front fairing, an rvf item and im planning on either an sp1 tail unit or an rs250 item, however the sp1 is depending on if a friend is going to be able to make one to fit the nc30, iv been doing a couple of designs of colour scheme's and like the one below the most, its copy of the Embassy Triumph BSS team and i think it suits the bike well.
o and one last thing i havent mentioned, Im a student that works part time and earn about £250 a month, odds of me getting to the track are sevearly stacked against me I think, but hey thats how i like it!
