Sweet project they go really well. As a minimum i usually do the following for a track bike: fairings, crash bungs, engine cover protection, braided hoses and some good brake fluid like rbf600. I wonder if the lever is faulty and not engaging master cylinder correctly or you might need a better master. I used a newer Yamaha one on my old R6 track bike, it was a brembo radial from an R1 i think. Definitely need confidence from your brakes to go fast, that's for sure. I'd leave suspension as is, as you can go plenty fast enough on the stock stuff set for sag correctly. Upgrade when you get good enough to notice a difference.
Got the same bike i sold it, you can see it a bit on my youtube account, i modified it (Engine Stock just a full Arrow exhaust) and it was going better that any stock R6 out there. But i would recommend to "tune" first the Suspension! especially the stock shock in the back is not really made for track riding! Have fun building it, what an awesome bike!
I had an sv650 with those garbage shorty brake levers on it. Kept them on for almost a year but after buying full length levers, I realized how much braking power I was losing. quite the safety hazard!
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Sweet project they go really well.
As a minimum i usually do the following for a track bike: fairings, crash bungs, engine cover protection, braided hoses and some good brake fluid like rbf600. I wonder if the lever is faulty and not engaging master cylinder correctly or you might need a better master. I used a newer Yamaha one on my old R6 track bike, it was a brembo radial from an R1 i think. Definitely need confidence from your brakes to go fast, that's for sure. I'd leave suspension as is, as you can go plenty fast enough on the stock stuff set for sag correctly. Upgrade when you get good enough to notice a difference.
Got the same bike i sold it, you can see it a bit on my youtube account, i modified it (Engine Stock just a full Arrow exhaust) and it was going better that any stock R6 out there.
But i would recommend to "tune" first the Suspension! especially the stock shock in the back is not really made for track riding!
Have fun building it, what an awesome bike!
I had an sv650 with those garbage shorty brake levers on it. Kept them on for almost a year but after buying full length levers, I realized how much braking power I was losing. quite the safety hazard!
Has this project died a death or is it going to come back to life?
2015 with only 14K on it. Damn good buy.
Braided brake lines and an Accossato CNC master cylinder and those brakes will come to life.
Is that miles per hour?
No, its km/h
yup factory gsxr master cylinders suck ass, get a brembo rcs19 or a accossato
Suzuki master cylinders suck. A brembo rcs 19 is the way to go.
They are crap compared to the Accossato Billet CNC master cylinders. The Accossato has much better build quality.
Oh well, it died a death.