What's up fighters?
I'm Mofo, and this is my self motivational and accountability thread to actually do something with the R6.
Bought it for myself for my birthday 2 years ago. $900 because my coworker at the time had lost the only key, and it was too much for his taste to fix it. Yes, it was legal, he used to daily it. So I bought it, hot wired it, and started to learn to ride* on it. Then I figured out the other issues and why it was really $900...
Typical Yamaha regulator/rectifier issues... And of course, I learned the hard way that buying a cheap stator and reg/rec was a bad idea.
Worked a bit harder and bigger checks got me a Ricks Racing stator, and a Roadstercycle mosfet complete kit!
So she runs, albeit noisely.
Up next was an Ape Racing manual timing chain tensioner. Works great!
New front tire, and we're in business. Learned to ride on it and daily rode it almost all winter.
I don't think I have any photos of it from the early days. Maybe when I had let a friend borrow it...
Anyway, this where it's at parts wise..
Roadster cycle mosfet r/r
New charging harness all the way through
Ape racing chain tensioner
Vortex 520 kit. -1 up front
K&n drop in filter(PO install)
Yoshimura slip on(PO install)
eBay shorty adjustable levers
eBay bar end mirrors w/ modified grips to fit OEM weighted bar ends
V2 of my cluster mount solution (v1 shall not be known)
eBay LED headlight
Kill switch/keyless ignition (cheap)
I'd like to eventually eliminate the pillion and have it solo seated up, but I want something unique and hasn't been beat to death. Plus, the main goal is to be able to spend an hour taking off the S/f headlight and bar ends, and slap OEM race plastics on for track weekends...
Got a long road ahead. I bought a TIG setup specifically for learning aluminum welding for work/this...thing.
I'm Mofo, and this is my self motivational and accountability thread to actually do something with the R6.
Bought it for myself for my birthday 2 years ago. $900 because my coworker at the time had lost the only key, and it was too much for his taste to fix it. Yes, it was legal, he used to daily it. So I bought it, hot wired it, and started to learn to ride* on it. Then I figured out the other issues and why it was really $900...
Typical Yamaha regulator/rectifier issues... And of course, I learned the hard way that buying a cheap stator and reg/rec was a bad idea.
Worked a bit harder and bigger checks got me a Ricks Racing stator, and a Roadstercycle mosfet complete kit!
So she runs, albeit noisely.
Up next was an Ape Racing manual timing chain tensioner. Works great!
New front tire, and we're in business. Learned to ride on it and daily rode it almost all winter.
I don't think I have any photos of it from the early days. Maybe when I had let a friend borrow it...
Anyway, this where it's at parts wise..
Roadster cycle mosfet r/r
New charging harness all the way through
Ape racing chain tensioner
Vortex 520 kit. -1 up front
K&n drop in filter(PO install)
Yoshimura slip on(PO install)
eBay shorty adjustable levers
eBay bar end mirrors w/ modified grips to fit OEM weighted bar ends
V2 of my cluster mount solution (v1 shall not be known)
eBay LED headlight
Kill switch/keyless ignition (cheap)
I'd like to eventually eliminate the pillion and have it solo seated up, but I want something unique and hasn't been beat to death. Plus, the main goal is to be able to spend an hour taking off the S/f headlight and bar ends, and slap OEM race plastics on for track weekends...
Got a long road ahead. I bought a TIG setup specifically for learning aluminum welding for work/this...thing.