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Wellesley L Plate Warrior
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Posted: 12:28 - 02 Oct 2014 Post subject: making 98 600 SRAD to track/race bike and lots of questions |
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Hi, newby on here after doing a fair bit of searching and lurking.
Yes I read the FAQ of trackdays and racing as suggested.
I've done maybe 8 track days in last 5ish years, mainly on my 01 Ducati 996 Bip which is pretty much stock road bike. Had a bit of a gravel excursion at Donington a couple of years ago but managed to keep it on its wheels. This prompted me to buy some chinese fairings to save the originals which I promptly broke, grasstracking at Oulton first time out. but replaced broken bits.
Anyway, made the decision to keep this as the road bike as I love it, sell my old blackbird comfy 2up bike and buy a cheap 600 just for trackdays, with a vague plan to maybe one day do some novice racing. Me and a mate keep chatting about doing this before we're too old. We're both about middle of range in 'intermediate groups' on track days, so in racing terms, pretty $hitty.
I bought a '98 GSXR600 SRAD 31,000miles, a couple of weeks ago for £1200 with a view to making it a track bike. Initially the plan was to rip all the 'road bits' off it, sell them and put a track fairing and make it meet ACU standards for racing and get some wets on wheels. It's in such nice condition, I'd quite like to keep it roadworthy too if I wanted to put it back to road trim, can't see me raising much by selling lights and fairing on ebay anyway.
So far, I have
replaced chain and sprockets, -1 front +1 rear giving a ~9% lowering of gears,
stripped and rebuilt front calipers and replaced front disks and HH pads, plus braided hoses. Bought set of 3 disks offof China ebay which actually seem really good. One of the front discs was corroded and not floating enough and even with cleaning, was causing a little judder (edit, not the chinese ones, the one already on bike). Saving them to maybe put on the wet wheels? or one of them anyway.
changed, oil, filter, air filter, plugs, will flush coolant eventually.
Have a spare rear wheel on the way with disk and sprocket attached.
Plans,
Race fairing and spray with rattle cans, costed to about £350 for all bits,
lockwire the bits that need it, (I know I don't need to for just track days) already drilled sump plug when I changed oil.
Got paddock stands and will prob get some tyre warmers for next year.
Probably will do 4 or 5 track days next year, considering a 3 day away European track day thing too.
Questions on which I'd like advice.
1. Suspension, I've set original to what manual says is 'firm'. Actually feels OK to me but I'm not that great a rider to know. Considering I want to keep it relatively cheap, Should I, flush old fork oil out and replace it? replace rear shock with one with a, less miles better condition, one from a later GSXR of similar length? K6?
2. Tyres, mine are Dunlop Sprtmax Qualifier D207 180/55 rear and a dunlop Sportmax roadsmart front 120/70 at the moment, still plenty tread on both. Plan to use whatever I can pick up part used (scrubs?) offof ebay? Advice on wet's please?
3. Track fairing, OK I know its not essential but would like to do it anyway and keep the flimsy original stuff and lights etc in the loft. Any advice on fitting etc? I've fitted dodgy chinese aftermarket stuff before so expect a bit of fettling.
4. Engine, carbs, exhaust. The bike is totally stock at the moment. Do I leave it as it is? Worry is that if I put an aftermarket can on it, a, it will be too loud for most track days anyway and b, will actually cause it to run too lean and need jets changing/adjusting with associated dyno set up costs£££ ? c. Do I really need that few horses more at my skill level? will probably check balance of carbs myself.
4. Racing, am I wasting my time considering it? I'd probably only enter the odd meeting and see how it goes, just so I can say I've had a go even if its not for me/us. Based in Leicester so near Mallory and Donington, looked at nolimits novice series, sounds OK apart from having to buy particular tyres. I Don't expect to be doing it next year, maybe year after.
I know I have to do an ACU training day/test and have eye test to get a novice licence.
Hoping that someone reading might have experience of some or all of these. I did do some reading first so hope they're not all stupid questions.
ps. my '97 Blackbird is still for sale if thats not considered spamming
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Posted: 11:35 - 31 Oct 2016 Post subject: Me again, 2 years on. Scrutineering questions |
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Hi folks,
Me again +2 years and 9 track days on. slowly shaving a few seconds here and there but still in intermediate and enjoying it.
Still thinking, one day maybe we'll enter a race meeting, (after meeting all the requirements, and probably not next year either).
Looking at the technical regulations there's stuff we'd need to do. They're probably a good idea to do even just for trackdays as they're for safety so thinking of working towards it. A few questions on those.
This one,
"All drain plugs must be wired. External oil filter(s) screws and bolts that enter an oil cavity must be safety wired (i.e. on crankcases, oil lines, oil coolers, etc.)"
OK, does that mean lockwire in every bolt holding the crankcase/clutch cover on too or just the ones that go directly into oil? This is will only cost time and £20 for lockwire pliers and a few drill bits.
This one
"All engine cases containing oil and which could be in contact with the ground during a crash must be protected by a second cover made of composite material, metal such as aluminium alloy, stainless steel, steel or titanium. All these devices must be designed to be resistant against
sudden shocks and all devices must be fixed by bolts onto the engine covers/cases. All R&G manufactured covers will be permitted without regard of the material. The chief technical officer has the right to forbid any covers, if the evidence shows the cover is not effective."
A bit stuck with that one, noone seems to make these for my bike, what do you do? Can I make some from sheets of fibreglass, carbon fibre?
I sprayed a set of old road fairings and tank I got cheap on fleabay and they look beautiful now but I would need to modify with an oil catch tray to meet requirements. Might make an additional fibreglass piece
Think I can manage all the other mods though not all that keen on grinding the luggage hooks off the subframe and removing the sidestand.
Anyone had experience of doing the above, and experience of the scrutineering.
I was looking at the 'no limits racing' 2016 Technical Regulations (January 2016) for the newcomer 600 class. |
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Posted: 11:57 - 31 Oct 2016 Post subject: |
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Ahaa, just seen this on the nolimits regulations bit, theres an application for dispensation for 2016 engine case cover thing.
https://goo.gl/forms/BzhfCPbDQl |
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Posted: 12:03 - 31 Oct 2016 Post subject: |
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Still about mid inters, mate a few seconds quicker, and on newer bike and he's thinking of trying fast group.
Actually had to enter novice at last track day as inters was full but have found that TDO have cracked down on this, telling folks its a nono. There was still folk clearly nowhere near 'novice' in that group though. Here's a link to my best lap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9GCCiMm9Jc |
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The engine casing must be new for next season, I guess they have had enough of scrubbing oil off the track come race day. It would save A LOT of time, but seems like it's the expense of the racer. Either way, a set of GB racing covers can tackle that regulation.
Regarding the lock wiring, no it doesn't mean ever bolt. Three points I had to wire up;
Sump plug
Oil filler plug
Oil filter - For this I put a jubilee clip round it, tightened it and then lock wired the jubilee clip to the bike some where.
like so;
https://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/Neileng/2CO%20R6/760_zps7h1tcr2q.jpg
On a side note, try other clubs for your bike, might be easier for you, try Thundersport GB(who I raced with, great club, they have an excellent newcomers group), Bemsee(about the same as TSGB) or EMRA, a very cheap club and a bit more relaxed IMO. And the experienced is wide.
Regarding your fairings, If I were you, I'd get fibreglass fairings as if you do crash, you can fix them very cheaply yourself, road faings are gone forever.
Also, if you want to get into racing, book into the advanced, you will never learn 'race pace' whilst in the Novices. ____________________ Current bike - GSX-R1000 k8 |
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It's wired. You can see the cable tie keeping it all neat ____________________ Current bike - GSX-R1000 k8 |
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It came with the bike, so I haven't tried it, but you do have to pair it.
However... I suppose if you were cheeky you could sneakily pair it beforehand, then mid-race set the cut-out duration to 10 seconds or something . |
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Posted: 22:07 - 24 Nov 2016 Post subject: Re: Me again, 2 years on. Scrutineering questions |
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Wellesley wrote: | Hi folks,
Me again +2 years and 9 track days on. slowly shaving a few seconds here and there but still in intermediate and enjoying it.
Still thinking, one day maybe we'll enter a race meeting, (after meeting all the requirements, and probably not next year either).
Looking at the technical regulations there's stuff we'd need to do. They're probably a good idea to do even just for trackdays as they're for safety so thinking of working towards it. A few questions on those.
This one,
"All drain plugs must be wired. External oil filter(s) screws and bolts that enter an oil cavity must be safety wired (i.e. on crankcases, oil lines, oil coolers, etc.)"
OK, does that mean lockwire in every bolt holding the crankcase/clutch cover on too or just the ones that go directly into oil? This is will only cost time and £20 for lockwire pliers and a few drill bits.
This one
"All engine cases containing oil and which could be in contact with the ground during a crash must be protected by a second cover made of composite material, metal such as aluminium alloy, stainless steel, steel or titanium. All these devices must be designed to be resistant against
sudden shocks and all devices must be fixed by bolts onto the engine covers/cases. All R&G manufactured covers will be permitted without regard of the material. The chief technical officer has the right to forbid any covers, if the evidence shows the cover is not effective."
A bit stuck with that one, noone seems to make these for my bike, what do you do? Can I make some from sheets of fibreglass, carbon fibre?
I sprayed a set of old road fairings and tank I got cheap on fleabay and they look beautiful now but I would need to modify with an oil catch tray to meet requirements. Might make an additional fibreglass piece
Think I can manage all the other mods though not all that keen on grinding the luggage hooks off the subframe and removing the sidestand.
Anyone had experience of doing the above, and experience of the scrutineering.
I was looking at the 'no limits racing' 2016 Technical Regulations (January 2016) for the newcomer 600 class. |
I raced this year, had a dabble in the NC600 with No Limits.
As said, engine covers, although im not sure if yours is a carb or injected. You may struggle to find parts (my 2000 CBR doesn't have engine covers). If you can't find the parts, I have an email from NLR stating my bike does not need one. Scrutineers have picked up on it (only at Brands Hatch), so I just told them and was going to show them the email but they passed it.
Also as said, sump plug, oil filter, and oil plug must be lockwired.
You also need a rain light fitted, can be a switch or setup to the dash switch.
Fairings will need to be sealed at the bottom to prevent engine oil loss.
Coolant removed and use distilled water.
DO IT. Newcomers is a vary varied class, from fast riders, to complete novices just wanting to go racing. I've got a few videos on my YT channel from the racing I done in the NC600 class at Oulton and Brands.
You are also eligable for the Pre Injection class in the cup race, but beware, im going fo the championship win this year
You'll love it, and get hooked. Make sure you have a genny, tyre warmers, and tea! ____________________ No Limits Pre Injection 2017 - Looking for potential sponsors |
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