Idle hands in lockdown

[Diggler]

So the idea was a return to racing for 2021, nothing too serious and opted for a Minitwin class, this soon changed to Supertwin as it provides a little more freedom to fettle with the bike. So far I’ve been able to turn a reasonably sorted svr650 into bike confetti.

The idea, to strip all the bearings out and replace whilst giving the bike a refresh, and a lick of paint (ideas on colours on the back of a postcard please) also this lead to changing the rear end. Firstly to fit a GSXR750 rear wheel and Aprilla underslung calliper mount with a brembo caliper, this soon developed further to mating a GSR600 swingarm to the svr frame...... hours of frustrating fun in the garage.

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[billinom8s]

Looks like someone is talking this a bit seriously.

[menzies3032]

Most impressed with the bike alterations.
You say a return to racing I take it you raced before.
What racing have you done to date? What did you find the most enjoyable?

[Diggler]

It was all fun, but at the same time frustrating. Enjoyed endurance racing when it used to be 6 hours, very much a team effort. My last full season was in 2010, it was a massive effort and by the end a financial burden, but came away with a bunch of plastic pots and a title. I raced 400’s and 600’s, the cbrs and zxr 400’s were easy and felt uncrashable (until I crashed) and just a bit of a jolly. Racing in F600 was great, large fields, very close racing, but too serious and expensive to carry on another season. I was getting through a set of tyres a day, but now to be at the pointy end you need fresh rubber for every outing.

I vowed I wouldn’t bother racing again, but it’s strange, racing ruins track days, it’s fun having time on track but it’s not the same.

If you’re thinking of having a go, do it just be prepared for the expense.Don’t race anything that you couldn’t afford to throw away, and be prepared to never quite be satisfied with track days again.

You’ll meet some great people off track and in the paddock, on track they just want to kill you !

[Diggler]

Swingarm almost grafted to the frame, quite a bit of machining, measuring and re-measuring. Next stage, dog bones, what length ad how to attach them to the swingarm

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[Ruffian]

Swingarm almost grafted to the frame, quite a bit of machining, measuring and re-measuring. Next stage, dog bones, what length ad how to attach them to the swingarm EDB20A7D-48CB-4F40-B9EE-4B3E86B56684.jpeg

Grinder and welder will sort all your problems out easy enough