Race Bike Rebuild

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:11 am

I've not finished messing with the fairing yet, but the RSW is a lot different to what you're used to with the KR.

It has a modern pointier nose cone, which elongates the shape.

Because I have limited space in my garage, I also can't photograph the build any further back, because my SV is in the way. This means I'm taking the picture from a higher position and closer up, than the example above, so makes it look slightly different.

If the fairing was further back, it would also be hitting the bottom yokes when turning.

As you can see in the example RSW, the belly pan is very close to the front wheel. Clearance is a little tighter on mine at the moment, but will be extended by a few mm once fitting is completed and I have all the brackets.

Post by **500bernie** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:04 pm

That is going to look very nice

Great work Ben =D>

si.likes.guiness · Post by **si.likes.guiness** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:16 pm

looks good ben

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:43 pm

si.likes.guiness wrote:looks good ben

Thanks Si, is there any chance of seeing your bike out with us next year?
Have you seen Dan's 3XV yet?

Post by **500bernie** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:49 pm

Hi Ben,

Is Dans bike the standard or the SP?

Cheers,
Bernie

si.likes.guiness · Post by **si.likes.guiness** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:03 pm

ben,mine will be out at last

and the 3xv dan his is lovely,its a proper bit of kit,he will do good things with the bike

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:50 pm

500bernie wrote:Hi Ben,

Is Dans bike the standard or the SP?

Cheers,
Bernie

There's nothing standard about it Bernie, it's trick in every sense of the word.

Dan dominates our 250 class and he'll be unstoppable on this.

maccas · Post by **maccas** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:12 pm

I like the look of that, very trick indeed!

Maccas

Post by **500bernie** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:45 pm

Very nice

Top-shaggy · Post by **Top-shaggy** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:58 pm

Go on, let me take her out for a ride.
I promise not to shag her out 

Post by **500bernie** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:07 am

3 spokes

Not gay

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:22 pm

I'm still working on getting this bodywork right and am not too far off now, but it's been very time consuming getting it how I want it.

I've added an additional side vent in the belly pan, like the X-09 and filled the cut out piece at the bottom. I've also filled the holes I cut out for the exhausts and contoured them to the shape of the spannies.
I've also trimmed back the rear part of the belly pan, as it swept back too far along the swing arm in my opinion.

Just need to smooth it all back and get it primed, so I should have all the bodywork prep completed by next weekend and have some decent photos uploaded.

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:33 pm

Just thought I would take a picture out of the garage to see what it was all looking like.

375 · Post by **375** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:11 pm

Nearly finished then,
Looking mean and Stealth like, Give the bodywork a carbon wrap should scare of the other riders

When is your first race on it.

Luders · Post by **Luders** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:27 pm

March 17th at Snetterton, but I'll be out testing in Feb over at Mallory.

I still have a lot more prep work to do on the body, but ran out of sand paper, so I'm coming in for an early bath.

Will be cracking on with it next weekend though.