MC22 Track Ready Project

As in aluminium?

 

Tyga rear sets ordered from xcite bikes, I also found these aluminum sheets on ebay http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ALUMINIUM-SHEET-PLATE-380mm-X-300mm-X-3mm-/121274363997 for about $25 each, I have purchased one and I will try make it into a pair of engine protectors.

 

Oiled filter, Lockwire & Aluminium plate.

 

Ill put in an order now.

 

So the journey begun. Tools out and ready to go.




First task was rear sets, fairly straight forward. The brake side was harder to do due to the brake light I found.



Swing-arm spools, don't have a jack yet but I'm sure will come in handy one day.



Quick shots of levers and exhaust just for the sake of it.





Easy stuff out of the way now it was time to get the new uni-filter in.




My mates dad giving me a hand



Old filter out (pretty darn clean, this makes me either suspect a replacement or the odo to actually be correct at 31k)



So the uni-filter was put in no worries.

Didn't take any photos of the front forks but I loosened all the nuts and bolts below the top triple tree from mud guard to calipers, pinch bolts ect ect ect. We got a long straight edge and lined up the tire with the rear perfectly and i did some pretty hard plunges on the handle bards downwards to try shock everything into position. Without being able to know for certain without a ride to know if it was fixed or not everything was tightened up again (more on that later).

Now time for the hard bit...

Clutch plates soaking in oil for about 5 hours (trust me the bottom of the paint bucket was clean).



Engine cover off, quick tip - we found you can cable tie the engine cover to the removed fairing bolt hole without having to remove anything. I just removed the clutch cable from the small holder on the top.



My phone ran out of battery at this point but pretty much what happened was, the springs were taken off then we had to grind down a 23mm to fit the castle nut. Using a breaker bar for some reason couldn't get it un-tightened, we ended up having to get out a rattle gun to get it off.
I then put the new heavy duty plates back in and we rattle gunned the nut back on probably roughly as tight as what it was to come off.
Then I put the slightly heavier springs in and bolting everything back to torque.

After scrapping the old gasket away for ages and putting the new gasket on it was getting late in the day and I rushed and busted the gasket at the bottom with a screw and it caused a slight leak >= (.
I was strongly advised to get a new gasket and do it again but dodgy Damus decided he would stop the leak with silicone until that time came.

Everything was done, new oil back in and now time for the tests.
Test 1: clutch. started up the engine i neutral and the second we put it into gear BAM stalled. The next 10 mins where spent making sure that the cable was adjusted properly until I face plammed and realized the DAMN SIDE STAND was down when I put it into first! RE tested and all was well, in fact better than all well it was a dream come true. The clutch with the new rear sets and the cable adjustment was shift magic! I highly recommend these upgrades, shift time has been reduced by about half a second and going from first to second without hitting neutral by accident is much easier.

Test 2: Steering, well turns out the front fork re-alignment has done the trick. Perhaps dumb luck but it is resolved.

test 3: Uni filter upgrade. As expected we are running a bit leaner now, outcome was predictable in where the the rev range is more consistent and its purring right through the range however less peaky and probably lost a pony or 2 due to the 12k+ rev range not getting the fuel it needs. Could try battle it with larger jets but might not bother.

Went to the twistiest to give it a good go and I am very satisfied, tyres held up really well considering a very naughty stint that I am not proud.

Things still left to do:

-Brakes (disks, pads & lines)
-Shift light
-engine protection
-MAYBE jets and balance if I can be bothered
-another set of rosso II a bit later on

Next stop, track day!!!

 

Uni filter pre oiled it thankfully.

 

To be honest I was in for a rude shock on the weekend. First time a really hit corners hard, I cant say I enjoyed my self. The harsh reality of committing to a corner when coming in too fast can be a tad too overwhelming in an uncontrolled environment.
But I guess if its on the track sure =) whats the challenge?

 

Probably not lol.

 

good advice there.