Picked up my R3 last week. It's a 2015 with an interested past. It was a impounded by the police for running weed from Colorado to New Mexico, crashed in a police chase.
I ended up getting it for a good price with a clean title. Decided to make it into my race bike for this year.
My other bike is a 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 250R so I will use that as my benchmark. The R3 should be quite the upgrade so I am excited.
So far I stripped it down to assess the damage. Good news is everything is straight from the crash other than the bars and the front fairing stay. I tried to bend back the front fairing stay but the metal was torn and bending them just made it break unfortunately. I will need to find a replacement.
I bent the bars back and took a bunch of measurements to make sure everything was straight. Pretty happy with the result there.
The other problem was that the stator cover had a little crack in it about a 1/4 inch long allowing oil to drip out. I took the cover off and filled the crack with epoxy resin (can't recall the brand but basically like JB Weld). This has fixed the problem, though I will likely go back and do another layer of the stuff at the next oil change for additional reinforcement. I also ordered a cover for additional protection.
Trying to get get the best bang for my buck out of race bits.
Thus far I know I'll be buying Pirelli tires. The rest I am waiting to see what is out there from friends that I can get used at a discount. Keeping my build under $2k is my goal, this is my budget Tires cost like $400 that's a big chunk. Right now I am likely going to keep the stock exhaust, I'll be spending money on suspension, bodywork, and all the other little bits like rear sets, clip ons, sprockets, levers, crash protection, paint/graphics/numbers, ...the list goes on and on.
I saw some dynos on stock vs. pipe and I feel fine with the stock setup in the short term on the exhaust. Looks like I would gain about 3hp with pipe and FI mapping unit which I will sacrifice for now. I took off the heat shield, and trimmed the hanger/passenger peg for a cleaner look.
The only other thing I have done thus far is I bent the bars back using a big ass steel sleeve and a steel bar on the end of the handle bar. Steering at the locks, and just gave it a couple of strong bends, worked really good.
I got the grinder out to remove the cable holders which were interfering with clearance on the remounted bars under the triple tree. I took the bars out for a wider/longer reach trying to make it just the same as my Ninja 250R and it feels really close.
I ended up getting it for a good price with a clean title. Decided to make it into my race bike for this year.
My other bike is a 2011 Kawasaki Ninja 250R so I will use that as my benchmark. The R3 should be quite the upgrade so I am excited.
So far I stripped it down to assess the damage. Good news is everything is straight from the crash other than the bars and the front fairing stay. I tried to bend back the front fairing stay but the metal was torn and bending them just made it break unfortunately. I will need to find a replacement.
I bent the bars back and took a bunch of measurements to make sure everything was straight. Pretty happy with the result there.
The other problem was that the stator cover had a little crack in it about a 1/4 inch long allowing oil to drip out. I took the cover off and filled the crack with epoxy resin (can't recall the brand but basically like JB Weld). This has fixed the problem, though I will likely go back and do another layer of the stuff at the next oil change for additional reinforcement. I also ordered a cover for additional protection.
Trying to get get the best bang for my buck out of race bits.
Thus far I know I'll be buying Pirelli tires. The rest I am waiting to see what is out there from friends that I can get used at a discount. Keeping my build under $2k is my goal, this is my budget Tires cost like $400 that's a big chunk. Right now I am likely going to keep the stock exhaust, I'll be spending money on suspension, bodywork, and all the other little bits like rear sets, clip ons, sprockets, levers, crash protection, paint/graphics/numbers, ...the list goes on and on.
I saw some dynos on stock vs. pipe and I feel fine with the stock setup in the short term on the exhaust. Looks like I would gain about 3hp with pipe and FI mapping unit which I will sacrifice for now. I took off the heat shield, and trimmed the hanger/passenger peg for a cleaner look.
The only other thing I have done thus far is I bent the bars back using a big ass steel sleeve and a steel bar on the end of the handle bar. Steering at the locks, and just gave it a couple of strong bends, worked really good.
I got the grinder out to remove the cable holders which were interfering with clearance on the remounted bars under the triple tree. I took the bars out for a wider/longer reach trying to make it just the same as my Ninja 250R and it feels really close.