Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

Amazing work Brad.

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

Saw swanny's and forgot I haven't updated this in a while.

Found a video of a 9.0 pass but no video of the 8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjwJS1RwkB4&hd=1

I brought the bike back home the other week from being stored at Pauls for the winter. First time I got to test out my stupid expensive ramps on the bike and it didn't bottom out with me pushing it up, so I was pretty pumped about that! Hopefully it doesn't bottom out with my riding it up as well.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psivdjvb6o.jpg

Ordered a couple goodies over the winter and got around to installing my Catalyst drag seat. I thought it would've taken me a few minutes to drill a couple holes with a dremel and bolt it on. Several hours later I got it where I'm pretty happy with it. I'm using the two back bolt locations on the seat (where the bolts where the side tail fairings bolt) then just using velcro on the bottom of the seat and on the gas tank mount as a front mount.

Also had to sand down the back a bit to be able to get the passenger seat on and off.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psxg8qqo54.jpg
I'll install the shock in a few weeks when I have it torn apart to install some velocity stacks since the gas tank has to come off to install the shock.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psphbg3yc6.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psexnwezyi.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...pshjs5w7ct.jpg

Saved a little less than a 1lb with seat an lowered the seat about 1" over the stock one. The weight savings wasn't planned but is a nice little benefit. The lower seat helps put my weight lower and more forward so the bike is less prone to wheelie.

In regular clothes the lower seat makes it a lot easier to get a nice low tuck, hopefully its the same way in full leathers.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...pslsmnnggk.jpg



Also think I figured out how to mount my Powercommander screen so I can watch my A/F ratio while doing pulls or while on the track if I can look down at it. I'll run the wires up to it when its torn apart for installing some velocity stacks :smile:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...pszl3rhzih.jpg



Figured a ballistic battery would help save weight as well, didn't save as much weight as I was thinking it would for the price tag. Ya well, weight is weight.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psk2nchcuw.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...pse3dsea3y.jpg


Also got some DEI Reflect-A-Gold tape to wrap my air box and bottom of my gas tank. Some guys say it helps keep the airbox cold and can help at the track.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...ps8btak27s.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...ps9ntx2lep.jpg

A guy I was talking to said he used 1.5 rolls of this to use on his airbox and the underside of his gas tank. I guess the underside of the gas tank is nice to have as well to help keep fuel cooler. I know VP says on their website to line the underside of the tank with heat reflective tape when running MR12, so it has to have some benefit.


Got a Launch Master too, which is kind of like a 2 step. Hopefully this helps me be a bit more consistent with my launches and helps me think about one less thing since I can be wide open as soon as I'm staged. I'll be curious to see if it works how I hope and how it sounds. I'm a giant ricer :bling:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psfu3k39qc.jpg

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

Good additions man! I'd like to get mine out to a track day just to see what I can do on it later in the season, maybe up at PG if they let bikes run.

Excited to run 13's @ a lot of mph, it'll be like old times :)

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

I'll take some of that gold tape!!

You can test your 2 step against me if you want!!

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

Careful, it's addicting. I started racing my r6 for fun, now I got this thing that eats most of my money lol

Gold tape is spendy, if I have some left over that I don't think I'll use I'll probably just give it away to whoever would want it.

In for some frum digs! I

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

I LIKE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psz5xt2pwf.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psl7qoauuk.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...ps08f5aqu9.jpg


Wanted to sound more like a DSM :love:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r0XjFCGXrM&hd=1


With the gas tank off it was also a good time to install the Penske shock!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psvh1tzvs8.jpg



http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psmxfuihym.jpg


Just waiting for the velocity stacks to come. Then i'll install those, button it up, take it for a spin and let the autotune do its thing and get a few launches in on the street hopefully before the first track day at the slippery rock!

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

That thing looks like a bad bitch!
I wish my DSM sounded like that, most DSMs sound like lazy window lickers when on the 2-step.

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

What a fucking monster.

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

Looks like Paul better step his game up lol

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

Thanks Aaron! I'll be curious to see how it works and if I can turn up the 2 step without looping it lol

Thanks!! I at least hope it does a little better than last year!

lol. Hopefully he comes out racing a few times this year. Might try and see if I can get my truck setup in a way that we could fit both bikes and all the other crap in there too but I don't know if it'd fit. My cruiser and dirt bike were a pretty tight fit and I could care less if those things got scratched or tipped over. The zx10 is my baby:love:

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

So pimp! I cant imagine how fast this thing is, hard to hold on to I bet lol. Riding pats bike around last weekend made me want another, sigh.

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

haha thanks! It's not too bad to hang on, once I put some foam on the drag seat it should hopefully help hold me in a little better. Hopeful that the launch control works as I hope and I can just go up get 100% in the throttle once staged. Then all I have to worry about slipping the clutch, not being a puss and staying 100% in it and hitting a horn button 5 times to shift. Seems easy enough when thinking about it lol


You should totally get another one! Loads of fun!

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

^do it.Cheapest form of speed!
You and Pat can start a gang!

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

I've got one for sale if you're interested ;)

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...psts9ou607.jpg

Got some foam on the seat to hopefully hold me in a bit better and got some new stickers for the tail. Honesty is the best policy right? :bling:

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

Was a nice day in Canada yesterday so tried out the Launch Master on a closed road :seeya:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HD8hK6xez0&hd=1

The clutch switch is pretty much right at the grip and I'm used to letting the lever out a bit when launching. Also not used to trying to hold the throttle wide open before slipping the clutch, it felt pretty weird so launches weren't all that impressive looking.


The air shifter didn't work either. Could hear the box click and the solenoid for the shifter clicked too so thinking it must be tapped into a wrong wire on the launch master harness. Think I might have fixed it last night so taking it for another spin today and see if it's actually fixed. If it doesn't work I might rip out the launch master as I'd way rather have an air shifter over a 2 step.

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

Get that helmet I showed ya !

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

Been out a few times this year and can't seem to get any faster than 9.1x on pump gas. Only time I halfway had the shock setup for my fatass was this past weekend and didn't wheelie or spin but I still can't cut a good 60' to save my life.

Guessing I'm around 210ish suited so I'm sure it'd be faster if I could lose some weight but I like crappy food too much.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_k-_lCEGp4&hd=1
Slip for that video ^
RT: -0.087
60': 1.503
330: 3.909
1/8: 5.906
MPH: 121.95
1000: 7.663
1/4: 9.185
MPH: 147.07


Got a run in against my buddy on his nitrous zx14. Only got the win light because of my good reaction time. Was a damn close race!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpEFYi9p1Yg&hd=1
RT: .048
60': 1.525
330: 3.895
1/8: 5.883
MPH: 122.19
1000: 7.636
1/4: 9.152
MPH: 147.42

One nice thing with the launch master is I was cutting .0xx reaction times all day on Saturday and was pretty consistently slow in the 9.1xx range.

Any tips to get that 60' time down or things to try? I've got a 3 day race weekend coming up on June 19-21 that I kind of want to try to try different gearing and different launching techniques. Only thing is money will be kind of tight between now and then :(

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

You get a layoff notice at all this week?

Re: Brad's New Bike - '12 ZX10R
 

No sir. Luckily they signed a transportation bill before the end of the regular session. Figured you'd wouldn't get one either since you gotta watch those dumb fucks