My new track bike, gsxr-1000 k5

My new track bike, gsxr-1000 k5

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Stelongy

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50 posts

142 months

Monday 7th July 2014
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Suzuki Gsxr1000 k5 (2005)

4700 miles
Diamond rear sets
Ktech front suspension
Led rear light with built in indicators
Led flasher relay
Race fairings
Tinted double bubble screen
R&G shark fin
Yoshimura carbon exhaust
K6 clutch springs
Harris quick fill fuel cap
R&G tail tidy
Carbon mirrors with smoked lenses
Fully Lockwired engine
Stomp grips
Hel braided brake lines
Shorty brake & clutch levers
Frame protectors
Oxford rear Stand bobbins
DID chain
42T rear sprocket
PI Single Exhaust hanger
Oxford bar ends
Michelin power cup 2ct m/c
(VB front, A rear)
Michelin wets
Racetec tyres x2 sets
Metzler wets
Slicks
Spare set of wheels/discs etc
Motrax tyre warmers
2x paddock stands

Dyno'd with 175bhp, fapping quick and wheelies for fun! I love it.









Got a track day booked for 29th July :-)

StuB

6,695 posts

238 months

Monday 7th July 2014
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Quick will be an understatement. Enjoy & let us know how you get on. Took my roadbike K5 to Cadwell & it was pretty ridiculous compared to my RSV Mille R racer, wheely ing over the crest at the top of Park at the top of 4th gear.

Baryonyx

17,990 posts

158 months

Monday 7th July 2014
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Looks very cool.

LoonR1

26,988 posts

176 months

Monday 7th July 2014
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29th? Oulton? If so I'm there too. I'll see you out there.

Yazza54

18,464 posts

180 months

Monday 7th July 2014
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LoonR1 said:
29th? Oulton? If so I'm there too. I'll see you out there.
Game on

Stelongy

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50 posts

142 months

Monday 7th July 2014
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LoonR1 said:
29th? Oulton? If so I'm there too. I'll see you out there.
Yes mate! Game on indeed, be sure to say hello :-)

Yazza54

18,464 posts

180 months

Monday 7th July 2014
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Ah someone else from lancs! You ride on the road too? We have a thread going for northwest ride outs.

Stelongy

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50 posts

142 months

Monday 7th July 2014
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Yazza54 said:
Ah someone else from lancs! You ride on the road too? We have a thread going for northwest ride outs.
Yeh it's got a day mot too so I can use it on the road,

Quite often nip up to millenium bikes for a look round the bikes and a brekky :-)

LoonR1

26,988 posts

176 months

Monday 7th July 2014
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Stelongy said:
Yes mate! Game on indeed, be sure to say hello :-)
Will do. I'm easy to spot, I've got the battle scarred S1000RR in black and white.

Yazza54

18,464 posts

180 months

Monday 7th July 2014
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Stelongy said:
Yazza54 said:
Ah someone else from lancs! You ride on the road too? We have a thread going for northwest ride outs.
Yeh it's got a day mot too so I can use it on the road,

Quite often nip up to millenium bikes for a look round the bikes and a brekky :-)
We tend to go out for a days riding rather than brekkie runs, threads here if you're interested smile

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by Yazza54 on Monday 7th July 21:53

Stelongy

Original Poster:

50 posts

142 months

Monday 7th July 2014
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Yazza54 said:
We tend to go out for a days riding rather than brekkie runs, threads here if you're interested smile

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by Yazza54 on Monday 7th July 21:53
I'll have look thanks 😃

Walter Sobchak

5,723 posts

223 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Nice!!, bet you can't wait to get that on a track.

trickywoo

11,700 posts

229 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Surprised not to see a quick shifter listed in the mods (unless I missed it).

Will make it a lot more fun on track.

Worth looking at a Healtech FI Tuner if you haven't already got it mapped.

julian64

14,317 posts

253 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Is it nicked?

I only ask because if you turn up at Brands with that, the local bib will consider it nicked until proven otherwise. On a recent bike track day at Brands I am reliably informed ten bikes were tagged.

They were bypassing all the bikes with plates and going stright for the track only bikes

Biker's Nemesis

38,534 posts

207 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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julian64 said:
Is it nicked?

I only ask because if you turn up at Brands with that, the local bib will consider it nicked until proven otherwise. On a recent bike track day at Brands I am reliably informed ten bikes were tagged.

They were bypassing all the bikes with plates and going stright for the track only bikes
Why are you asking if it is nicked, have you not rad the OP?

Looks to me as though it has a number plate fitted

Stelongy

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50 posts

142 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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julian64 said:
Is it nicked?

I only ask because if you turn up at Brands with that, the local bib will consider it nicked until proven otherwise. On a recent bike track day at Brands I am reliably informed ten bikes were tagged.

They were bypassing all the bikes with plates and going stright for the track only bikes
No it's not nicked, I've got the V5 etc and it's fully road legal on a daytime MOT.


Stelongy

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50 posts

142 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Biker's Nemesis said:
Why are you asking if it is nicked, have you not rad the OP?

Looks to me as though it has a number plate fitted
Top man, I thought I had mentioned it's road legal with a daytime MOT.
Sorry for any confusion :-)

trickywoo said:
Surprised not to see a quick shifter listed in the mods (unless I missed it).

Will make it a lot more fun on track.

Worth looking at a Healtech FI Tuner if you haven't already got it mapped.
No it hasn't got one yet, I've only just got it but I'll look into getting one ;-) cheers

Edited by Stelongy on Tuesday 8th July 14:39

clen666

925 posts

121 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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That looks great, love the colour scheme.

Where's the best place to look for good track bikes for sale other than eBay?

julian64

14,317 posts

253 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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Stelongy said:
Biker's Nemesis said:
Why are you asking if it is nicked, have you not rad the OP?

Looks to me as though it has a number plate fitted
Top man, I thought I had mentioned it's road legal with a daytime MOT.
Sorry for any confusion ??
Todays a learning day for me. Whats a daytime MOT?

I suppose I'd better explain. I have an old R1 which I was thinking of making into a track only bike as I have a bike trailer. I'm freinds with the local bib. They warned me about turning it into a track bike. The bib in my area have apparently been tasked with going to a high number of bike trackdays, looking for track only bikes and running them through their system. They also sit at the locla petrol station for the stream of track only bikes which popped out for a fill up.

If the bike has ever been nicked in its past they will likely confiscate the bike and make you present documents at the local copshop. Its a non toll policy due to the very very high numbers of stolen bikes circulating in the track only bike world.

If your bike has even been stolen and recovered you will likely get swept up in this through no fault of your own. So the advice was to keep a track bike like a standard road bike to avoid this as you won't fall into their capture criteria.

John D.

17,700 posts

208 months

Tuesday 8th July 2014
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julian64 said:
Whats a daytime MOT?
MOT that permits the bike to be used in the daylight hours only. Thus does not require a headlight.