My new track bike, gsxr-1000 k5

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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 :-)

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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 :-)

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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 :-)

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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

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

Edited by Yazza54 on Monday 7th July 21:53

I'll have look thanks 😃

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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.

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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

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I checked the MOT and it's just a normal MOT at the moment.

I'll look more into that before that time comes (about 5 months)

I did a bit of tidying up on the bike today, really looking forward to my trackday now!
I've just put some ebc sintered pads all round on it, and booked it in for the new master cylinder (warranty)

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EvoBarry said:

I'll try and blag an afternoon off and pop down to watch Ste. I'll have to get some tips off you too, I'll be there for a taster evening in Aug.

Yeh defo mate, bring you're licence and jump on half day 😃👍

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I'll be in inters mate, expert always seems to be full of red flags!

What about you?

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Lol!

A few more pics from a ride tonight.

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LoonR1 said:

Both days are sold out and there is quite a long waiting list too so it's unlikely you'll get on.

Still seems available to book online?

http://nolimitstrackdays.com/oulton-park.html?date...

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What day is you're taster mate? Got a few mates that might fancy doing that.

More details on it?

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Well track day is tomorrow 👍😃

Really looking forward to it, I'll be taking a spare set of wheels with wets on just in case the weather turns british and leaving my road/track tyres on for this one.

I did a few little jobs on the bike yesterday, cleaned, tightened/lubed the chain, tested the tyre warmers I got with the bike actually work, checked the oil level/ took the mirrors off as they are some fixed ones and the bike came with fairing blanks.

I also removed some crappy random bits of silver sticky tape from the tank only to find crappy paint under them :-(

So I put some new stuff on to tidy it up for now, I tried to do better than random bits of tape though.

Opinions? Does it look awful?

Was like this.....





Now it's like this

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WaferThinHam said:

Who cares what it looks like? It's more about what it goes like.

(Get those Michelins off it. Blurgh.)

Not a fan of the michelins then? I've never used them on track so I can't say owt, but they seem ok on a the road when cracking on.

I have these tyre options available for tomorrow but I'd have to swap them this morning as I'm working all afternoon!

Spare wheel set with discs

X2 sets Michelin power cup 2ct m/c
(VB front, A rear) 1x set On the bike now

1x set Racetec rain tyres
1x set Racetec k2 interact m/c tyres
1x set Racetec slick comp k
1x set Michelin pilot full wets

I use it on the road too so I didn't want to put the slicks on for just one day (hoping to get another set of spare wheels for them)

Any tyre recommendations then chaps?

These seem to think the michelins are good?

http://biketrackdayshub.com/motorcycle-track-day-t...

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LoonR1 said:

I'm there tomorrow. I try to get in one of the middle garages either 12 or 13 so try to get in there if you want and I'll help you out with anything you need.

Stop worrying about how a bike looks. Mines a mess at the moment and I'm riding it faster than ever. I never understand why people worry so much about it, after all there's a good chance you'll bin it if you're pushing yourself.

I'll try say hello then :-) I'm a bit OCD so I like all my belongings clean and tidy, wish I didn't though, I clean the car like 2-3 times a week lol.

It's not my first track day it's just first on this bike so I'll be ok, I've always just used road tyres in the past so now I have the luxury of a spare set of wheels and a few sets of tyres I just want to have the best options/compromise.

On my road 600 k1 with road tyres I managed 1.59 at oulton, hoping to beat that obviously but not at the cost of injuries/damaged bike. I'll be taking it easy and getting used to this bike first and foremost!

Fingers crossed the weather stays good for us :-)

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Great day! :-)

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Yeh thanks again for that, really helped me out! :-)

I managed a 1.55sec lap which is my fastest yet, plenty of room for improvement though!

Tempted in Donny now on the 14th August :-)

My fav pic so far!

Edited by Stelongy on Tuesday 29th July 21:46

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I had a fiddle with the suspension and felt much better as it was far to firm with no rebound.. The rain was on/off in the afternoon but still managed to get out every session which is good.
I was on michelin road tyres but was able to beat my best previous lap time around oulton by over 4 secs :-) So looking forward to getting the slicks on next time

Pics of the day below, sorry if there is lots of them!

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Quick video from one of the sessions yesterday.

http://youtu.be/WdNL9Qk7MGM

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theshrew said:

Nice pics and vid mate.

Get that fecking ribbon off your key

Haha I'll have it removed for next time.

I've booked another track day donnington on 14 August too :-)