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Tweety's Firestorm

Tweety
May 26, 2009
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CBR 1000RR fork:
- CBR 1000RR USD fork (Reworked with Öhlins internals)
- CBR 1000RR wheel with 320mm rotors
- CBR 1000RR complete brake (Radial M/C, radial calipers) with braided lines
- CBR 954RR/929RR triple tree
- ConvertiBars adjustable clip-ons
- Moved the radiators 1" back to make room for the fork

CBR 1000RR instrument cluster:
- CBR 1000RR temp sensor (Replaced ECT)
- Integrated gear indicator (build and design by me)
- Integrated fuelgauge & charging indicator
- Integrated gear indicator (Home made, in progress)
- Speedohealer (v4)

RC51-SP2 swingarm:
- RC51-SP2 swingarm with custom welded lower link mount (Idea from hawkter996)
- CBR F4i rear shock (Modified with heavier spring and custom internals by Jamie Daugherty)
- RC51-SP2 rear caliper & caliper mount
- CBR 1000RR rear wheel & sprocket (6" with a 190/55 tire)
- Custom mount plate for rearset at the pivot bolt
- Custom rearset (parts from cheap eBay set and some custom made parts)

Fairing:
- Dark tinted DB screen
- CBR 954RR OEM hugger
- Mototeck undertail
- GSXR Mirrors, with signals in them (Custom made mount from scratch)
- T-Rex sliders
- Delrin sliders on both wheel axles

Electrical:
- HID projector (Nissan G35) High & low beam.
- Brake light modulator (build and design by me)
- R1 Mosfet Regulator/Rectifier Swap
- Peugeot 206/307 flush mount indicators
- LED plate light in Mototeck undertail
- LED taillight Retrofit (Idea from haknslash)
- 8 pack of A123 cells replaced the battery ("Home made")
- Moved ECU & CDI to the battery box with the new smaller battery
- Improved wire harness with more ground points
- Suzuki Hayabusa handlebar controls (Gives me warning lights and moves the light switch to above the start button, great for killing the HID before cranking)

Engine:
- Custom Cam (equivalent to Moriwaki Stage 1)
- Adjustable Cam sprockets
- Ported & flowed heads
- Lightened flywheel
- BMC Street airfilter
- FloCommander
- Aluminum velocity stacks
- DIY Manual CCT's (bolt through drilled out stock CCT body)
- Moriwaki Highcomp Pistons
- Moriwaki Oz valves & springs
- Reinforced Crank & Rod bearings/seats

Misc:
- Sargent seat
- Aluminum front fairing stay & rear subframe (custom made by me)
- Jardine Aluminum high mount slip-on, removed muffler mount from stock rear footpegs and spaced them out
- 16/42 gearing
- Short throw throttle
- Adjustable and folding brake and clutch grips
- Custom made mount for my disc lock (I got tired of opening the seat to store it)

Things I haven't gotten around to yet:
- VFR 800 fuel tank (I think?)
- Steering damper (I didn't need one before, but with the high rear and slightly lower front the bike is a bit prone to headshakes on corner exit if I push it...)

Plus a whole bunch of little things I already forgotten... Read more »
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HID projector High beam.
HID projector High beam.
0 2009/05/26 08:27:43 Tweety
HID projector Low beam.
HID projector Low beam.
1 2009/05/26 08:27:43 Tweety
HID projector (Nissan G35) in stock housing with functional high/low beam.
Mounted in an aluminum frame to allow stock bolts to aim the beam.
HID projector (Nissan G35) in stock housing with functional high/low beam. Mounted in an aluminum frame to allow stock bolts to aim the beam.
0 2009/05/26 08:28:30 Tweety
CBR 1000RR instrument cluster mounted on aluminum plate to hide HID ballast. (Needs another temp sensor and SpeedoHealer to work.)
CBR 1000RR instrument cluster mounted on aluminum plate to hide HID ballast. (Needs another temp sensor and SpeedoHealer to work.)
4 2009/05/26 08:29:46 Tweety
Custom made adjustable rearsets. Parts from a cheap eBay rearset and a custom made mount to the the pivot bolt and for the brake master cylinder.
Custom made adjustable rearsets. Parts from a cheap eBay rearset and a custom made mount to the the pivot bolt and for the brake master cylinder.
2 2009/05/26 08:31:44 Tweety
Custom made adjustable rearsets. Parts from a cheap eBay rearset and a custom made mount to the the pivot bolt and for the brake master cylinder (other side).
Custom made adjustable rearsets. Parts from a cheap eBay rearset and a custom made mount to the the pivot bolt and for the brake master cylinder (other side).
0 2009/05/26 08:31:44 Tweety
CBR 600RR rear wheel, RC51-SP2 swingarm and brake caliper & mount. (The position for the brake line is reversed, stock caliper does NOT fit.)
CBR 600RR rear wheel, RC51-SP2 swingarm and brake caliper & mount. (The position for the brake line is reversed, stock caliper does NOT fit.)
0 2009/05/26 08:32:18 Tweety
CBR 600RR rear wheel, CBR 1000RR sprocket. (Same bolt pattern as the 600RR but 530 chain.)
CBR 600RR rear wheel, CBR 1000RR sprocket. (Same bolt pattern as the 600RR but 530 chain.)
0 2009/05/26 08:33:45 Tweety
RC51-SP2 swingarm mounted and ready to play. The stock midpipes where to narrow, so I opted to swap to Jardine high mounted slip-ons.
RC51-SP2 swingarm mounted and ready to play. The stock midpipes where to narrow, so I opted to swap to Jardine high mounted slip-ons.
2 2009/05/26 08:34:37 Tweety
RC51-SP2 rear, CBR 1000RR front and it still looks almost like stock to the uninitiated...
RC51-SP2 rear, CBR 1000RR front and it still looks almost like stock to the uninitiated...
5 2009/05/26 08:35:07 Tweety
GSXR mirrors... No, they are not a bolt on modification... Sorry...
GSXR mirrors... No, they are not a bolt on modification... Sorry...
0 2010/09/07 13:56:46 Tweety
GSXR mirrors... No, they are not a bolt on modification... Sorry...
GSXR mirrors... No, they are not a bolt on modification... Sorry...
2 2010/09/07 13:56:46 Tweety
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1 2010/11/02 15:05:31 Tweety
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2 2010/11/02 15:05:31 Tweety
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0 2010/11/02 15:05:31 Tweety
 

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