R1SP - Mods by Hornet

[Dubs]

Inspired I was

Dubs

[millsy]

Oh weak dude.
You're just like Millsy

What?! Hornet's super awesome as well?

[Hornet]

With a BIG thanks to Pete for the use of his tools and garage space, we both installed velocity stacks and Power Commander IIIs into our bikes today.

To get to the airbox on the R1 you have to remove the pillion seat, one screw on either side to remove the small piece of fairing under the tank, 3 bolts on the tank and then pivot the tank up. Then there are 10 screws that hold the airbox cover in place and one clip for a sensor in the airbox itself. Once removed it looked like this;



This is the time you would junk the OE air filter and fit a K&N or BMC. As you can see, I already have a K&N.
There are three screws holding a pair of trumpets in place. Unscrew these to remove each pair of trumpets.





Once removed, you will have the exposed throttle butterfly valves, so be careful. You don't want to damage these, push them or let dirt fall into the cylinders. It would also be an idea to clean inside the airbox at this time while it's easily accessible (which I failed to do).



The trumpets or stacks should then be placed so that the recess lines up with the hole for the screw.




There is also an edge that has been machined flat so that the stack next to it will sit flush, without interference.



The bracket should be screwed into place and the job repeated for the other 2 stacks.



Big thanks also to Jamie (JME) and Mirkz for their help and entertainment while doing the installation, and Julie for the foodssssss.

[Hornet]

While the tank was up and the seats were off, I thought it a good time to install the PCIII.
I mounted it on the cross-bar under the pillion seat. It came with an alcohol wipe and Velcro to attach the unit. The cross-bar has a sticker with a couple of codes, so I placed the Velcro either side.



You can see the wires running from the top at the right, snaking down to the bottom on the left, disappearing under the tank. The bracket holding the tank hinge was unscrewed from the frame (the two screws on the bottom left) to allow the wires to pass through inside the bracket, then tightened again.



Under the tank you can see the newer black plastic of the PCIII wiring. The harness plugs straight into the R1's standard wiring loom, so there is no need to mess with soldering irons or connectors. Unplug the original and plug in the PCIII. Easy.




After that, the bike was fired up, then the tank, under-tank fairings, seat and pillion seat were replaced. A new map was downloaded to closely suit my current set up, loaded onto Pete's laptop and then uploaded to the bike.

On the way home I had little time to test the power delivery due to rain, traffic and lack of private roads to properly open her up. I can say that, seat of the pants, it feels like it's pulling more cleanly at about 4-5,000 rpm. The fueling would seem to be better, too, as it sounds crisper through the lower and mid range revs, while not 'popping' on the over-run from higher revs when the throttle is shut.

Now to dyno it.

[TYSON]

Hope you got rid of that debris in the throttle body before firing it up

[Hornet]

Mirkz's bike was parked behind mine. It was more fun trying to shoot debris at his bike.

[Bart]

Looking great mate

[Deej]

Less is more with this bike otherwise it looses its… SP’ness.

U gota think of it like you are dating Claudia Schiffer. Sure, your going to encourage her to keep on top of her waxing, and change hair styles and colour….but you’ll be fucked if you are guna let a surgeon go near her with a knife.

[browncow]

Looking very tidy there Hornet...

Less is more with this bike otherwise it looses its… SP’ness.

U gota think of it like you are dating Claudia Schiffer. Sure, your going to encourage her to keep on top of her waxing, and change hair styles and colour….but you’ll be fucked if you are guna let a surgeon go near her with a knife.

I was going to say it's less like putting arms on the venus de milo, and more like letting a surgeon (Mason?) 'augment' her tits.... But your analogy works as well if not better...

[Simonpink]

He he he, blatantly stolen title!

But I like it, especially the good guide on how to install the levers... Since I will be doing my levers soon

Keep us updated

It's too easy on the gixxer.

[g0zer]

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[rod]

Less is more with this bike otherwise it looses its… SP’ness.

U gota think of it like you are dating Claudia Schiffer. Sure, your going to encourage her to keep on top of her waxing, and change hair styles and colour….but you’ll be fucked if you are guna let a surgeon go near her with a knife.

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Ha ha this would be like sticking a nine inch dick on Claudia Schiffer. There's plenty to like with the standard package - no need for the extra hardware..........

[jackerz]

awesome

i ordered some velocity stacks.

now i know about them

[gr33nm0nk3y]

bike is coming up nice..

I had this page up and went and did something, when I came back my wife who'd nicked the computer commented on your bike "I like that bike, it's pretty" haha I had to explain to her bikes can't be pretty.. only mopeds can be pretty..


-bc

[Hornet]

No, you're right, it isn't pretty... it's DAMN SEXY!

[Hornet]

Two shitty phone pics of something that arrived today...

[millsy]

Congrats

excited much?

[kwakas]

oh... that is nice

excuse me a moment

[Nath]

Two shitty phone pics of something that arrived today...

Wow... looks really nice Robin..

[Hornet]

Very excited. Excuse me while I go and bolt some bits on now.