CR500- Road Race bike

WELL DONE!!!

 

My parents moved to NC this year. I’m visiting them in June. I’ll let ya know what I think. Been to SD multiple times so have some frame of reference.

 

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!









Had to take matters into my own hands and get this done myself. Frame at the polisher getting mirror polished. When the springs come, gonna send them to Superbike Unlimited (hopefully) and finally get the TiN stuff done on the shock and damper so I can move on. I've literally tried like 5 people, either people don't get back to me, or their coating guys are out cause of COVID... something so stupid is proving quite difficult to get done.

In other news... got a Banshee Martek frame and tank being made, R6 shock/swingarm on the way to bolt right in. Got a set of Astralites. Still got my Ohlins/Attack/Brembo front end from the supersingle. Let's get it on!

 

Question their dyno results on instagram........you'll get somebody.

This bike is gonna be absolutely bonkers and I love it.....

 

lol that's a great tactic. trying not to start a business transaction out with hostility though haha. and another one this week. trying to get a shock off bobblehead for the Martek, posted here, nothing, posted to FB, he responded his still has it... DM'd him that i want it, reposted on the FB thread twice... no answer. i don't understand people these days. Maybe i'll just pay the extra $400 and get one from somebody on ebay who actually likes selling things to people. Or call TJ or something.

at least i took care of the Ti springs myself. and the dude was amazing to deal with. i want to test them when they get here next week to see how close the QC is on the rates, but otherwise it was the best transaction ever. if i had the specialty tools and felt confident about taking apart and rebuilding the shock and damper, i'd get the TiN done myself too. super annoying how much time i've had to waste. yayyy motorsports industry!!! haha

 

What engine and chassis is that?

 

Martek. And Banshee/RD motor.

Dude is making a batch right now. Current one uses R6 front end and complete swingarm/rear to keep costs down on a build. He's also making a batch for RG500 motors.

 

While I wait for other things... swingarm for the Martek frame coming together here. Soon, will have to figure out who we're going to get these Astralite wheels from an OW01 in there.

 

Wow, very sweet.

 

a preview...

 

I love this thread so very much.......

 

I think we all do!

 

Shervin just called and said this thread sucks. I’ll sure he will offer up a free consult. Beautiful work sir.

 

thanks dudes. So shock and damper are at Fast Bike today for the coatings and stuff. This happened when dude was handling one of the springs:

One on the left is untouched. One on the right touched. Almost look like its changing to the next color in the color spectrum as far as ti anodizing? but I doubt heat from sitting in a UPS box could have done any of that. hand oils? weird. i figured anodize was pretty much impervious to that kinda thing. i can always redo the electro anodize process myself when they're back, was going to get the whole setup anyways cause i wanna get into doing that, but just thought this was odd.

 

Yeah seems like a bad anodizing job or poor seal job or lack of......... interesting, because yeah, that should not happen with a proper anodizing....I would bet they are not use to or someone did not setup properly/account for Ti

 

Shirvin said all that extra weight from welding is a waste. Keeps getting better, wish I had the time and could fine tune a skill or ten to do a project like this. I don’t get impressed often but this sure does it for me.

 

spoke to an expert. she says that color change comes from material stress from the bending force of the metal being shaped, and it anodizes quicker in some areas than others because of that. i didn't know it could do that, was interesting to here. i figured the voltage you set was like a ceiling on the reaction when you dipped it in the solution no matter how long it sat there or the composition of it. anyways, getting a redo.

 

Are you going to put this bike in a glass case in the living room? It will be too pretty to take to the track...

 

hahaha yes. and yes. and i've been having that thought. and i dunno what i'ma do about it. take it out every once in a while? get some tags for it and do some shows? stare at it every morning under spot lights?

that's why i'm building two of them. the other one can get boned a bunch and i'll try not to care as much, although it'll also be decently nice. no carbon, no titanium, no crazy dash and telemetry, no fancy pants custom shit. cheap fairings, used ohlins, low level Brembo stuff, R6 swingarm, and those Astralites. the only 2 kinda splurgy things are i got an aftermarket trans and dry clutch conversion kit coming for a Banshee motor (cause dry clutch all the things), and the quick change i guess. that Martek frame saves a ton of trouble and fab time/cost. run of the mill 421cc kit that's sold everywhere. that's what i'm going for. easy to service and cheap to own.

funny thing about that one too... found a company that sells kevlar TZ250 body work like Motion has. the cost from fiberglass to kevlar is about $600 more... which is basically what a decent paint job costs. since i wanted to do a yellow/white/black 50th anniversary scheme anyways, i can just get kevlar fairings and vinyl the rest instead of paying a painter. easier to redo or fix if it goes down... so i lied, there will probably be a little carbon haha. but yea, whatev.

 

The good thing is it is pretty rare that a guy wads the bike up so bad that he tears up the clutch and transmission...

But good job justifying the kevlar bodywork to yourself!