Motorcycle Page

Oh yes, motorcycles.  For the last couple years these things have been taking up some serious amounts of my time.  My first motorcycle was a 1983 Yamaha Maxim 750.  It was big, extremely cold blooded but super comfortable.  In retrospect I should have held onto it and put a jet kit into it to help it warm up quicker.  I sold it in 2002 for $800.

In March of 2002 I picked up a 2001 Suzuki SV650S.  This is, without a doubt, the best bike I could have purchased.  Full of fun, lightweight, sounds great when unplugged.  This is the bike that got me into track riding and racing.  I dove full force into modifiying the snot out of this bike.  The list below is the approximate order that I did the mods in.

Race Tech .85 springs and new oil.  Ed Kwaterski did the work.

Penske 8986 rear shock.  If I knew how to really use this thing I'd probably be going a lot faster.  Purchased from Ed Kwaterski.

Scorpion High Mount slip on Exhaust.  Purchased this in a group buy on SVrider.com .  Common in England but the high mounts normally don't make it to the US.  Didn't do much to the power but makes it sound great!

Full on race prepping.  Got rid of the lights, signals, stock clip ons, brakes. The body work came from KGcycles , a smaller manufacturer.  Makes it look like an R6 front end.  The bodywork held up well through my lowside into turn 3 at Blackhawk Farms.

Here are some pictures of it before and after.  The picture on the left is a bone stock 2001 SV650S file photo.  The one on the right is a picture of it recently.  I had to repaint the tank due to the lowside put a huge dent in it down to the metal :(  I absolutely loved the stock color and bodywork of this bike.

For more racing details, head to the racing page.

I also have a "street" bike, a 2002 Triumph Speed Four (named Gumby).I purchased this in August of 2003.

In August 2004 I purchased a 2002 Honda CR125R motocross bike.  It's got gobs of modifications that I can't use.  I don't get to go dirt riding too often but it is fun.

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