Off With Your Head!

 I had a spare hour last night so took the head off the bike ready to replace the head gasket. Not too bad a job really as you can do it with the engine in situ. I also modified the subframe a little to lower it very slightly as it was a little too high on the initial test. All is sorted now!

The Heat is on at Rockingham

Well we finally made it on to the track with our Supertwin on Friday! Unfortunately it was a little short lived. The first session went very well and I was surprisingly happy with the handling straight out of the box as we were immediately on the pace. The bad news came when I returned to the pit garage and the bike overheated. Upon investigation it was apparent the head gasket had gone. I now know that the GPT temperature gauge we had fitted prior to this weekend was under reading by approx 30 degrees, so I had probably done the head gasket while taking the bike through its heat cycles unbeknown to me. Bit unhappy with this as the GPT temperature gauges are not cheap things and you expect them to be pretty good. I have now fitted a trusty Scitsu temperature gauge in its place. I did not have a spare head gasket with me, so I could unable to change it at the circuit and I will have to change it at home this week.

The bike did seem to draw the crowds and a lot of interest with every passing person stopping to have a look and take photos.

The main thing is that after only a brief time on track the bike has shown it has a lot of potential.

The bike may be up for sale in the near future due to my wife expecting our first child on the 1st January so if anyone is interested please drop me a line at hutch7777@hotmail.co.uk

A Bit Bored

Been looking at these and think we need to do something with them. Any suggestions?

Nearly There

What do you think? Been busy again getting the Supertwin ER6 to this stage. Not far off now. Just got radiator to finish off then the rev counter and temp gauge. Once thats done it will be off to the dyno. Thanks to all our sponsors for helping us get it this far.

I have been playing around with the exhaust and airduct today. I have knocked up a link pipe that will allow us to try the pipes to see how they work. The airduct is now on and I have decided to use the standard radiator and am currently deciding whether to use the oil cooler I have or an additional radiator. The oil cooler I have is a little wide to sit behind the front wheel so I need a narrower oil cooler or narrow radiator. Mmmmmm, what to do?

Engines In !

Birdy and I took a trip to Selby on Thursday night to collect the engine from Roger at RMKD. Roger has worked his magic on the motor so we are hoping for good things. Today I have been busy putting the engine into the frame and sorting a few other bits and pieces out. I have to say the ER6 engines weigh a bloody ton and getting one into the frame on your own takes a fair bit of doing. You may be able to see in the pictures that we now have a quickshifter on the bike which plugs straight into the power commander so is an easy fitment. My next jobs on the list are fit injectors, airbox and airduct. Decide what radiator/oil cooler combination to use, finish the exhaust system, sort the wiring, rev counter and temp gauge, then the fairing. So I still have a few things to do!

Carbon Vinyl Wrapping

I was looking at what I should do to the finish of the bike and as I was trying to make it as close to a Moto2/MotoGP machine, I knew I liked the look of  these bikes when they go testing. So I decided upon making it look like a full carbon clad bike. This is my first attempt at wrapping the bike in 3D Carbon Vinyl. Got to say it looks pretty good and as the seat unit is probably the most difficult shape, the fairing should be pretty easy.