Is that an Engine getting installed???

2012 Ninja 650 Engine with only 153 miles on it arrived Friday!

Engine looks like it wants to be installed doesn't it?

Getting the engine installed required the help of my lovely wife Sue. ;)

One engine installed!

Pretty stoked to have the shock and engine in!

Well, that was interesting! Friday afternoon the engine and a bunch of electronics arrived and then I left to go up to Steamboat Springs for the weekend... Needless to say my mind was almost always thinking about putting this engine in and getting the rest of the components all figured out! So when we got home tonight the first thing I did was start putting the engine in! Heck I even got the wife to help!!! She puts up with me I think... Surprised she keeps me around honestly! Hahaha!!!

So now we have a wiring harness to work on cutting up and turning into a race harness and hopefully some bodywork arrives here this week so we can start cutting parts off the frame that we don't need! 

Stay tuned for more progress reports soon!

Shocking Day!!!

Penske 8987 3-Way w/Lindemann Engineering Race Compression Stack

And so it begins, installing more goodies to get the project "rolling" Literally!!! We now have a rolling chassis now that the Penske shock arrived today! Woot Woot! 

After some discussions with Ed Sorbo @ Lindemann Engineering we decided on the Penske 8987 3-Way Adjustable Unit with the Lindemann Engineering Race Compression Stack for the project, the adjustability of this unit will help with trying to tame the Mountain Course over on the Isle of Man and will be capable of doing pretty much anything we want it to do anywhere else. I am super stoked to get the bike up and running and see what this baby handles like!

Huge thanks to Ed, he is a stand up guy and can make just about anyone go faster by turning knobs and changing things on suspension components... I would like to see him wear some crazy Dr clothing with a "Mad Genius" hat on or something but that may not be professional enough! 

So, if you need suspension work done, call this place:

Lindemann Engineering 

Stay tuned as some more updates and items are arriving over the next few days!!!

The Easy Way To Install A ZX6R Rear Wheel On A Ninja 650

New Spacer Kit and Machined Hub to fit the ZX6R Rear Wheel.

Been a little while since the project has gotten any action!  

 

Blue Ridge Performance has a brilliant little kit to adapt the larger 5.5" rear wheel from a ZX6R into the ER-6 swingarm, he machines the hub to line up the sprocket and has spacers made so you use the stock ZX6R wheel bearings and is pretty slick. If you are looking to upgrade to a 180 rear tire on your 650 check him out!