More Fab and some electronic goodies...

Headed over to Two Create Fab to get the upper fairing brackets finished up and fix up the radiator a bit this past week. Everything is looking good, bike is running and I actually got a lap around the neighborhood on it tonight! Felt good to ride this thing, from a bare frame to this... 

Got the Dynojet quick shifter and Power Commander all installed tonight and the bike actually ran after I was done! That's a good thing right? ;) Hoping to get to the dyno next week and get it dialed in for some seat time. Gonna be fun to take it out to the track for the first time after all the work I have put into it! I can't wait!!!

Radiator is in!

Not a lot has happened up until the last week or so on the project! Finally got her loaded up and brought up to the radiator shop and got the radiator fitted and installed so we could get her fired up! 

So we now have a radiator and can finally get her up and running!

Hoping to get the upper fairing mounts finished up and get her out to the track if not this weekend next weekend to get some seat time on her and get some things sorted! Pikes Peak is coming up really quick!!!

Been Too Long, What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Stronger Right?

Hey everyone, the past month has been an absolute disaster to say the least! Sorry for not posting stuff up, my mother passed away unexpectedly on Feb 24th and I had to fly home to help my pops get things in order and help out for a bit. I drove back home from MN to CO the following Thursday and went to work on Friday only to get let go from my job... So last weekend was job hunting and interviews on Monday and Tuesday and then I jumped back in the car and headed back to MN where I am currently. 

So I am sitting here at my favorite little coffee shop called Dunn Bros here in Anoka, MN trying to figure out my season and how to get the project finished.

Now the GOOD if not GREAT news is I actually got into the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb so my focus has been shifted slightly this season to making this my top priority for this year and to try and get a decent result in my rookie season on the mountain!

I even got my race number 65!!!

On to an update on the Project, Teague over at Two Create LLC got the exhaust all finished up and made the fairing mount brackets along with the radiator mounts so we are almost ready to rock and roll here and fire her up! Getting excited to finally see the bike looking like a bike! 

We have some more work to do to get things wired up and finished off, then we also started to make a lower for the RS250 bodywork that is taking quite a bit of effort to get to fit. Going to work well just have to get everything kind of fitted and re-glass it all back together again. 

More pics and info to come soon, Stay Tuned! 

Cheers!

Some more Fab work...

Teague over at TWO Create Fab got the steering stop welded in and we finalized the Air Tech upper fairing brackets along with getting the radiator mounting all figured out... Rumor has it I might be able to pick the bike up tomorrow!

Patient ready for a steering stop.

Teague playing with the welder.

Teague at work!

One steering stop for ZX6R clamps on a ER6f.

Bodywork fitting is getting there!

More to come soon...

Did someone say Exhaust?

What I will call an exhaust showed up yesterday and today I ran over to the Fab Shop TWO Create Fab and we started to assemble the exhaust...

Racing Unlimited's exhaust kit is coming together quite nicely, more to come soon!!!

Fab Fab Fab...

Went over to the Fab shop to visit Teague @ Two Create Fab and check out the progress on the project. Seat is mounted up and looking good! Super stoked after we took some more measurements and worked on figuring out the next steps to getting the front fairing mounted up.

Tail is mounted on the custom subframe, started getting the fairing mounted.

Other side of the tail mounted.

Teague came up with this brilliant seat mount setup, impressive!

Even got the Penske rez mounted up!

Then we got notice tonight that the custom exhaust from Alan @ Racing Unlimited will be in our grubby little hands shortly!

Here is a sneak peek at the headers, gonna be a fun setup when we get it welded up!

So there is a few updates on the project, going to be getting some more stuff all figured out here over the next couple of weeks and hopefully have some more big advances in the build.

Stay Tuned and Go Broncos!!! ;)

New Denver Area Sponsor On Board!!!

We got some really good news today, we picked up a new sponsor!

Vickery Motorsports is a Denver area dealer carrying Kawasaki, Yamaha, Polaris, & Ski-Doo. We would like to thank the Vickery's for coming on board and we look forward to working with you this season and beyond! 

Some of you AMA followers may recognize the Vickery name:

Doug Vickery has raced on 2 wheels for a very long time and we are excited to have their backing!

Cheers!

Just-Us Racing back together again!

After about 5 years or more apart I was at the motorcycle show in Minnesota with my buddy Joey and we ran into James and had to do a quick photo op at the CRA booth where we all met and began roadracing together and became good friends. 

These two guys are my lifeline for the Manx, I will be trusting them with everything and anything. It was so awesome to hang out tonight and catch up again! 

Cheers Brothers!!!

Fabrication What?

Happy Friday everyone! Just-Us Racing & Project Supertwin would like to welcome Two Create LLC to the team! Teague Oliver will be handling all the odds and ends to get the fairings mounted, exhaust welded up, and any other fab stuff needed!

Next up we got the GPR damper all setup, since we will no longer be using an ignition switch we machined the front fuel tank bracket to hold the damper and it seems to be working perfectly. 

Lastly, we got the Active Quick Throttle setup from Cal Sport over in the UK. We were a little worried when we got it as the package said 09-11 and we have a 12, but it all worked out perfectly and this is a Great piece of kit! Took maybe 15 minutes to install!

Lots of updates to come in a week or so! Thanks for following and stay tuned for some more progress SOON!

Who needs rear brakes and frame sliders anyway?

Gotta love the days when things fall into place!

HEL got the rear brake line to me today and everything installed quickly and easily! Thanks Guys!

Next up, the frame sliders from Yoshimura, good stuff, fit was just about perfect and I think we can use them to hold the fairings. Super stoked to get with the fab guys and get this body on and get rolling! Not alot of pics online of frame sliders for the 12+ bikes so here are a few I think will be helpful for people looking around online.

Cold and Cutting Stuff in Half!

So it has been a bit cold in the garage and the wife wasn't using the office so you know what that means right? Yep, workshop has been moved into the house! ;)

Then we started to work on the fitment of the front fairings, this is going to be a tad bit more difficult that we had previously expected BUT it is going to be pretty sweet when it is all fitted. Just is going to take the handywork of my buddy Nik and his fiberglass expertise!

Here we go, marking where to cut...

Back half of the tail is cut off, will trim to fit once a bit further.

And then there were 3... 3 pieces that is! 

So now we are working on doing some test fitting and measuring to get the upper into place before we add in the necessary width to the bottom of the lower and get all the mounting brackets figured out. Trying to mount the fairings similar to how they mount up on my Honda RS250 GP Bike as they are simple to take on and off and are very solid.

Stay tuned, we are starting to have fun now!

Just Breathe...

BMC FM707/04 Race Air Filter Fitted

Sometimes it is the little things right? Just received a BMC Air Filter and put it in and as expected it fits perfectly... Now to get the airbox back in the bike and keep working on getting the bodywork fitted and hopefully the custom exhaust from Racing Unlimited gets here sometime in the next couple of weeks so we can get her up and running and then tear it all back down again! 

The joys of building a racebike! Absolutely love working on these things, love racing them even more! C'mon spring, hurry up already!