Some shots of the bike from today's ride

Sun was out for a while today, and it actually stopped raining long enough for the roads to dry... went out for a brief ride. Took the camera, but I wasn't feeling creative so there's nothing special here really... The matte black and pinstripped chopper was at Starbucks when I stopped to warm up for a bit... sick looking bike in person. Only got one shot cuz the camera died

2005 R6 Raven, K&N drop-in, Two Bro's slip on, Power Commander, full frame-slider kit, blacked out factory windscreen. Ah, and up 6 in rear and 1/4 turn throttle (THAT took some getting used to.. **** me..)

Enjoy!





**** away the camera setting for this one...

Sick bike!

Nice bike.

Up SIX?! Sheesh, what're you stunting that thing? lol Looks great.

I want to do the 1/3 or 1/4 turn throttle. I hate how long mine is.

Aken wrote:

Up SIX?!

What's that mean?

I like the view over the water...

justin wrote:

Aken wrote: Up SIX?! What's that mean? I like the view over the water...

He switched the rear sprocket with one that has six more teeth than the stock one. It makes the bike more torqey, at the sacrifice of top-end speed and higher cruising RPMs.

6 up is stupid, no track days in your future I assume?

pOrk wrote:

6 up is stupid, no track days in your future I assume?

That's the only thing that the previous owner did, everything else is by my hand. I absolutely hate it too... While it does take off a quicker than most 600's, combined with that 1/4 throttle it's a weeee bit eager to pick up the front wheel at 3/4 throttle through first and second. Plus I went to adjust my glove on the throttle while mergering onto I-5 one day, looked over my shoulder to check traffic, and was suddenly looking down at the ground as the front wheel pulled up going about 50. Spooky cuz it was unexpected.

Aken wrote:

Up SIX?! Sheesh, what're you stunting that thing? lol Looks great. I want to do the 1/3 or 1/4 turn throttle. I hate how long mine is.

This is one of my favorite things I've done so far... so nice not having to wrap my wrist out for wide-open. Took a while to get used to having ridden it around stock for months, but I still like it. I can take the throttle between my thumb and pointer finger and roll the grip between 'em, and I'll max it out.

Next thing I want to do is downsize to up two in the back, maybe down one up front. While the acceleration is outstanding for a 6, top speed so far is 158mph indicated, so I'm guessing in actuality it was somewhere in the low, low 150's, maybe high 140's. Ran out of road and it was still going, but just barely.

Toastr wrote:

Next thing I want to do is downsize to up two in the back, maybe down one up front. While the acceleration is outstanding for a 6, top speed so far is 158mph indicated, so I'm guessing in actuality it was somewhere in the low, low 150's, maybe high 140's. Ran out of road and it was still going, but just barely.

No way man. With that type of gearing and no Speedohealer, you're looking at a ~15% error on your speedometer and odometer. 158 indicated is only like 135 actual.

I'd get a Speedohealer on that bish ASAP, if anything just to keep the mileage accurate.

Is your PC3 tuned also? Just curious. I have one as well and it just has the Two Bros map on it (I had a Two Bros pipe and then switched to a no-name). I want to get it tuned at the start of next season.

Yeah it's tuned, they had a race week at Skagit Powersports (local dealer and shop) and I had it tuned and the suspension setup for my weight and such... huge difference all around, especially in handling. On a warm day, there are no chicken strips I had the Two Bros map and it made a small difference, but whatever the dealer's shop did made an even bigger change.

I could have sworn it was faster than 135ish, I was racing my buddies terminator and his in car video had a shot of the speedo at 148 right before he walked past me (ever so slightly modified car, heh). Either way, I definitely need the Speedohealer. Would like to get an accurate reading.. I know there's no way I've put damn near 6000 miles on it since I got it in mid-summer.

I wouldn't trust the speedo of a modified car either. Best way to check is a GPS (or a police officer friend!).

this is true... Guess i could also hit the track some day and try to remember to peek at the speedo crossing the traps to compare to the slip... either way I'm getting that 'healer. And new sprockets. And some red leds for glow. And maybe some red reflective stripe tape for the rims.

Nice

one sick bike. total stealth

awesome pics and awesome bike....glad we finally got some nice weather today...too bad I had to work.


Come wash my truck when you get a next free day off thats nice

We still need to get together and have that beer

02BlueStang wrote:

awesome pics and awesome bike....glad we finally got some nice weather today...too bad I had to work. Come wash my truck when you get a next free day off thats nice We still need to get together and have that beer

Fckin word dude. Been trying to get a matching day off for months, heh. One of these years...

Soooo... nobody's noticed anything weird about one of the pictarz? Surprised no one's said anything yet

You mean besides the boat on stands?

Yep, the boat picture is unmolested. It's subtle, but pretty obvious once you find it