Ok, so I have not seen a complete thread on this stuff and since I networked with a few of the members and carried out at least the initial stuff here is what I have done to mine, thus far, in preparation for a trip to Barber Motorsports Park. I bought some .032 safety wire, and the needed pliers from Motorcycle Super Store and some other items from various sources... here goes:
The oil drain plug. I bought a Lockhart Phillips aluminum plug that was pre-drilled (for safety wire) for $3 on Ebay. All of the GSXRs have the same plug so if faced with a purchase just order the one that fits those and your good to go! I judiciously drilled a small hole in the shroud that half circum surrounds the plug, it was a tight fit but after a few tries my aircraft mechanic son 'signed off on the wire up'.
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Next was the oil filler plug. Its plastic (easy drill job) and there is a nifty little hole that is already in place in the frame. I used it (the frame hole) and again very carefully drilled a hole in the filler cap and here is a blurry pic of that mod:
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From there, moved on to the oil filter. The guy holding this track class requires that the filter be wired so I took a suitable sized hose clamp and bound it on to the filter. There is, as can be seen in the pic, a nifty little boss on the engine that is great to wire up to so I used it.
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Finally, and this will be the last thing I wire up for this track day, is the side stand kill switch. Yep, I had to do that too since the side stand has to be removed before going onto the track so here is what I did. Took off the switch and very carefully drilled a small hole in the rim of the plunger and also drilled a hole for the wire in the bolt that secures the switch to the side stand mounting boss. From there, remount it all, just twist up the wire until the plunger is depressed far enough to over ride the engine kill point and you can then run without even having the side stand mounted.
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Ok, so more to come as I have to unplug some wires to either disable or otherwise switch on and off all of the bike's lighting... and if I dont find a post on how that works I'll post it too.Either way, this part of the .Org dont seem too busy so it needed a good post eh?
The oil drain plug. I bought a Lockhart Phillips aluminum plug that was pre-drilled (for safety wire) for $3 on Ebay. All of the GSXRs have the same plug so if faced with a purchase just order the one that fits those and your good to go! I judiciously drilled a small hole in the shroud that half circum surrounds the plug, it was a tight fit but after a few tries my aircraft mechanic son 'signed off on the wire up'.
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Next was the oil filler plug. Its plastic (easy drill job) and there is a nifty little hole that is already in place in the frame. I used it (the frame hole) and again very carefully drilled a hole in the filler cap and here is a blurry pic of that mod:
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From there, moved on to the oil filter. The guy holding this track class requires that the filter be wired so I took a suitable sized hose clamp and bound it on to the filter. There is, as can be seen in the pic, a nifty little boss on the engine that is great to wire up to so I used it.
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Finally, and this will be the last thing I wire up for this track day, is the side stand kill switch. Yep, I had to do that too since the side stand has to be removed before going onto the track so here is what I did. Took off the switch and very carefully drilled a small hole in the rim of the plunger and also drilled a hole for the wire in the bolt that secures the switch to the side stand mounting boss. From there, remount it all, just twist up the wire until the plunger is depressed far enough to over ride the engine kill point and you can then run without even having the side stand mounted.
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Ok, so more to come as I have to unplug some wires to either disable or otherwise switch on and off all of the bike's lighting... and if I dont find a post on how that works I'll post it too.Either way, this part of the .Org dont seem too busy so it needed a good post eh?
