Race Bike Bits
Posted by Synfinatic on June 16, 2009 in /dev/random.
I’ve decided to keep a running tab of parts on my race bike that I’ve broken or have had fail on me one way or another. This does not include any failures from normal wear & tear or tuning issues. For one, it’ll help me remember what I’ve replaced or had fixed and secondly hopefully it will serve as a warning to others considering starting a club racing career.
Year 1 of ownership (‘99 SV650):
- Front fairing stay snapped in half my first track day in the wind.
- Dropped a valve in my motor doing STAR School
- Lost a bolt (well it’s prolly in my belly pan somewhere) holding the timing sensor on the stator cover. Bike wouldn’t run.
- Fried a clutch
- Stripped the nut on my rear axle doing a tire change.
- Exhaust header burnt through my belly pan.
- Stripped the threads for a bolt holding my gas tank in place.
- Bolts holding my stator in place broke- killing my motor (found the lost bolt though!)
Year 2 (‘99 SV650):
- Completely rebuilt production legal motor by BRG Racing
So far, I’ve spent at least 2x on repairs then the original cost of the bike.
