Ride what the winners ride: RCMP Suzuki NZ GSXR1000K7.
This was Ray Clee’s own personal bike, and used one of the engines Robbie Bugden used to win the NZSBK title. The bike was built with no expense spared to full NZSBK spec, pretty much identical to the bikes Robbie and Andrew Stroud campaigned. Prior to my purchasing the bike in 2010 it was rebuilt to as new.
This thing is quite simply a weapon and has recently been further improved with an STM slipper clutch (2 meetings old), ultra-light Yoyodyne tubular alloy rear subframe (brand new),Starlane Da Vinci dash/GPS laptimer/quickshifter, Shorai LiFe lightweight battery, and K9 monoblock brake calipers.
Prior to heading down to the 2012 South Island NZSBK rounds (only having fun racing new tracks in Clubman’s) and after listening to all sorts of misinformation about intake valve maintenance/replacement I erred on the side of caution and enlisted the awesome Chris Osborne to tear it down and replace the 2 piece friction welded OEM Ti inlet valves with much stronger one piece forged KPMI Ti valves (www.kpmivalvetrain.com). Turns out I was massively over cautious as everything was in perfect nick: a conservative rev limit (makes 187rwhp with virtually OEM rev limit, big boys use +1000rpm) and not to mention less skill than Bugden/Stroud has resulted in a relatively unstressed donk. Never the less the KPMI valves were installed along with new Yoshi valve cotters, retainers and new piston rings so the engine is super-strong in every respect. Work commitments and another race bike mean the mighty GSXR isn’t your usual thrashed club bike and has literally only done a handful of race meetings (plus even less trackdays)since this freshen up.
The engine has only ever seen fully synthetic 0W-50 or 5W-50 oil, changed religiously every 2 race/track days, along with the filter.
That Yoshi’d to the max engine would be wasted without a decent chassis and the Ohlins 25mm fork cartridges and TTX Ohlins shock courtesy of Robert/Dennis at Kiwi Suspension Solutions do a brilliant job keeping the rubber on the road, as they’ve used the information gained working with Stroud/Bugden and co to refine their product to suit NZ tracks. An eccentric swingarm pivot improves both traction and tyre life.
The Starlane Da Vinci dash/quickshifter/GPS/ laptimer has huge functionality, allowing you to see/adjust various parameters (best lap indicator, shift lights, rev limit, shift cut time, hour meter etc ) on the fly or trackside in seconds without the need for a laptop. The GPS laptimer doesn’t just mean there’s no trackside beacon required, you can analyse traces, overlay laps, set intermediates etc etc, with info downloadable via USB or bluetooth connection. Full details are here: http://www.starlane.com/vedit/15/cro...sp?idprod=1104
Combine this with the Yoshi EM-Pro ecu (engine brake assist, rev based traction control, multi ignition/fuel maps etc etc and you are talking some serious electronic adjustability. Setup discs and comm’s cable included
While replacing the OEM harbour bridge rear subframe with lightweight the metal art that is the Yoyodyne subframe, I’ve also had a pro apply new paint to some of Billy’s sweet Yoshi fairings. The new paint is not quite as in the pic (I'm away at work, proper pic’s coming) but still a nice red/black/white.
Bike will come with a decent set of Pirelli Superbike slicks, and a barely scrubbed set of wets mounted on spare rims (complete with discs and sprocket carrier) along with a comprehensive spares package including full unused road gear (includes tank), spare fairings (includes another tank) etc etc
Some engine spec’s::
Yoshi full Ti/carbon TRC “kit” exhaust (big bore unobtainium as used by Mladin/Spies in AMA)
Yoshi STG-R type R cams
Yoshi valve cotters, retainers/springs
Yoshi dual air funnel kit
Yoshi metal gasket set
Yoshi oil/air separator
Yoshi catch can
Yoshi heavy duty clutch plates and springs
RCMP machined head/deck/pistons for hi- compression/flow
STM slipper clutch
BMC air filter
Electrical spec’s:
Yoshi EM-Pro ecu
Yoshi wiring loom
Starlane Da Vinci dash/quick shifter/GPS laptimer
Lanyard kill switch
Chassis spec’s:
WP steering damper
KSS Ohlins 25mm fork cartridge kit
KSS Ohlins TTX shock
Yoyodyne lightweight tubular alloy rear subframe
Lightweight instrument bracket/fairing brace
GSXR1000K9 monoblock front brake calipers with HEL braided lines
Yoshimura brake pads
Vortex clip-ons
Yoshimura rearsets
Yoshimura fairings, seat, air ducts
Chassis protectors
Billet roll-a-click levers
520 chain and sprockets
Spares:
All new/unused road gear including tank (bike has never been registered, went direct to Ray Clee from Suzuki)
Front and rear rims with discs, sprocket carrier and wide selection of sprockets
Various used race fairings (some damaged but easy repairable) including spare tank (includes pump, billet cap and stomp grip so ready to go)
OEM clutch
OEM K7 radial brake calipers
OEM brake/clutch master cylinders
OEM brake/clutch levers
OEM front and rear subframes (2 x sets of rear main subframe spars, 1 x small rear sub-sub frame)
EBC Extreme Pro sintered front brake pads, just bedded, ready to use
Race radiator (picked up already a lil’ tweaked but good race spare)
Yoshi rearset parts
BMC air filter (allows easy swap rather than trying to clean trackside)
Spare Yoshi metal gasket set
Fibreglass tank cover/protector (do as I was going to: fabricate light alloy tank underneath, or just use as tank protector)
There’s more besides but you get the idea. This is a highly developed, well set up race bike, easily as competitive as the latest S1000RR, RSV4 etc for a fraction of the price to buy, maintain and obtain spares. It is a used race bike so has some bumps and scrapes, but there have been no shortcuts taken in building or maintaining this machine so it’s well ready for many fast trouble free race/track days to come.
I love this thing, but a change in direction means something has to give. Asking $13000 for complete package.
Note: I’m working nightshift away from home so best contact is via PM at the moment. Won’t be back home until just before PMCC round 3 at Manfeild next weekend (20-21 April) but should have bike there. Once home bike will be listed on Trade Me so be quick to grab a bargain.
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