Nearly 3 years...disgraceful

Hard to believe that it's coming up on 3 years since I rebuilt the engine in the RGV and fired her up for the first time. Here's the latest clip of a little maintenance run the other weekend. I really need to get this on the road......

Pulled on the RGV

I took her out for a little test ride and it became expensive....

More motivation to get it on the road asap!!!!!!

WTF over!

Decided to fix the indicators today and what a debacle that turned into. I'm running led indicators and knowing you can't use the normal flasher I went off and bought a LED specific bike one.....and it didn't work. In looking at that the rear brake light was also no longer working???? Checked the light itself and it was fine, the brake pressure switch was playing up. Maybe I don't have enough pressure in the line?....Why is there brake fluid on the rear sets? FAAAARKKKKKK!!!!! Long story short, the brake switch is cactus - need a new one. The master cylinder has been leaking brake fluid past the reservoir attachment seal - need to replace the seal or replace the whole master cylinder. My uber sexy HRC race reservoirs are still sweating brake fluid plus the lines have clouded - have to consult with the seers at RGV250.co.uk for some advice on this one.

Went back to the original indicator flasher and decided to load up the indicators with after market resistors so it will flash - need to buy them.

One step forward and about 6 backwards....I hate having to revisit parts I've already "fixed" ;-)

A little update

Okay, finally got around to doing some more work on the RGV.

The clipons and levers are on. The grips don't fit so off to eBay they go.


Dan has come through with the shift rod and wasn't it a saga getting the reverse thread cut but it's on there now and that's one more thing off the list.

And to cap it off I have sold my GSXR1100 as well. Sorry to see that one go especially after the amount of money I put into it over the last 2 years but the Harley had to be paid for. One benefit is it frees up some time to focus on the RGV.

Controls have all arrived

eBay hath provided all the controls so now it's time to get it all on the RGV. Dan's machining the shift rod and then I can finish the foot pegs and controls. Getting closer............ Oh and the Gixxer is up for sale on evilBay again.....

Control makeover

After sizing the clipons incorrectly I've orderd in a new set in......gold


And a set of grips to match in.....gold

And a set of shorty levers in.......gold




I love Goooooold!!!!!!

Progress continues

The Tyga rearsets have arrived for the RGV so they're now on and the pipes are lining up correctly. We've now marked the cans so they're straight when on the bike and the mount plates and pipes are with Dan to be welded and the ends re-chromed. The replacement Tyga carbon fibre hugger arrived along with another HRC rear brake reservoir race kit. No pictures but we're slowly getting there - Still needs:

• Subframe re-aligned
• Rear shock reservoir mount
• Chain
• Power valves timed
• Refit exhausts and gaskets
• Side stand switch and wiring
• Extend rear wiring
• Shift linkage machined
• Mirror mount gaskets
• Key re-cut for ignition

The Harley still has a few electrical gremlins in there which I am trying to work through but it's a bit of a task to get them all. I had a few more rides so I'm slowly getting used to it now.

Welcome to the first post

Well the background to my build is I started riding on an FZR250R but I've always wanted an RGV. Moving up in licence I skipped the RGV and went to a GSXR750. After writing that off I picked up a crumby RZ250 - 350 motor with wiseco kit and 350 front end for a song and I kind of turned it into a rat bike. It was great fun and I enjoyed riding it around even nipping it up racing an RGV on the highway. After a while it developed a bad rumble in the engine and I sold it for a pittance as I was moving back to Ireland for work. Back in Australia and after a brief time with an XT600 and then not riding for 8 years I pick up another GSXR except it was an 1100 streetfighter this time. This year I've decided that I want to improve my riding skills at track days so the hunt for an RGV was back on. Unfortunately while they looked great in photos the majority were munted basket cases.

I shifted focus and grabbed a fettled rolling chassis and body work from Coolum Beach, way up the Sunshine Coast. It's a 1992 model and comes with 6-pot calipers from a 91 TL1000R, goodridge braided lines, and with a load of race tech gold kit suspension.

I also snapped up the bodywork and it is all original plastics (except for the race seat).
One thing I didn't get was the key, so I'll need a new one cut. Now for an engine....