I've started this winter's round of mods and rebuilds, a bit of bling, a few new ideas, some stuff I've had on the back burner for a while and one or two projects that I've been talking about for a while but not yet started.
On the list are:
New airbox, made if poss from carbon fibre, sealed against the underside of the tank, with ram air- two fairing sides already sourced, inner sections to be modified to make ducts- new intake sealed section to be constructed behind the headstock, a vertical filter element leading to the enlarged airbox.
A flo-commander to be fitted- already got this.
Custom stacks: fitted to my current modified airbox already:
Now aren't they lovely?
And, not only a louder intake note but a noticeable performance increase, as well, compared to my glued-together lashup with SP1 stack funnel tops attached to Storm bases.
What else?
Well, I'm running a standard engine atm, since mine self-destructed
but that will either have high comp pistons and my reground cams fitted, or I'll build another one, not doing that until everything else is done, though.Blade 929/954 USD forks/yokes, with my existing F4i calipers and a new (to me) radial mc. 330mm discs (or 320, haven't measured yet, but they're the black centres, so 320 or 330, whatever, they'll do for now.
1kg springs in the forks, as the std spring is way too light.
I'll have to ride it for a while, but may have to remove the 6mm shock spacer, as the Blade forks are a bit shorter.
3" rise two-part clip ons from Woodcraft, carbon vented mudguard- a bit blingy but I figure I'm worth it.
I'm sure there's more than that...
Yes, the exhaust. I want to make one, bigger bore of course, stainless 2" tube will be the weapon of choice as I can make several and evaluate them. Downpipes will both have wide band lambda sensors fitted and a display to show mixture and stoichiometric ratio. I can't afford two displays and so it'll be switchable between them.
That's what the flo-commander is for, to adjust the main air intake to bring the ratio on both cylinders into as good a setting as I can achieve.
It'll tell me which direction to go in with the main jets, and then when the main jets are about right I can fine tune within the flo commander adjustment range.
Now, the exhausts would be easier if i just bought one, but there's a reason that I need to build one. A while ago, I was trying to find out why the SP1 made as much more power than a Storm as it does. I had a look at an SP1 engine I bought and the only real difference I couldn't account for was the exhaust port- it's roughly equally spaced between and in front of the two exhaust valves and the Storm ex port is in line with only one of the exhaust valves; the other one is hidden- that can't be good for gas flow.
So I've started a little project- thanks to a fellow member- who has machined the ports out to an oval shape. That, of course, means that I need to manufacture an oval header section, for each cylinder, and while I'm there I may as well make a whole system.
I reckon that lot will keep me busy for a while, but as I've already sold the current forks and six spoke front wheel, the bike will be of the road until I can get some if it, at least, done.
I want to do the airbox stuff, and the forks and front end, then get it back on the road for a while and then on with the rest.
Game, as they say, on......
A few more pics:
here's my new hoist, which is equally at home lifting the front or back end as it is lifting out an engine-
More anon....
Tony
I might just pretend I have them in my airbox too 
