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Old 08-01-2007, 10:20 PM   #6 (permalink)
GenLightening Male
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Location: Minden, NV
My Ride: 1984 VF1000F CDN 2001 Yamaha V Star 1100
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When guys at the track would ask me how I was able to get my junkyard racebikes to go so fast, I would tell them that I just did some general lightening. Since I didn't have much money back then, it was cheaper and easier to shave weight than make more power. It's stuck for about 20 years now.
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'84 VF1000F Canadian
100,000+km
CBR1000 front wheel w/ 120-70-17 & 13" floating rotors
'88 FZR1000 rear wheel w/ 170-60-18
Fox shock & VF1000R reworked forks
Telefix clip-on bars
Megacycle race cams/degreed with hardened rockers & HD springs
Supertrapp headers w/8 plates each
De-snorkeled, Airbox opened up K&N/full rejet
Oil mod w/ braided stainless lines
All hydraulic lines braided SS
124 rwhp and 89 ft/lbs tq
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