Awesome 1098R build

[TAftonomos]

This project is insanely beautiful and it hurts me to know that motogreatness of this nature will never rest beneath my loins...

...so it gives me great pleasure to see the same cheap-o plastic oil filler cap and oil sensor "chimney" that are on my busted-ass Craiglist rescue Monster firmly lodged in the magnesium right-side case in this photo.






In that respect, the Ti beauty and I are equals.  Equals, I say!  Bwaa-haa-haa-haa!



///haters gotta hate.  Whut?

I'm thinking (hoping!) that they would at least polish up that OP sender where it can be polished.

[Randimus Maximus]

the welds on the exhaust are make the beast with two backsing gorgeous!! 

[desmoworks]

...so it gives me great pleasure to see the same cheap-o plastic oil filler cap and oil sensor "chimney" that are on my busted-ass Craiglist rescue Monster firmly lodged in the magnesium right-side case in this photo.

The bike is not done yet... we have an NCR billet Oil filler plug though as far as I know the oil sensor is staying the same. There are still a ton of things to change; several items already on the bike will be swapped out.

As some of you may have noticed we upgraded from the nickel HP calipers to the SBK calipers with titanium pistons. Forks are going to be upgraded to a set of FG forks as soon as they arrive, slipper is probably getting switched out, etc...

[desmoworks]

And yes, the exhaust is motocorse.

[desmoworks]

Video of the bike running for the first time.

1098R Super Build is Alive!

[Statler]

clackity clackity clackity clackity

won't that big hose off the back slow it down on the track?   

and is that a big heavy battery on the side instead of a speedcell? 

(damn that thing is looking good....off to buy totto ticket)


Thanks, Anthony...keep the updates coming.  Love it!

[yang258]

Wow that looks fantastic!

Great photos as well, wonder what camera that is...

[desmoworks]

We'll definitely be adding a speedcell... still lots of work to do, just had to grab a test battery to fire it up!

[desmoworks]

Wow that looks fantastic!

Great photos as well, wonder what camera that is...

It's a cannon xti. Video was done on my iPhone though 

[sbrguy]

i realize this has a lot of bling and such and made of lighter materials, and it looks very good and the craftsmanship shows through so that is good.

but my question is what is the end point?

how much lighter are you predicting this bike to be than stock after doing all this? are you dropping say 20-30% of the wet weight fo the bike?

also what is the prediction of the increase in power from the engine, etc?

i'd like to hear the prediction of what the improvements will be before they actually weigh the thing and put it on a dyno to see who comes closest.

[desmoworks]

The end point is to simply build a bike that the customer likes... 

We've never built a 1098R to this level so we don't know what the outcome will be with regards to weight loss and power increase. We'll know before long though.

[RVA Duc]

the welds on the exhaust are make the beast with two backsing gorgeous!! 

+1 wow

[sbrguy]

ok my prediction is 35 lbs lighter with all the mods, and the dyno at the wheel is going to put out 5% more than stock 1098r.

[NoisyDante]

Stylistically I really like it, especially the swingarm and the copper nuts.  $$$$$$

[junior varsity]

gadzooks.