Uh Oh...Noticing all the deficiencies after taking CSS

[polivo]

In all fairness sake. Your comparing a 6 year old "standard" to a a bleeding edge 2012 production race bike. The only thing those 2 bikes have in common is they both have 2 wheels! lol

OK, getting off the soap box, im sure you get the drift.  6 years ago, your s2r would have felt unbelievable, by that times comparible motorcycles. However, 6 years later, theres simply no comparison to even a 600cc honda/suzuki/gixxer, etc. Even these bikes will beat the s2r in every category.

This is just my 2 cents. Im sure others will disagree. if the sportbike bug has bitten you, but yourself a sportbike. Youll be wasting money trying to make your s2r into something it was never meant to be.. and youll continuasly be chasing that additional performance.

Im willing to bet you can buy an older sportbike, that will get you way more performance you can ever squeeze out of the s2r. 

Or.. you can sell the s2r , put some money down on an m1100. Slap some clip ons and have the best of both worlds!   flame on!

[thought]

Nice article in a recent RoadRacingWorld issue about a fellow who stuck an air-cooled 796 Monster engine in an 848 (kept it all stock, I think).   Probably cheaper than modding the S2R in the long run.

Wasnt there someone who slapped on desmosedici style fairings on a 796 too?  that seems even easier... weld in some tabs to hold the body work and there you go.

[xsephirot]

So after much more riding I am just going to upgrade the brakes. Thinking of doing the whole 749/999 setup with rotors, pistons, and a 19x18 master. Do you guys know if I will need to change out the forks too? Or do I just shim it or something?

BTW, if anyone of you see any those parts for sale please let me know?


*edit* forgot to ask would a radial master work with axial calipers? Cause if I'm not mistaken a 999 caliper would be axial??

[Autostrada Pilot]

My Monster could smoke any of those bikes.   

Mind passing along some of whatever is in your pipe?

I've got 75 hp at the rear wheel (never mind it's 13 years old and at 4500' above sea level).   

[Triple J]

*edit* forgot to ask would a radial master work with axial calipers?

Yes