Bang!! That's what I wanted to hear!
That's right about where I am with mileage, so yeah, I think I'll save the money, and order just the friction plates... yeah, I'll measure of course, but I bet they'll be just fine, which will save me some money!

Thanks for the reply!

 

Any time, that's why we are here after all. To learn and help and gloat and drool lol

 

This past weekend I finally freed up some time to work on the race bike - the replacement windscreen and Dzus fasteners have been in my possession for a couple of weeks, but since all the bodywork was going to be coming off anyway, for some other needed work, they'll just be sitting around a little longer.

To recap, the crash damage was not all that bad - just lost a Dzus fastener, broke my windscreen, bent my rear brake lever, and did some slight damage to the lower.





I straightened the lever... straight enough, anyway!



One thing that happened at the track, which I forgot to mention, was that when I came into the garage after one of my sessions, there was a guy that knew I was going to be in a rush to resolve a mechanical issue, who put the rear-stand under for me - upon doing so, one of my welded coupling nuts for the spools broke off.
They've supported the weight of the bike, many times with me on it as well, for 4 years now, but finally gave out, so I'm using this as an opportunity to make some changes while I'm addressing it.

I've been wanting to put the rear hugger on the street bike anyway, as I'm cleaning off "slung" chain lube from the red wheel more often than I'd like, so I pulled that, suspended the bike again, and removed the swinger.



The plan is to replace the hugger with a simple aluminum chain guard, which will be lighter anyway, and then I'm freed up to cut/grind off all the unneeded tabs for mounting the OEM hugger, which will further reduce weight.
I've already remounted the spools by drilling a hole, and securing them using a captive square nut inside the swingarm, so with eliminating the coupling nuts and welding material, I'll shave just a smidge more unsprung weight.

Once I've ground off the items mentioned above, and the remnants of the welds, I'm going to have the swingarm powder-coated black, mount the new anodized black aluminum chain guard (already ordered), and put it all back together. It should look pretty decent - I hope so, anyway - but in this case the function is more important than the form.


I'll repair the damage to the lower fairing, but before it goes all back together with the new windscreen, I've got to replace the clutch.
I've got the race clutch in, and the plates are in oil, but I'm still waiting on the clutch cover gasket.
Also, I need to lean the pilots a smidge, and I'll be replacing the 4-cell LiPo battery with an 8-cell, to accommodate the total loss charging system that I'll soon be running.
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I have a small laundry list of things that need attention on the street bike, that will have to wait for a little bit, but I did get the hugger mounted, gave it a good washing, and mounted the new OEM rear brake pads.

 

Never ceases to amaze me. You
put some time in these. Hugger kinda goes with the street bike imo too. I straightened my brake lever too. Of course doesn't look as nice as yours but it was your suggestion that prompted me to try instead of spend more money. Keep it up. Both bikes are beautiful

 

Thanks Gary... the race bike ain't lookin' so beautiful at the moment, but once I get it back together, maybe I'll feel differently!

 

Ahh but to me the beauty is also in the details. The performance modifications the time sweat and frustration. Besides, does no good to look beautiful but not function, not on a race bike lol.

 

Yes, absolutely true, but, I'd sure like to have both!

The main issue is the spray-bomb paint job I put on the already wee-bit wearing-thin bodywork - it looked okay at first, but it doesn't take much to tarnish a rattle-can finish... I mean, it is what it is, and I had no illusions regarding it's quality/durability, but I'm anxious for the next paint job, as then I will be using professional color and clear.

I'm still planning on emulating, as closely as possible anyway, the LCR Honda MotoGP livery, complete with the gold wheels:

 

That's awesome! I love the gold forks too. I'm sure you'll be able to pull it off.

 

Yeah... should definitely paint the for sliders gold as well... I'm glad you mentioned that!

 

My plan was to replace the clutch this past weekend, and then I remembered that my previous plan was that when I had to finally do the clutch, at the same time, I was going to install the Factory Pro micro-bearing arm/stiffer spring, for more positive shifts and fewer-to-none false neutrals.
You've got to have the clutch basket out of the way to install the shift kit anyway, so it just makes sense to do it all at once, and that saves a wasted gasket as well... I ordered that kit last week, and I should have it before Friday, so next weekend will be the gearbox work.

I did make some progress on the swingarm, though, around dealing with the disaster of a flooded basement.

I cut all the tabs that are ONLY used for the OEM rear hugger, ground down those welds, and the welds from my previous lift-spool mounting points, and then sanded things smooth in those places.



I dropped it off for blasting/powder-coating, during my lunch hour today - I should get it by Friday, or even sooner, with worst-case scenario being Monday... since my new chain guard has not yet shipped anyway, there's really no rush.