Starting from scratch

[scozzie]

Having never raced anything. Ever. Apart fom the neighbours dog :)

I'm keen to get hooked in and give it a bash. I might be brilliant or I might be crap - I don't really give a stuff - I just want to do it.

Life's too short not to try.

I have a few probably obvious dumb questions.

If you have a roadgoing, used everyday bike (WR450) you have to take off all indicators and lights yes?

Is there an easy and quick way that people do this?

I can see myself there for hours before hand and after a race taking everything off and putting it back on after a race.

Gotta be an easier way.
:?

[Muzzard]

You need to make the bike compliant for racing to GCR's, and in that it is easier to use a complete set of YZF plastics, front plate, side covers and rear mudguard at a minimum.
Remove the tank, seat and rear guard, seperate the wiring harness from the rear guard loom at the battery area under the seat, fit new YZF guard.
That removes all the unnecessary shit from the rear.
Then remove the whole speedo bracket from the top clamp along with the cable and plug the drive at the hub. Disconnect all the wiring loom that connects the front accessories at the headstem connectors and fit front plate. You now have no ignition switch , so use the non ADR gear if it was supplied to the handle bars where you removed the headlight/indicator assembly from the left bar. If you have no ADR gear make a loop of wire with round (bullet connectors) and hot wire for instant no key ignition.
This whole process will take you about an hour.. :)

Queensland does have the odd introduction to Motard days and these are usually the day precending a round of racing. We as a regular bunch of road riders, do track days also the days prior to racing and just go as hard as we like. It is certainly less expensive and adds a more social comraderie to the riding we do on a whole. And we get the advantage of not having to remove any registration gear if we dont wish too. :P
There must be a shit load of blokes up there riding them as regular transport given your good weather and current release of so many Factory versions onto shop floors. If you log to a riders forum Queensland based and post for motard style rides you might be surprised who turns up. Not saying you are in the wrong forum Scozz! just that there may be something there. http://www.mcnews.com.au may be a forum to try..

[Wobbly]

Just make sure you invite all your qld motard mates back to here of course :lol:

[scozzie]

Then remove the whole speedo bracket from the top clamp along with the cable and plug the drive at the hub

What do you plug the drive with? :shock:

[Muzzard]

Shoot down to Mitre 10 or your local hardware and you will find soft silicone type plugs all shapes both male and female, you need a female one about 12mm and 20mm long, cost about 15 cents...

[scozzie]

You are faster than a speeding bullet mate.

We've got a mitre 10 in town here, I'll badger them tomorrow.

Presumably it's removable and re-usable?

[Muzzard]

Yeah sure are mate... :D

[scozzie]

Thanks Dude :)

Gotta sign off now.

Cheers