SuperMoto

[Diesel Freak]

anyone built a SuperMoto? I am thinking about turning my CRF230 into one... I just hope I can get it licensed.

 

[Dane]

Yup, back in the 80's before the term "Supermoto" I used to road race a bike in the AFM "Formula Singles" class at Sears Point in Sonoma CA.



Frame - Yamaha XT 500

Triple tree - Yamaha XT 500

Forks - Kawasaki KZ750

Swing Arm - White Bros

Shocks - Works Performance custom

Front brake - Kawasaki KZ750 disc/caliper

Rear Brake - Yamaha XT500 drum

Brake pads/shoes - EBC

Rims - Sun 2. 5" front 3. 0" rear

Spokes - Stainless steel

Seat - Corbin custom

Tank - XT500

Tires - Metzler "R" compound

Motor - XT500 with lightened flywheel and all the usual flattracker HP parts.

Exhaust - Pipeline custom





The bike was incredibly fun on the track or street. I used to love to head up highway 9 out of San Jose and humiliate all the high $ sport bikes. I would pass them coming into corners at WOT after they started grabbing brakes to set up for the corner. My ridding buddy used to laugh his a$$ of watching them get very squirrelly trying keep pace with the "dirt bike" that had just blasted past them into the corner.



The bike was 300lbs wet and could be ridden like a road bike until it got loose and then ridden like a flat tracker. The brakes were so good it would lift the back wheel braking for corners.



The motor was pumped due to all the parts available at the time for Yamaha flat track race bikes. The tire would leave a little black mark on the pavement every time the spark plug fired coming out of slow 2nd gear corners Problem was the vibration was so bad in 2nd gear it would literally blur your vision Oo.

 

[TowPro]

I got a 2000 TE-610 for sale that would make a great one! Only has around 300 miles on it. Right now its a stock enduro race bike that I added enough stuff to get it inspected. Its to much for me in the dirt. With its 6 speed gear box it will do 125mph!

 

[Diesel Freak]

SuperMoto... . Woo Hoo



I just got a Licence Plate for my CRF... . did not even need an inspection



My Trick Dual Sport kit is on order.



Next is a new rear shock from Works Performance.



Soon after that I will be getting a 17" wheelset, 320mm front rotor and caliper spacer, and some Pirelli Dragons(120/60r17 for the front, and a phat 150/60r17 for the rear).



then comes a 12:1 piston, long duration camshaft, 33mm Mikuni Pumper Carb (may be a little big) and some creative head porting.



top speed with 13/45 gearing should be close to 85



What really sucks is that even after all this... a YZF250 will still spank me on the straights... . but is sure is harder to License a YZF250.