Screwball – SFV Racer Project – Part 1
Since the SFV (Gladius) came out I’ve wanted to do something with that frame. I had this idea of taking a Ducati 999 gas tank and mating it with the SFV frame for a...
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The Resurgence of the Lightweight Twins: FZ07 ‘R’
The Resurgence of the Lightweight Twins: FZ-07 ‘R’ by: Stephen Ludwig Photography by Caliphotography. Rider Andrew Zabzdyr For many years the lightweight twins grid has been a healthy mix of older riders racing for...
Pagani SV650 Based Race Bikes
Possibly the coolest SV based bike I have ever seen. Pagani Corse’s SP1 uses a SV650 motor housed in a custom fortress, swingarm, and just about everything else. http://www.paganicorse.it/corse_moto_modena/moto Pagani also created the gorgeous...
SV650 Custom Built Frame Madness
The French built Sv650 Veloce Tucson. PDF Article on the french build(not in english) Ben Probt’s custom frame sv650 which is punched out with 88mm pistons and a billet stroker crank. The vinci team,...
Folan / ISR 650 Vtwin
Folan Engineering, who makes some very lightweight and powerful motors, teamed up with ISR to produce this beautiful 90 degree 650cc vtwin motor. Not much information out there on this just yet. The 1050cc...
RS694v N1 – SV Based Custom Racer
Chassis: Showa 43mm forks with ohlins cartridges Öhlins rear shock custom Marchesini forged wheels Rosmoto framework Aprilia RS250 reworked swing arm Dress Honda RS250 rsw 2001 and 2007 Engine: High Compression Kit 694cc Lightweight...
Few fine air-cooled ducati racers
Hybrid 848-1100 with desmosedici race skins and RSV4 Seat Unit Bob Robbin’s Beauty….. Rob Parmentier’s Ducati SuperSport 1000 1080cc Superbike Motor, Penske Shock, Marvic Magnesium wheels, Shaved tank and tail, Rad Ducati belly pan....
Lightweight Class of 2015
Choices, choices, choices, choices; four choices to be exact. Four bikes being produced in 2015 to race in the Lightweight classes. If you’re looking to buy a new show room bike to race, here...
Time Lapse of SV650 Motor Tear Down – Rusty Sand?
From a 2009 SV650 off ebay that was caught in the 2012 Hurricane Sandy floods in New York City. Piston rings were seized sealing “rusty sand” with-in the cylinder. It was lovely…. Using time...
5 modish 1st Gen SV650s
SV650 with Aprilia RSV1000 race fairings and Fireblade seat unit ECK Racing’s SV650 from LRRS 1st generation SV 650 with GSXR style fairings from Factory Body Works (no longer in business), EE subframe, GSXR,...
Behind “The Beast” – Ducati Depot’s 748/1100 Hybrid
Tom Eubank shares his Ducati Depot LW Superbike, aka “The Beast” I started thinking about building a Ducati Superbike with a 2-valve air-cooled motor in 2012. At the time, the guys at Motocorse in...
