ups and downs here, fellas.
mostly ups (not including the front wheel!!) with a few downs being the frustration in finding data/support/knowledge on what will work (and wont) on the new beast.
for sure, this bike is gonna eclipse my last in pretty much all aspects.
cannot wait to get my full system, and have my pcusb custom mapped…
till then, i submit this…
-ese
The bike looks hot esemes, very good choice of modifications, stylish and high performing! It’s important to get the right exhaust for the bike, so don’t be in a rush to get something on there, the stocker is more than good enough for the time-being!
much thnx.
hey, i need a favour jay
-sms
and there’e me happy with my 750K4… until I just saw that!! 
Very nice.
welp, decided to pull the trigger, and (after all the racefit hype!!) decided to go even shorter on the canister than originally planned (was gonna go 15, but decided on 13)
here she is::
specs::
yosh full ti trs (endcaps and core)
yosh ti midpipe
yosh SS hangar (no ti avail)
sato racing full ti hanger (arms and bases)
power commander pciii with .001 mapfile (f’n fantastic!!)
all i can say is wow
feels NOTHING like the bike i owned yesterday.
better is every way:
-lighter (prolly about 8lbs min!)
-louder (yeah, going this short def. made the cannister emit more grunt!)
-looker (IMO, it looks straight out of the paddock)
-leaner (pciii cleans up the low end fluff [03/28] and makes the bike like butter)
im smitten !
ese
better pics to come! the sun really zaps the crispness of my fuji finepix it seems…
Ah Esemes, it looks fantastic! I love what you did with cutting down the pipe to a more contemporary size! The whole rear end looks tight, I love the hose, race-style master-cylinder setup and the Sato hanger. Gilles chain adjusters? 
Have you got a close-up shot of the rear master-cylinder hose setup please?
Wow! Great bike, great look! Wish I could hear it though. rsrsrsr
for your records mate.
thought i’d add to my pictorial here…
some is new, some is off, and some is overseas…
another month later…
sato racing support program invoked!
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cleaner tailsection for sure!! (not racefit clean, but still okay, no?)
waiting on my full exhaust system (full ti and cf cone~cap TRS), and am getting mapped a week from this friday (likely with the oem header and my custom made shorty-ti trs setup!!
cannot wait for the mapping results!
later, londoners…
ese @ the padd
As usual Sir, a mighty fine bike with top mods for many to envy!! But my question is when are you going to ride her 
Its cleaner than mine and i dont ride it
Darbo
here she is, three months (total) after bring-home…
removed some carbon stickies (less = more for this look)
very nice the paint looks good with the sun on it 
o and i like the wheels want some for mine 
Words cannot describe how amazing I think the new look is Ese! I remember when you said you were ‘thinking’ about a new look, but you kept it quiet and came out with that, I’m amazed! Hrm ideas
Nice to see that Kwaka Titanium lookin like the right colour. Good Job mate. 
OH MY GOD! That is hot. I want one for my living room! Those rearsets are a work of art.
gilles chain adjusters (first set in the US, i believe) <— had a friend visiting overseas go to gilles and get them; he has friends there…
and…
custom cut brembo full-float superbike spec rotors…
closer::
bike is getting lighter and meaner by the day…lol
(these rotors, once VERY heavy, are actually 7oz. lighter (ea) than the braking waves are…)
coupled to the 19.18 radial pump, steele lines, and PF95 pads equate to one of the most controlable and effective stoppers i have experienced to date…
hope you still like it;
ese
Looking good Ese, a Superbike for the street! I would say though, I don’t think the Adjuster stand jacks fit in with the look of the bike, it throws the smoothness of it all, in my opinion. You also need to paint the spindle end
I’ve said this before, but the discs looks impossibly trick! Well done!
thnx Jay…
i swapped out the red hooks for black, and think it might work better (if not, they’l both get binned)
also, im rebuilding the rotor buttons this weekend, as several werent as smoothe flowing as they should be (a bit of surface oxidation on some of the washers/shims)
once i gett these sorted, i must find a front wheel collar (the RHS spacer), as mine is missing, and presumed to be dead. i cannot ride without it, either…
it seems the front wheel collar is unique to the k5, as i have another similar spacer (i think) and it makes the wheel bind up when tigtened … guess im FUBAR’d…
ese
ps- anyone with a k5 front wheel spacer/collar (only one on the k5, sitting on the inside of the rhs forkleg)… heck, id like to just see a pic of the damn thing…
fitted some of those gilles to mine and they are real nice to adjust 
also i think this colour would have looked better but each to there own and it is still a very very nice bike you got there
nice stuff!!!
i like that colur, too…
hey…
can anyone (overseas) get me a rear axle bolt??? the us spec one is just too big, and is actually a hair too large for the gilles adjuster (it scrapes the outer frame edges…)
isnt the euro-spec one smaller??
ese
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