Looks great! When I worked on mine the biggest problem to me was trying to match the belly pan style of the concept. I added a front piece to tie the two side covers together but it is still pretty far off. Cutting down the stock muffle was easy too but the fancy exit would be really hard.
Still riding although it’s been below freezing recently. I just have swapped to rising the svart 401 because I don’t want to ride the 801 with salt all over the roads. I’ll bring the 801 back out once it gets washed off.
I don’t think you can get more bang for your buck than an 801 right now. I wasn’t planning on buying one either but the price was so low I kind of had to. When the price drops so close to a 401 it’s a no brainer.
I did think about it, it would be a lot of work though and then I would have to dyno tune it. With the airbox lid off the stock setup is already so good. If I was going to remake anything I would focus on trying to get the lines and bottom of my lower fairing better.
I would probably go with a 19mm master because I like how it feels but it’s kind of up to you, the 19 will be more on the “squishy” side and the 20 more on the “wooden” side.
I don’t thing the lever ratio matters, to me it’s more of a gimmick and I don’t mess with it much lol
I have had the...
Hi,
Let me know if you have any other questions. As I mentioned before, I did this modification on my personal bike so can’t vouch for its safety or that it will work for you. I would have a mechanic check out your build to make sure it’s safe and good to ride, especially when messing with...
Did a test ride, works good. I feel they are a little more progressive than the stock ones. Master cylinder could probably be 1mm larger to reduce the spongyness. I should have done some distance stopping measurements before I swapped out the rotors and calipers.
Got the 890R brake line in and was bored so I ended up pulling the bike apart and installing the brembos. Only took a couple hours but had to remove the gas tank to unearth the abs module.
Didn’t get a chance to test ride since it’s 40 F and windy tonight. Brakes feel different. The brake...
I did get the quick shifter unlocked last weekend and although I was still not happy about paying extra, it is so good. The 701 quick shifter is so clunky in comparison.
Also ordered the 890R brake lines I’ll need to fit the brembos so hopefully get around to that in the next month or so...
They are a lot of fun, it’s really strange to ride the 701 and 801 back to back, worlds apart. The 701 feels so much lighter but somehow the 801 seems to handle better.