The vast majority of modifications are cosmetic and don't have a bearing on the performance of the bike. The only thing that does is the exhaust which I declared. It pushes the premium up but that's life.
Sorry mate but cosmetic or not, they will say that you have to declare them ......anything they can do to get out of coughing up
Out of interest what are the OEM and TGP torque figures, noting that two of the fittings inn the photo don’t appear to have nuts so the threaded part would presumably be secured into some pre existing structure? Any idea what the OEM bolts are made of?
I hear what you are saying, but from past experience, I once had a specialized quote that covered everything as trivial as a carbon adornment and at an exorbitant price. In the event of a settlement, it wouldnt have covered half of what the cumulative value of those parts were worth, so at some point you have to decide what is a happy medium in terms of what you are prepared to settle for in the event of a total loss and accept it. My current insurer WILL cover total loss but NOT for any addtional cosmetic parts I have added. I'm OK with that and accept the risk financially.
The OEM torque figures are 120Nm for the linkages and 65Nm for the shock absorber. The OEM bolts are 10.9 grade steel. As I alluded to earlier, the figures TGP MotoRacing recommend are based on their experience with using titanium bolts and the MotoCorse rear suspension parts, so unless you have that specific setup on your bike there is little pont in me quoting them as I don't want to mislead people into using them mistakenly. If you require further clarification I would encourage you to contact them directly.
With the cerakoted parts back, first order of the day was to fit the aluminium link pipe. Quite fiddly to feed it back through between the frame and the engine and then fit the tie wraps that secure it to its mounting bracket but doable.
As with all my builds, adherence to the workshop manual is paramount. Here is one such example, where it calls for specific tie wraps to attach the ground cable and 'A' branch cable to the link pipe bracket. Minimizing direct contact with the engine is the primary goal here.
More MotoCorse parts. This time it's the rocker arm and linkage rods. I had to transfer over the OEM steel inserts/bushes into the new rocker arm Linkage Rods TGP MotoRacing titanium bolt kit
With the rear suspension done it was time to fit the forks. Bottom yoke bolts fitted. Pro Bolt stainless steel M6 x 20mm bolts, torqued to 8Nm. ACCU stainless steel horn nut and washer, torqued to 10Nm.
With the front forks fitted, albeit with the temporary steering stem nut, I could turn my attention to the front header pipes of the.Termignoni full titanium system. Fitted the two front lambda probes.
Oil cooler pipe retention plates. Cerakoted in "Glacier Silver" Here's the bike as it currently stands. Note the MotoCorse rear frame plugs. The front frame bolts are only temporary until the MotoCorse frame plugs arrive to replace them. And here are some gratuitous shots of the rear linkage again. It's a thing of beauty.
My OCD is worse than yours… The bolt securing the linkage to the SSSA is inserted from the opposite side compared to the other two bolts. Intentional?
Yes, there is not enough clearance to insert the bolt from the other side so it has to go in that way round.
Don't sit on the fence Andy. As for the exhaust clearance it's not yet adjusted or tightened up. If the bolt in question is too long I will simply machine it down. Interestingly TGP MotoRacing have used this linkage kit and bolts with the exact same exhaust system on 3 of their custom build V4 track bikes with zero issues. Funny that.
