M1000 track bike

[slob]

A few years ago I bought an old M1000(on here) cheaply, since it was only running on one cylinder and the owner didn't fancy tackling the job. It was used as a ready source of spares for my identical 2003 road bike, leaving it looking more than a little neglected.




I managed to get an old FIM ECU, cheaper than a factory replacement, bypassing the need to match the imobiliser code and when my 620 track bike suffered a untimely meeting with a myopic BMW driver, I transplanted most of the good bits to the 1000.
Ohlins shock, high level Termis, chopped airbox, Brembo radial master, floating front discs, utralight rear, clipons & rearsets. I also found a pair of S4 wheels cheap on eBay and another UKMOC member sold me a quick action throttle quadrant.
It went okay and was fun to ride.


Sadly the lack of a rev limiter on the FIM ECU and three days chasing more powerful bikes round Cartagena in January proved too much for the old girl, she lost power, started making nasty noises and blew the rear base gasket. Fortunately on the last day we had booked at the track. She was duly shipped back to blighty.


I finally got round to clearing enough space in my garage to investigate, on the plus side lack of free time means I've been saving some money towards the rebuild.


Today I got round to removing all the bits that tie the engine to the frame and draining the oil. There's a drainplug under these metal flakes somewhere.

(sorry about the poor focus there)

Also some large flakes of metal left in the drain tray

It's not looking good so far...

If I get home in time tomorrow, I'll be bolting these to the engine

(courtesy of Ray at Rosso Corse)

lifting the bike off and slotting this in place

to leave the chassis movable whilst the engine is stripped

[Rally]

Good luck with it Slob. Those metal bits look like big end shells maybe?

Good luck with it Rob. I'm with Rally, crank shells. An excuse like any other for lightening and balancing

This is going to be interesting - plenty of pics please!

[BigOz]

Originally Posted by zhango

This is going to be interesting - plenty of pics please!

Hear, hear!

The FIM ECU does have a rev limiter. It's adjustable though and you may have it set too high. Plus the immobiliser light can be programmed as a shift indicator at a rev point set by you.

I was trawling through old backups of software from a now defunct laptop the other day and came across all my old FIM software and maps. I think I have already given you everything but am I now ok to delete all the old stuff?

[slob]

Yup, no worries Paul.

[gary tompkins]

That drainplug swarf pile looks a bit grim

I await the result of the internal post mortem with interest Rob

[Funkatronic]

ooh errrr that looks like it will keep you busy

shame my DS1000 lump has gone to another

[slob]

more rollable chassis than rolling chassis


Now the fun can really start

[Albie]

Originally Posted by slob

Now the fun can really start

I like that engine stand. I am thinking of making one so I can clean and paint it or worse case scenario do work on it, Looks like its finely balanced but good access all round. Any tips you have before I get making one.

[J.P]

Well, I'm no mechanic, but when you take the engine apart,,,,,, it's going to looked fooked.

[jonzi]

What kind of workshop is that?

No calenders of nekkid girls. tut tut.

[Thuli]

Originally Posted by jonzi

What kind of workshop is that?

No calenders of nekkid girls. tut tut.

If one appeared Desmo Dan, two things would be guaranteed:

1) I wouldn't help lift the engine back off the bench on completion.
2) I'd sock him right in the kisser.

Originally Posted by Thuli

If one appeared Desmo Dan, two things would be guaranteed:

1) I wouldn't help lift the engine back off the bench on completion.
2) I'd sock him right in the kisser.

Cue inappropriate snickering in work.

Good luck with the rebuild Rob.