Project NSR

Everything looks better in Carbon fiber Well not exactly a correct statement as I have seen plenty of bikes ruined with carbon effect decals and the like but it is hard to deny that a good bit of carbon fiber here and there helps make things look pretty exotic. As it happens I decided to spank Jap4performance 's website before coming home so had lots of shiny carbon fiber bits to fit to my bike. Some of it is very complicated and well made by Tyga performance. Other bits are fairly straight forward but look substantially better than the original. There was only one panel I had to drill to get it to fit other than that they were all straight swaps. This one isn't too wordy as the pictures do the talking. The stock clutch cover is pretty cool as it is with it's Honda racing logo.  This will be staying in my kit box with the rest of the part removed. Clutch pressure plate looks like new after a quick clean. The Tyga cover looks great and w...

One of the coolest bits about the NSR250 MC28 is the smart card PGM IV ignition. One of the least cool bits about the NSR250 MC28 when it comes to tuning is the smart card PGM IV ignition. All you need is an hrc P-030 card and the bike is fully derestricted. With a wire splice you even get your lights back. Unfortunately hrc cards are like hens teeth and even if you did find one, the speedo becomes one big temp gauge so making the bike even less popular with the law on the road. Clearly the thing to do here is to bin the PGM IV unit and buy a programmable ignition unit like the one offered by  Zealtronic . Plug it in, book some dyno time and happy days your bike isn't only derestricted, it now has an optimized ignition curve with exup valve opening times to match! But that does away with the smart card and that was one of the coolest things about the MC28 wasn't it? The HRC card might be an idea for the future but for now there are a few things I can do. First off w...