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Nice Sport. Very Nice indeed.

Douglas Roy, from the USA, has sent in some photos and details of his modified Sport. At first glance it looks like he has done very little if anything at all to the bike. This just goes to show how well he has changed the bike. Here is a list of what he has done to date.

Bike was bought new in September 1995

Current modifications:

Lighten subframe
Beastly rear bodywork
Sargent Seat cover
Lots of SS bolts to replace the stock rusted pieces
Jet kit ( foam filter) with stock air box - Cover removed
Foot pegs and foot controls intended for Yamaha R6 ( minor modification required)
Lightweight 5 amp hr battery
Race Tech fork valve with 1995 VFR fork caps to allow for preload adjustment
Barker exhaust headers with cheap end cans
Double bubble wind screen
Woodcraft clip-on's
Hella fuse block
Lightened read rotor
WP Shock (intended for the Replica)

Working on super light TZ 250 wheels for Spring of 2008




You sure have one very nice Sport there Douglas. Please send photos when the new wheels go on next year.
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  1. Anonymous20 December 2007 at 06:33

    Nice Sport, like the exhaust pipes.
    Should be great on my caferacer sport;-)

    Regards

    MuZZeR

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