If you have wondered how I can beat up on many of the RS 660’s with my stock engine ’17 SV650. Part of the answer is my 42 years of racing. Another part is my obsession with lightening my bike. This is the aluminum seat lock tab I made to replace the stock steel tab. A few grams less to speed up, to slow down and to flick. Plus, when my Tuner does his best, my Rider does his best.

Sometimes you open the box and are pleasantly surprised. This Fox Shox is from a ’92 TZ250 and the good condition it’s in proves I should not be surprised that it’s owner boxed it so well.

Coaching Deal. $40 introductory price this Saturday night at Apex Kart Track. Ed Sorbo of Lindemann Engineering will be your Coach & Crew Chief. Sign up now. ed@le-suspension.com 909 838-4587

Yes, even that short 6x1mm bolt holding the oil cooler bracket to the engine has been replaced with Ti. If your Cookie is a race bike, the chocolate chips are made of Ti.

One of the many cool things about racing an old bike is that friends send you their left over parts. This super light rear rotor is from Kim Nakashima of The Pineapple Mafia. Kim says it was from James Randolph or Dave Stanton. It’s going on Cookie next. Thank you very much.

Why yes! Cookie’s aluminum tank is held in place with Ti Bolts and Carbon Fiber Washers.

Cookie gets a new used air box and new new foam to seal it to the frame.

GSXR tank hinge pins like to fall out when you remove the tank so I cut a grove for an O-Ring to hold it in place.

When you see my number on a bike you can be sure I’ll be racing it soon. Two months till The Willow Spring Superbike Showdown.

I hate having play in my controls. Even in the rear brake that I rarely use. Cookie’s brake pin was a little smaller than the hole in the brake lever so I bored the holes out to fit a larger pin that I keep in stock for just this reason. Of course I drilled the new pin down it’s center to save weight. Note that I have the R clip on the outside for easy access. You can see Cookie in action Sept 20th at a CTD Willow track day and Nov 4th & 5th at Willow in the CTD Showdown.

I made some stuff for Cookie: New shift rod to remove the quick shifter and new fender mounts for the Ryno.

Cookie’s exhaust bracket interferes with my boot so I’m making a new bracket. Yes, I know the duck tape won’t hold. Welding is next.