How have you gents been, hope all is well. Wanted to give you a preview to what I have been up to. Hope to be back on an S4R before long, in the meanwhile, I went balls out with a cafe to itch my S4 build I never had the chance to complete:

Started with this:


And got here:


And then:


Engine/crank rebuilt:


Frame misc parts all pc'd:




Engine painted/assembled:


The whole bike was torn completely down, everything replaced or refurbished. MZB EI, SCR Stage II port, custom seat w/leather inserts, Progressive shocks/springs. Estimated peak rwhp 55, hope to be done by late December.

Quote from: fouramdesigns on November 14, 2011, 12:07:10 PM

IMHO, this (and suspension) is all that you should have messed with.  It was beautiful to start with. 

I agree. Holed a piston within a week, sold off the pristine parts, traded parts. All I kept was the frame and engine. Long way to go about it, but didn't plan for the piston to hole so soon. Bike will be a beast when complete. I should have repaired the piston and flipped it. I guess I wanted the security to know my engine parts were as close to new as possible. But, the new owner of my parts bike turned out great.