Intro..

I have lived in several parts of the U.S. and currently call the NW suburbs of Chicago home. I am a technology guy (2nd generation, in fact) and am not afraid to jump into just about any project. I have an almost 10 year old daughter who's headed into 5th grade and a spouse of about 14 years, combining that with 1 great dane and a retired racing greyhound and two cats, we have a pretty active home.

Onto bikes..

I've owned somewhere between 60 and 70 bikes over my 30ish years of riding, and built the most extreme one on the Honda Blackbird (CBR1100XX) platform. (Click here for picture and write-up.) On a forum for that bike I ran into someone selling an R3 at a very attractive price and the seller is a well known guy who takes great care of his toys so I bought a one way ticket and rode the 11 hour drive home on almost a whim. I liked it WAY more than I thought I was going to. The only part I didn't like about it was that it attracted HD riders who scoffed at it since it wasn't an HD when they got up close. That was less fun...

Anyhow, the R3 was going to be something I bought late last summer and would flip this Spring but my wife talked me into a Saturday afternoon "one last good ride" before I would list it for sale and we both looked at each other over some jalapeno poppers and she said, "Nope, that one has to stay so we can do more rides like this, I like this bike a lot."

And I replied, "Well, it can't stay in this form, you know that right?" She nodded. "It may end up with a side-car and turbo before 2013 is out."

She asked, "Which one of us rides in the sidecar?" with a furrowed brow.

"That's up to you and the little one to sort out..I'll be driving." and I winked.

So, that's where we are today. I'm thinking a PC-V and a faster spooling smaller turbo (possibly a GT-28R) tucked in behind the rear tire, where the cat would go, is the right idea. Now I just need to save up my pennies and bring the bike to have the plumbing fabricated up.

I wonder how many HP the shaft drive will hold up to?

Oh, you've come to the right place. Welcome aboard.

For info on pushing the extreme limits of hp look to posts by Warp9.9. I believe his last estimate is that the Millineum Falcon is pumping out something north of 400 hp.

Mere mortals have been modding for 225 hp and up in various forms.

For views of forced air induction combo'd with a sidecar, look to GeekLaw and his Nemo.

That is one extreme machine !!
I have a 99 bird but laa stock.
Welcome to the club, you will love it here!!

Welcome from another Chicagoan. Lombard area.

Glad ya found us.
Anything you want to know is right here somewhere, and if ya can't find it,
there's plenty here who'll answer any question you come up with.
As far as harley guys bumming ya out,,,,
tell them "Nice little bike" that seems to shut them down pretty quick.
Screw em anyway, who cares what they think?
I rode harleys 35 years and had the "only a harley" attitude.
my buddies still ride them and NONE of them give me the blues
cause they KNOW I can out ride them or out run them
and there's nothing they can do to keep up.....
I love that...

Welcome from Minnesota
Harley riders should not be a problem
Just smile at them and smoke em at the light
There is nothing coming out of harley ( screaming eagle or otherwise) that can beat a rocket if you know how to ride .
That and take pleasure knowing you only spent a third as much as they did .

welcome to the site and it is a must to post pics as you up gread lol I'm in Muncie Indiana

Welcome from Ohio. There are just some rides you never forget.

Welcome to the forum.

Don't know why you were bummed out by not getting the approval of Harley riders. They're just jealous and probably a tad embarrassed so the "attitude" only makes me feel better.

Welcome to the site. Look forward to seeing what you do to your Rocket if that Honda's anything to go by.