Sport Twins are really great street bikes. Even if they aren’t the fastest thing on the road, the amount of grunt you get with minimal effort just makes them a blast for the tight windy back roads and congested city streets. 

StreetKORE’s Super Chicken, VTR1000F, was another one of those odd ball projects that fell into place. I acquired the VTR in 2007 after a good friend had relocated to Japan. The bike was taken well care of over the years and had a number of performance tweaks already done to it. By the time it got to me though, it had fallen fate to ebay listings. In a last ditch effort to separate himself from many of his belonging before the big move, my buddy started parting it out. Much of the bike wasn’t selling fast enough though. By the time I had gotten hold of it, the carbs, radiators, some key electrics and a number of odds and ends were missing. I ended up jumping on the bay myself to replace what wasn’t there. After a number of months collecting the needed parts it became a mad dash to get the bike in running order as I had just sold Damage Control.

Once the bike was on the bench, the mods started swiftly. The forks and brakes were already top notch. Race Tech 0.95 springs and Gold Valves were in the forks. All brake and clutch lines were Kevlar, The clutch was upgraded with Barnett HD Springs. The notorious cam chain tensioners had been replaced with APE adjusters, and a K&N was in the air box.

I removed the air box snorkel and re jetted the carbs with a stage 1 tune. The stock header was cut before the “Y” to make a 2-1 and caped off with a shortened Two Bros silencer. Buck at Goblin Mill Worx in Summerville, SC welded up the inlet cap to make a bolt on into a slip on, as well as welded up one of the dual radiators to make a single rad conversion. I fitted dual 4″ electric fans, made relocating brackets and ran new water hoses. The factory oil cooler was relocated behind the front head pipe and new oil lines were made to suit.  

I added DYNA mini coils and 8mm wires for spark. Rewired the Reg/Rec unit from a TLR and added a Kuryakyn volt meter and Trail Tek Vapor multifunction dash.

The subframe was made from a donor 900RR unit. Buck and I cut and re-welded it to fit the VTR with a bit of a kick to throw some weight over the front end and get the lines of the bike a little more aggressive. The seat is a custom stitched GSXR750 with diamond tuck velor and leather edges. The battery and all the electrics along with half the wire harness fit under the seat, amazingly enough.

Lighting started off with a very nice 5 3/4″ Bullet headlight that Buck had machined himself. It’s very nice unit, I managed to save it use on the Ground Pounder. I eventually replaced it with a VW Beetle Driving lamp that looks similar in shape to a V Rod lamp and added a mini projector for the high beam. Looked very robotic with that setup. Worked surprisingly well, with very good light. The tail lights are a pair of ‘06 GSXR600 rear turn signals. They were converted to dual element sockets and fitted with 1157 LED bulbs.

The tail is the same model pocketbike unit used on Damage Control. The rear was trimmed to fit the tail lights and the seat pan removed for the latching seat. The tank, fender and belly pan are stock VTR in factory Yellow. A black Vortex cap and CRG bar end mirrors are the only add on pieces.