Jim Cohrs to ride with Livengood Motor Sports again in 2012!

Jim Cohrs of Cohrs Motorsports to chase the AMA East Supersport Championship with Livengood Motor Sports as the major sponsor for 2012.

Cohrs expects the momentum from multiple CCS and WERA championships earned in 2011 to translate into 2012 AMA Supersport success. Coming off of a season that produced 3 national championships, 2 CCS regional overall championships and 56 – 1st place finishes, the 9 time National Champion has again signed with Livengood Motor Sports.

Cohrs only trusts Livengood Motor Sports to build and maintain his machines and says he is excited to be partnered with long time mentor Brian Livengood. “Brian brings motorcycle development to a new level, I’ve never seen someone use his riding experience to build a motor that puts power to the ground with suspension setups that can …

Congratulations to Jim Cohrs (5) and Mark Miller (777) with AWESOME results during the 2011 Race of Champions at Daytona!  They rode their Livengood Motor Sports Yamaha R6 built Engines through the banks at Daytona International Speedway coming away with 3 National Championships!

Expert GTU: Jim 1st, Mark 2nd.

Expert Middleweight Grand Prix: Jim 1st, Mark 2nd.

Expert Middleweight Superbike: Jim 2nd.

Sportbike: Mark 5th.

Expert Heavyweight Superbike:  Jim 1st.

Expert Middleweight SuperSport: Jim 3rd, Mark 6th.

Expert Heavyweight SuperSport: Jim 2nd.

Expert Formula 40: Jim 2nd.

Gen 1 Hayabusa Build: Part 2

If you haven’t already, read Gen 1 Hayabusa Build: Part 1

Back in March I wrote about Paul Lee’s Hayabusa getting an upgrade in horsepower by having an intake cam mod performed as well as having some headwork done. The work has actually been completed for quite some time now although I have finally found the time to write about it, but before I get to his power increase I would like to mention a couple of other recent Gen 1 upgrades that were done.

Another Hayabusa upgrade

Here is a popular modification to the semi – budget minded Hayabusa owner looking for power.

Michael Tlapa is the owner of a 2001 Hayabusa which was acquired through a salvage auction in 2006 by none other than myself. After he bought the bike Michael added an intake cam, a Brock’s Alien Head …

Gen 1 Hayabusa Build: Part 1 – Operation Specs
This is an article I have wanted to write for a long time.

On the forums there is so much talk and speculation as to what a stock Gen 1 Hayabusa has for horsepower and what kind of mods you can do to make it have more. Obviously, there are plenty of modifications that can be made; the sky really is the limit. It has been said, “Horsepower cost money. How fast do you want to go?”

But what internal mods can the average person afford to boost the power without using power adders such as a turbo or NOS? While also trying to preserve the reliability of the engine?

Specs on the bike before the operation

The guinea pig for this experiment is Paul Lee’s 2000 Hayabusa with 11,000 miles on it. Paul had brought …