kaemeow910
New Member
hello all, I'm a pretty new rider and i got my 2017 RC390 in July. I'm mainly going to take it to track and just looking to around to see how others are setting up their bikes.
You just got yourself an awesome track bike! I just picked up a new 2017 for the track as well
In my opinion these 3 things are must haves for the track right away:
1-Rear shock upgrade - I did the Ohlins
2-Front springs upgrade - I did the Andreani fork internals (unless you are very experienced with a full garage of tools, you'll want a professional to do these)
3-Rearsets - I did the Tyga (great rear sets with lots of cheap spare parts available. There is aYouTube video about the installation some guy made that is very helpful. You may need a second hand for the swing arm axel)
4- Front brake pads - Cheap and does make a noticeable difference on braking feel and initial bite. I did EBC
I consider these the next level upgrades
1- Cat delete / full exhaust
2- Power Commander / tuning
3- Airbox / filter mods
Additional upgrades that are useful but I don't think are as critical:
1- floating front brake Disc (The 2017 comes with the larger 320mm disc stock- so the floating 320mm rotor upgrade seems to be mainly for longevity?- I think the breaking power/feel has more to do with the pads in this case)
2- Quickshifter -personal preference.
3- new triple and clip-on bars- Ergonomics is a very personal thing. I think you can get away with the stock hand controls for a while unless your body position is compromised right off the bat.
4- bodywork - lighter is better
5- Anti Gravity Battery: I am using the 4 Cell antigravity which I think saved almost 7lbs!
6- I have seen the discussions about bypassing ABS. I am not sure if this is relevant for the 2017 as you can shut the ABS from the dash.
**Tires. Personal preference. Stock Metzler tires have been totally adequate when combined with the new suspension. That being said I will be moving to Pirelli Supercorsa's next season as those are my preferred.
Looking forward to Spring!
Enjoy the ride
hey, question for you guys. why do a rearset if your body fits well on the factory stuff? Is it to gain more ground clearance when leaned way over or am I missing something?