Surreal McCoy
SURREAL McCOY
American FLYERS
Cookin' with nitrous
THIS EYE-POPPING Yamaha was turned out by family-owned and operated McCoy Motorsports located in Eastern Kentucky. Don’t worry about your ejecting orbs, however, because they’ll soon be pushed back in their sockets when you run this heavily modified R1 through the quarter-mile. It turns 9.20s at 149 mph.
Though the shop caters to sportbikes of all flavors, dragbike modifications are the real McCoy spe-sheeality, illustrated by this YZF du jour. It’s seasoned with parts available through the company website (www. tobefast.com), which also happens to be home to the world’s largest R1 owners’ network (www.rl -forum.
com). On the launch menu, McCoy’s 3-inch lowering link and elongated swingarm sink and stretch the back end. Trac Dynamics fork internals bring it down in front, the goal being to reduce wheelies and maximize grip from the 240mm rear tire mounted on a red powdercoated Stingray rim. That Metzeler needs all the help it can get with a claimed 219 horsepower trying to tear it apart!
The engine and chassis are heavily peppered with Graves Motorsports accessories such as a füll Ti exhaust, velocity stacks, bar-ends, billet case covers and carbon clutch plates. MPS supplied a liberal amount of spice by way of a nitrous-oxide kit that includes a canister, mounting bracketry and
the necessary steel-braided plumbing. MPS also brought some “utensils” to the table, forking through undercut gear changes via an ignition kill switch and automatic air-shift unit.
Dragging this dragster down to a stop are CRG levers and a full complement of Galfer brake components including pads, steel-braided lines and wave rotors.
Rotating to the aesthetic side, the bike’s graphics and color scheme were first laid out on Shane McCoy’s computer, then delivered on a disc along with the bodywork to Gator Customs in Chicago for painting. Finishing touches, such as the flush-mounted blinkers, mirrors and sprocket cover, came from Gregg’s Customs; the seat cover was
made by Second Look. Final flourish is the lighted red “M” logos on the tail section beside the passenger seat.
If you like what you see and want one of your very own, bring about $47,000 to the table, tips included. That price tag hasn’t proven an impediment; the McCoys lovingly prepared about 20 complete bikes last year, including several for a certain Hall of Fame basketballer who has discovered the joy of sportbikes in his (several) retirements.
While the McCoys specialize in Yamahas, they’re capable of making any bike cook in the quarter-mile, whatever brand suits your palate. Who ordered the roast rubber!?
Mark Cernicky
