Last year I bought a completed Rorty R82S from my pal Tripp and this year I bought a fab table with a single seater project from him. I have another car too and I continue working on FNR issues as some of you already know.
Anyway, the R82 is currently powered by a CBR1000 and has an RPM FNR. I've had it out once and it is a blast to drive. Before going out again I must remove the two aluminum fuel tanks and work on them to stop them from leaking from fittings on top of the tanks. Having gasoline stream over hot headers had me puckered pretty well.
A recently acquired '07 'busa is planned as the powerplant upgrade. The Honda is ok and maybe with a gearing change it would perform better. What I have in mind is to power up the R82S and then complete the single seater with the CBR.
Videos of the R82 are on Youtube under TooSlowGene and also trippcsi.
The single seater on the fab table is interesting. It's a mix of Rorty, Cheetah and ST2 design ideas. Once the shop is finished I look forward to working on that along with the first car. While tinkering with those the R82 should be available for trips to the sand with my pals out here in the NW.