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Project Buoy Bandit

RIVA Racing published this build and this parts list. Everything on this page is theirs.

Catalogue Builds / riva-2018-kawasaki-sxr1500


What the builder claims

Quoted from RIVA Racing's page. Not reproducible without knowing the conditions, which are mostly not published.

Top speed
65 mph RIVA's figure for this one machine. RIVA does not publish the conditions, the rider weight or the fuel it was run on.

The parts list (13)

In RIVA Racing's grouping and order.

Engine and drivetrain

Component Brand Part number
RIVA MaptunerX Kawasaki License RIVA RS110SC-TL
RIVA Kawasaki SX-R 1500 Power Filter RIVA RK13110

Pump and handling

Component Brand Part number
RIVA Kawasaki SX-R 1500 Pro-Series Sponsons RIVA RK26110
Skat-Trak Kawasaki SX-R 1500 13/17 Swirl Impeller Skat-Trak SK487520SW13/17
Skat-Trak Kawasaki SX-R 1500 Top-Loader Intake Grate Skat-Trak PRSGKAW1500C
RRP Universal Steering System for 22.2mm Bars RRP STR-SYS-UNV-KIT-BLK
RIVA Pro-Bar 0-Degree Handlebar with Crossbar RIVA RY201BK-BAR-2
RRP Ninja Chin Pads Carbon Look RRP RRP-NIN-PAD-BLK
RRP Chin Pad Support / Steering Stop RRP ST-STOP-UNIV
ODI Ruffian MX Lock-On Grips ODI L32RFB-S
RRP Billet Lite Handlepoles RRP HP-BILLET-LITE

Hull

Component Brand Part number
2018 Kawasaki SX-R 1500 Custom Build IPD Graphics Kit RIVA RK5-IPD-GPHX
2018 Kawasaki SX-R 1500 Custom Build Jettrim Traction Mat Jettrim RK5-JTRM-120

What this build shows

A one-off display machine rather than a race entry: RIVA says it was built for display at the 2017 IJSBA World Finals in Havasu to showcase its own products. Read the parts list with that in mind. Two things make it worth keeping anyway. It is the only documented SX-R 1500 build we hold, and eight of its thirteen parts come from someone other than the builder, which is unusual in a catalogue showcase and makes the list more informative than most. Note the two Skat-Trak items: Skat-Trak's watercraft division closed in December 2022, so those two numbers are new old stock at best today.

What this page does not tell you

Whether any of it is legal in your class. A builder describing its own product, including by a class name, is not a check against a rulebook. Class Legality holds the checks that name a section and a person.

Whether it would do the same on your machine. A quoted top speed is one builder's result on one craft, usually without the conditions, the rider weight or the fuel.


Source: RIVA Racing, on their own page for this build
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2026-09-08
Worth knowing
Builders revise these pages without notice. Confirm any part number against the source before ordering.
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“Project Buoy Bandit”, BaddJet archive, catalogue Builds / riva-2018-kawasaki-sxr1500, https://baddjetarchive.com/builds/riva-2018-kawasaki-sxr1500/

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2018 Kawasaki · 13 components · RIVA Racing

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