Well all the SL, RS pieces are "kitted" so you would need to have all the pieces. crank, rods,pistons,ring assembly,cams,valves and heads as the combustion chambers are matched to the dome profile and compression spec. You can run a stock crank but the whole assembly would need balancing and then whats the point of the Ti rods if your still spinning a large journal crank. You could also mod the crank by machining it to SL/RS spec and adding the HM weights but then with the cost you might as well just buy the RS crank. As far as bearing life goes thats a whole different conversation as the variables there are numerous. I would just get a later model R and go from there. Going anywhere near SL/RS territory gets really expensive and unless you are willing to go "all in" its just not worth it. That being said I have all the 1199 RS pieces if you really want to go that route.