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radiobloke
22-04-2008, 10:15 PM
HAD to buy it....

pornographic metalwork from a little company in Spondon Derbyshire...

waited 20 years to own one.....will be a slow build....but hopefully worth it

my Spondon Framed Fireblade[8D][8D]
too nice to keep in the garage...so its staying in my office for a while;)

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/66376942768419.jpg

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/66376942764194.jpg

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/66376942756210.jpg


will be getting rid of the poxy satin silver powdercoat and going all shiny..

got a big box of bits with it including ohlins shock, adjustable yokes and rearsets.

I keep going upstairs for a look[8)][:p];)[:o)]

Large
22-04-2008, 10:34 PM
I think I hate you

radiobloke
22-04-2008, 11:07 PM
hahahahaha !!!

Jockney Rebel
22-04-2008, 11:31 PM
i KNOW i hate you......wheres me gun and passport lol

881052gixxr
23-04-2008, 12:41 AM
yep pretty sure i hate you too....

radiobloke
23-04-2008, 01:09 AM
not feeling much love in the room

8-P

FIGHTERMC
23-04-2008, 03:11 AM
The dogs mate.
and i hate you too :>

sharky
23-04-2008, 05:37 AM
My neighbours, cousins, daughters cat hates you.

-Dex-
23-04-2008, 08:23 AM
I dont hate you mate, just insanely jealous.













Just went back and had another look at the pics.
I now hate you.

Fight_fan
23-04-2008, 09:09 AM
Jealousy...Yeh! But im pretty sure I still hate u!

23-04-2008, 11:38 AM
It's Silver...I dislike you, if it were Black I would hate you. Hey colour matters to me. Very nice you lucky bastard.

BANDITROD
23-04-2008, 12:10 PM
i dont hate you i am just very fucking enveous of you










p.s did you get my photo in the mail yet:D

zx12argh
23-04-2008, 12:32 PM
I dont hate you - I'm sure you're my father...
I'm you're long lost australian love child.
Hey Dad - Can I collect my inheritance early? It is my birthday next week and you've missed the other 28... Also mum wants to know why you haven't called either. She needs to tell you something about an infectious rash or something...

Fight_fan
23-04-2008, 04:00 PM
Yeah that sounds like ur mum alright Pete![:p][B)]

Bear
23-04-2008, 04:23 PM
So that's how they arrive, eh? :)
Someone find out where he lives...

Lucas
23-04-2008, 04:31 PM
Its a fake. I'll take care of it for ya.

suxukifreak
23-04-2008, 04:36 PM
That looks like sex on a office table to me [:p]

fimpBIKES
23-04-2008, 04:57 PM
quote:Originally posted by suxukifreak

That looks like sex on a office table to me [:p]


Definitely!!!!


ps- hate should be expected after posting that [:X]

Gix11
23-04-2008, 06:02 PM
Bastard.

DaveK5
23-04-2008, 06:45 PM
Prick

suxukifreak
23-04-2008, 06:49 PM
Group buy anyone.......;)

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/87270141983155.jpg

23-04-2008, 07:01 PM
I guess that will be 2 x 1400 frame eh Freak:D

suxukifreak
23-04-2008, 07:03 PM
quote:Originally posted by Bullfrog

I guess that will be 2 x 1400 frame eh Freak:D

Ive got to work out how to pay for my wheels yet!! [V] ;)

jpittock
23-04-2008, 08:46 PM
you can get some really sweet little turbos for fireplaces, I considered swapping my gsxr engine out of my harris but it weighs next to nothing so it'd just be even more of a handfull.

radiobloke
23-04-2008, 09:27 PM
haha..thanks for the love guys...

here's the deal...

you get me n the missis residency in OZ and I'll bring the frame over and hand it to you!!!

love the place...was there in 92-93...and my best buddy just moved to Adelaide 3 years ago...

I hate your country in the same way you hate my frame !!

doncha just love ebay USA and Canada...just picked up a 07 gsxr750 front end including radial calipers for next to NOTHING....the cost of a set of tyres!

Pound>USDollar is awesome

will be slow...but I'll post pics when I can.

Quite fancy a Spondon single side swinger 8-P

FIGHTERMC
24-04-2008, 01:44 AM
quote:Originally posted by radiobloke

haha..thanks for the love guys...


Quite fancy a Spondon single side swinger 8-P

so do i [:p]

sfoc711uk
05-05-2008, 08:23 AM
Is that the one which was on ebay for not alot of money

BANDITROD
05-05-2008, 10:11 AM
if you dont want the swinga thats in the frame then whats it worth to ya cos im keen mate and then you can get the single sider;)

radiobloke
25-11-2008, 07:27 AM
HI guys..

not been around for a few months. drop in from time to time to check out the bikes being built.

thought it was about time I posted an update.

since I last posted I've pissed about buying parts, selling em again and buying some more.

finally got my shit together last Saturday

started with this..

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511012.jpg

then did this

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511013.jpg

then fitted the yokes off the blade ( backwards) so I could fit bars to push it around ( no,...not having renthals!!)

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511025.jpg

then put a gsxr wheel in just to get it moving ( using ZX10r wheels!)

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511029.jpg

then took it outside for some air

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511030.jpg

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511031.jpg

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511034.jpg

then played with a few seat units...

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511038.jpg

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511039.jpg

not sure about the R6 one...got some more to try

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511040.jpg

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511042.jpg

so...good day
and I have more pics of the steering head for yantosh..top yoke should be on the way soon ( in between his Turbo bits he's making for his phat gixxer :wink: )

I know you might have seen this on other forums...but I'm bored watching TV and thought I'd spam the entire world wide web!

RB

Fight_fan
25-11-2008, 07:36 AM
Fuck thats nice mate! Well done hey!

radiobloke
25-11-2008, 07:38 AM
cheers bud!

FIGHTERMC
25-11-2008, 07:53 AM
coming along good there bloke.

Freddo
25-11-2008, 08:08 AM
hello beauty!!!!

DiscoDan
25-11-2008, 08:10 AM
My vote's for the 125GP seat, suits the curves of the tank and frame

25-11-2008, 08:17 AM
nice spondon

debaser
25-11-2008, 03:28 PM
You bastard.

davio
25-11-2008, 04:58 PM
no prob mate ill sponsor u ,just bring that frame with u and ill even throw in a free tour to wolf creek

oldskool
25-11-2008, 10:01 PM
You flash git I hate you too and Im jealous.

You dont want to really live over here it would be to hot, to windy, to cold, not like home, sausages are not the same, pies are not the same, beer is too good, but I will give us Ozzys on thing we have a fuck load less packys and choco types but alas that is swiftly on the change.
Maybe we could swap them all in exchange for you and you good lady wife. :D;)

radiobloke
25-11-2008, 10:33 PM
quote:Originally posted by DiscoDan

My vote's for the 125GP seat, suits the curves of the tank and frame


Thats what I was gonna go with...but since then I have had another idea...its under wraps till I get it sorted!

good spot though...you are the first to guess what it is! ( even before I cut down the sides!)

DiscoDan
26-11-2008, 06:33 AM
quote:Originally posted by radiobloke

good spot though...you are the first to guess what it is!


I have an unfair advantage, having owned one and spent too many hours sitting in track garages looking at them :)

radiobloke
26-11-2008, 08:34 AM
I have the same thing with CBR6's

raced em crashed em built them raced em...repeat til skint!

chopaweeza
26-11-2008, 01:19 PM
I showed a customer of mine the photo's of your build to a customer that wanted a cool bike built out of his wrecker 1050 Triumph and he went banana's . Imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery so if he can do a deal with his insurer to get the wreck of his bike back I'll be copying that Spondon frame of yours in 32mm CDS2 for his Triumph . Very tasty build you have going indeed .

Gix11
26-11-2008, 04:53 PM
I'll be more than interested to see the outcome as well Chop. Bring it on mate.

BANDITROD
26-11-2008, 04:58 PM
fuck yeah i have been thinking the same thing chop it doesnt seem that hard to work out i dont reckon

Bear
26-11-2008, 05:36 PM
They've done all the hard work in design. Just gotta build a jig around it now.

Large
26-11-2008, 07:25 PM
I don't hate you any more radiobloke

BANDITROD
26-11-2008, 07:31 PM
quote:Originally posted by Large

I don't hate you any more radiobloke
well cmon i wanna pics or it never happened oh large one..... i was talking to TK on the weekend i heard about your little purchase you lucky bastard

radiobloke
26-11-2008, 10:46 PM
if you're gonna hijack my thread at least post some pics!

radiobloke
27-11-2008, 01:45 AM
ahhh seen it....v nice mate

chopaweeza
27-11-2008, 06:35 AM
It's something I [u]really</u> want to do . As the customer has a super tight budget I agreed to build the frame for Cost + 10% to test the waters with it. If all goes to plan will start sometime in February . It boils down to whether the insurer clearing the claim and allowing him to buy it back . But they have set a date in January for it to be settled by so I'm hopeful. Only ever built one like that before and it was primitive compared to work I've done lately so I'd like to test my skills by making one like this . Even with the photo's to go off it is by no means an easy task or a simple one. Most pieces have a bend and some have several making it a 3D jigsaw . With some fundamental differences in the running gear I think it should turn out OK . Have to make some additions to my existing frame jig but I enjoy a challenge . Time wise it should be the more hours building then any other frame I've done so far. I just hope the owner can cut a deal with the Insurer so I can get it done.

Sorry to hijack the thread RB .

radiobloke
27-11-2008, 06:40 AM
time to get your own thread....

radiobloke
19-12-2008, 07:11 AM
news just in......

picking up a turbo tomorrow

Spondon Turbo Blade...how cool does THAT sound!

Fight_fan
19-12-2008, 07:53 AM
Cunt!




Nah good work mate! Lol!

radiobloke
20-12-2008, 06:25 AM
hahahaha...my christmas present to myself!

http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1912010.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=242&u=12346076)

ozzy1100
22-12-2008, 09:28 PM
lol with out seeing the rest of the headers i would say that looks like it came of a 11oo zephyr lol
i could be wrong .... theres a bloke in the uk with a nice fighter 1100 that had a go a turboing it
and i would have 2 say that looks very close 2 his and his was for sale if im not wrong
or i could be full of shit after 2 many cans .......

FIGHTERMC
23-12-2008, 02:34 AM
Going to be a cracker of a bike mate.

radiobloke
23-12-2008, 06:36 AM
doesn't matter where it came from...its what you do with it!

!-)

ozzy1100
23-12-2008, 05:53 PM
only 2 true
mind you the zephyr he has got is pretty nice lol

yantosh
23-12-2008, 10:57 PM
i hear he's getting a bit more detailing done on it too

Gix11
24-12-2008, 11:21 AM
quote:Originally posted by yantosh

i hear he's getting a bit more detailing done on it too


Meaning? build / paint / polishing?

yantosh
26-12-2008, 06:36 AM
i'll show you once i do it , not steal his thunder

radiobloke
03-03-2009, 08:28 AM
been a while...so a bit of an update in pictures

http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/12/34/60/76/p0609012.jpg
http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511012.jpg
http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511029.jpg
http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511032.jpg
http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/12/34/60/76/p1511040.jpg
http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/12/34/60/76/p2802013.jpg
http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/12/34/60/76/p2802032.jpg
http://i64.servimg.com/u/f64/12/34/60/76/p2802035.jpg

Fight_fan
03-03-2009, 09:47 AM
Thats fuckin horn mate! Well done hey!
Im well jealous! HaHa!

fimpBIKES
03-03-2009, 11:59 AM
hmm yeah, liking the last tail better than the other one

turbo spondon :D

WATEVR
03-03-2009, 01:20 PM
yeah i have to say that the rs tail is nicer than the r6 unit. suits the flowing curves. cant wait to see this bike built it is going to look sweet.

BANDITROD
03-03-2009, 01:55 PM
very nice mate well done

Gix11
03-03-2009, 03:08 PM
I really like that tail mate, what is it? Suits that tank perfectly.

radiobloke
05-03-2009, 09:33 PM
cut down race seat..


this project has just taken a bit of a change of direction...

I've just bought a Tuned big bore 1200cc Blackbird engine

lets see if it'll go in...

so the turbo will be going on the blade when I've finished the Sponny

Spondon BlackBlade and a Turbo Blade....that'll do !

Harry
06-03-2009, 11:06 PM
i have no words.........lucky you [:0] [:p]

radiobloke
08-03-2009, 08:29 AM
so..today I checked out the clearance of the frame with the impending arrival of the bigger engine...

should be fine...fingers crossed
http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/p0703011.jpg
http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/p0703012.jpg

and then I unwrapped a lovely bit of billet sculpture from Mr Yantosh

nice innit!

http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/p0703013.jpg
http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/p0703015.jpg
http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/p0703014.jpg

http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/p0703017.jpg
http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/p0703018.jpg

I can get it off the stands when the wheel spindle arrives..and the bars
all by Yan again...
http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/p0703016.jpg

wackyrider
08-03-2009, 09:37 AM
That bike is gonna look mad!!!!

opindown
08-03-2009, 10:02 AM
nice work so far mate. looking forward to watching this one till it is done.

radiobloke
18-03-2009, 07:46 AM
RIGHT....here goes....

picked up the engine...had a good natter to the guy selling it...ex racers can always talk bollocks for hours!


got the engine home...mate comes round to buy the GSXR1000 and gives me a lift out of the car with it.....and takes the gixxer home ( yey, more cash and space!)


so...dropped the blade engine out...lifted the frame over the bird engine..."sweet"...me thinks...top end slots between the rails..."brilliant!!!"

then I lower the back of the frame....and try to line up the engine mounts..."BOLLOCKS!!!!"

the rear mounts don't line up,...or rather I can't get them close as the engine mount by the head fouls the engine case.

tried all sorts of different ways...but the frame wont fit without some frame mods...removing the engine mounts and re positioning them.

for referance, and to make sure I wasnt missing anything...I think ...I'll drop the blade frame over it...

I thought the cbr900 frame might be twisted..
f**k me ...its been squished to buggery!...but we knew thatmight be a problem. so I can't use that for the left over blade engine.



SO...I had a plan...blackbird spondon..and a blade turbo...but thats kinda shot to **** now.

the last 3 days have been spent pondering weither or not I should cut and weld the Spondon frame....basically I can't...I can't do it and risk the frame twisting or making a bodge of it...just can't bring myself to do it.

well,....all is not lost...I still have a Spondon blade to build...and on the shelf I have an awesome motor for my next build...a blackbird fighter!!

just got to work out which one gets the turbo!! lol!

radiobloke
23-03-2009, 01:24 AM
so...blade spondon has got on its own legs..

http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/410.jpg
http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/810.jpg
http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/910.jpg

and the blackbird engine has been reunited with it's frame...and the vfr swinger off my old blade fighter.

oh bugga...got meself a new project

http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/310.jpg

rock hard
23-03-2009, 09:53 PM
thats absolutly beautiful

radiobloke
24-03-2009, 08:25 AM
cheers bud!

The Mad One
24-03-2009, 04:49 PM
I`m not at all jealous [8D] You ROB have taste ;) look`s great. So why did the 'bird' donk not fit [?] is it made for a 929.I`m sure there is a site called 'CBR' or so & I been onit for reseach concerning a 'bird' '919' build ;) perhaps the extra brackets wood detract from the frame [?][xx(] Please do not stretch it & keep that real rubber on it :D they are built to take corner`s [^] same as Bimota [:X]

Surt
24-03-2009, 10:57 PM
quote:Originally posted by radiobloke

so...blade spondon has got on its own legs..

http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/810.jpg
http://i84.servimg.com/u/f84/12/34/60/76/910.jpg



mate nice bike ur buildin'! sorry to hear'bout ur frame... d'u know wat alloy has it made from? also i can see the two different swingarms. have they been swapped or its the same one re-made? [?][?][?][?]

radiobloke
25-03-2009, 08:23 AM
quote:Originally posted by The Mad One

I`m not at all jealous [8D] You ROB have taste ;) look`s great. So why did the 'bird' donk not fit [?] is it made for a 929.I`m sure there is a site called 'CBR' or so & I been onit for reseach concerning a 'bird' '919' build ;) perhaps the extra brackets wood detract from the frame [?][xx(] Please do not stretch it & keep that real rubber on it :D they are built to take corner`s [^] same as Bimota [:X]

bird engines go in a blade frame...you need to remove a bit of the frame and redo the engine mounts on the head.

can't bring myself to cut the Spondon when I can have 2 bikes rather than one. and a tuned single side blackbird will be cool enough alongside a turbo spondon blade!!

and...who the fuck is Rob??

radiobloke
25-03-2009, 08:26 AM
quote:[i]Originally posted by Surt

mate nice bike ur buildin'! sorry to hear'bout ur frame... d'u know wat alloy has it made from? also i can see the two different swingarms. have they been swapped or its the same one re-made? [?][?][?][?]


no idea about the alloy...whatever Spondon use??

its the same swingarm...one side has a cross bar as it has the chain etc...also for strength

yantosh
28-03-2009, 07:08 PM
spondon use 7020 as far as i'm aware

Surt
28-03-2009, 08:25 PM
quote:Originally posted by yantosh

spondon use 7020 as far as i'm aware


thanks yantosh, i know shit 'bout the international classification of alloy grades and use that:

http://www.duccutters.com/aluminum.tpl

but there's no 7020 there [?], praps 7075? but its not welding, and welding is what i meant askin'bout the frame ;) high grade alloys can't be welded, coz alloying elements burn out, a metal structure's damaged, so the welding can't be reliable... as far as i know

Tony OW31
28-03-2009, 09:22 PM
quote:Originally posted by Surt
;) high grade alloys can't be welded, coz alloying elements burn out, a metal structure's damaged, so the welding can't be reliable... as far as i know

That's why 7020 is used, it is a high strength alloy specifically designed to retain most of its strength after welding.