No pine in my pallet, thankyou. Only Teakwood.
I was surprised at how easy these R1's come apart. I'm not a roady expert by any means but I'm enjoying playing with this thing. I've stripped the whole thing down to the engine and am getting ready to respray stuff and add personal touches. It's a lot bigger than my mechano set.
pmsl nice one turboquote:Originally posted by turbokat
HAHAHAHA,
If you need any advice Bear, Sharky is our resident specialist in "Palletised Streetfighters"
You can see Bear & Sharky in the bar at the next AFR -
"Yeah mate, mine came on a Chep, nothin but the best"...
"Bollocks to that Geezer, Loscam are the only pallet to use for Yammies"
Looks like you've got plenty to do over the break eh Bear?
sorry Russ ...
and welcome bear have fun mate ..
Welcome Bear looks like a bit of work hope you keep us posted on the progress
A late model r1 is a fine point to start a fighter project. I bought a gsx 1100 81 years ago in boxes and on a pallet. Had it going in a couple of weekends.
I have gone the other way. Putting R1 04-06 bits on my 88 slingshot.
debaser, that avatar is....mesmerising....
Welcome mate
Welcome aboard mate, looks like you've got a really good base
to start with have fun with the build
Cheers guys. Actually,it looks like Turbokat has inadvertently named my new ride - The Pallet Bike.
Welcome bear, dont listen to turbo coz he'll have you puttin a kwaka mota in ya piano , get a nice old Gixa mota and that piano will be better than its ever been XXX
"I call it a Camberwell carrot as I invented it in Camberwell and it looks alot like a carrot"
That would be 'Son of pallet bike' methinks
Jesus died for his own sins...NOT MINE !
Here's the Pallet Bike so far. Got quite a lot of painting to do and going to shorten the tail end a bit.
Project Pallet Bike update:
The painting is taking forever and some parts are taking their time in arriving but here's an example of the over-all theme.
I've expanded on a style some of you would've seen in a magazine not long ago, which was copied from a Fox MX jersey.
Ran out of red tape but you can see where it's going.
Some air-brushing needed to finish it off and make it a bit dirtier.
Nice work mate. Haven't seen any detailed paint jobs in ages. This will be interesting.
gday and welcome Bear. All good pallet bikes should have a single sided Virago shaft drive conversion. go hard.
no no no. bugger that! rattle can flat black is the only way to go...... isn't it?
I thought hard about flat black (very cheap and easy) but after many close calls with dipstick drivers while commuting on my Motard, I decided that I want to be seen and heard.
So I'm gonna light this R1 up like a Christmas tree without looking too pooncey and I got GYTR mufflers for it. [)]
I drew a line at American bling, though. I'm using colour instead of chrome and polish.
very nice bear thats coming along great love the paint work
Glenn Eason drinks and smokes and lends his arse to other blokes
welcome bear, look forward to seeing it develop
An update. The first mock-up. Still got hours of work left to do. [xx(]
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