Another bloody Busa

[Nudie]

I sold my last 'fighter a couple of years ago and thought I'd start another project some time. But never really got the urge until this years AFR when I turned up on a not fighter (again). Well I got the urge and a couple of months ago I picked up a '03 Busa cheap. I did a few runs at the drags (It's a fucking Busa FFS) and started collecting bits for the build, but for whatever reason I kept procrastinating.
Then along comes Muz and starts to organise NFR for November. So I thinks to myself, "Self, pull your fucking finger out!" and I decided to get into it.
First up, get the behemoth onto a work stand




Then start undressing it and I couldn't resist having a trial fit of the tail I'd picked up from Kev


But I kept going and this is where I'm at


So this isn't going to be a high dollar build, nor a particularly involved or stylish build. Just a bike that's going to be ridden and enjoyed. Hopefully it will be done for NFR!

[nick76]

So far,so good!!

[hyofighter]

Holy cow man you dont muck around puttin me to shame man . Any tips or secrets

[Nudie]

Holy cow man you dont muck around puttin me to shame man . Any tips or secrets

hahaha yeah, keep drinking and don't look at the clock.

I really hope this thing knows how to go back together because I'm in above my head!

[hyofighter]

Bahaha okay good luck then . You can use mine as a guide for what bolt goes where

[Nudie]

I've got a black swingarm now. But Photobucket is being a cunt and it's a sunny day and I'm going for a ride and then I'll come back and get some more done and hopefully put some more photo's up

[Gix11]

Another topic I'm going to enjoy....

[kev@vcm]

Glad to see those parts being used russ

See ya at NFR

[hyofighter]

Si sounds like you need a busa !!!

[FIGHTERMC]

keep the pic's comin mate...
seat unit looks good on her.

[Nudie]

I can't post pics because photo bucket has decided the pics aren't there. I can look at them but photo bucket can't see them.
I give up.
If you want to see photos, they're on Faceplant

[hyofighter]

You can get the facebook photo details and post them using the image insert thingo

[Nudie]

I'll post them later. I'm just sick of not knowing what the fuck is going on with this computer. Sometimes it's easy to post pics and sometimes no matter what I do, I can't get the fucking things to work.
Being a cranky old man goes with having a short temper and intolerance for technology

[safighter]

I feel ya pain brother ,but thats what kids are for .

[Gix11]

Si sounds like you need a busa !!!

How'd ya guess?

[Bob]

Good stuff russ.

[Nudie]

It kind of looks like this at the mo'




I got a GSXR front guard but the mounting points were way off. So I decided to have a go at modding the original. I marked it where I thought it should be chopped and cut it up with a jigsaw to look like a sportier version
.


The wrinkly bit was from a heat gun I used to shape it a bit, but I'll fix that before paint.


This is how much I chopped off the fucking thing!

[Tony Nitrous]

Mine is a cut down stock guard.

It doesn't need or use the lower mounts.




Only real thing is it sits wide of the tyre and the internal gap is a bit bigger than would be ideal.
I guess that's what you were trying to fix.

There are GSXR guards that go straight on but I can't remember which ones.
A common swap on Busa forums.

[Nudie]

I'm going to try and reshape the lower front part to protect the bottom of the fork. It should also close up the gap you mentioned

[Nudie]

Less than a week til NFR 2015 and still a bit to do.



It will be Tuesday before I can get back into it. But by then I'll have the seat back from Kev and everything should be ready to go together. "should"! Still have to rego it and put some miles on it to see if it will go OK before we leave on Friday.
So, fingers crossed!