Gitzy's B12

[Gitzy]

Finally found a good set of forks on FleaBay... and the axle

[Gitzy]

I'll be needing these I be thinking.. not bad $133 delivered to Oz from San Francisco with new pads..

[Gitzy]

Pressed the B12 Stem out and pressed it into Gixer bottom yoke, put new bearings in and fresh grease and voila.. should be about a week for the spacers to be machined and for the forks to show up... fingers crossed... I removed the steering dampner mount and deseamed the bottom yoke both the top and the bottom yokes will be black i will get to the when i finish mocking up front end..

[Gitzy]

I removed the ignition mount from the top yoke and conveniently mounted the Acewell on the mid mount for the ignition... any opinions??? sits to low or anything like that???

[Gitzy]

Forks arrived today... awesome condition

[Gitzy]

Like a freaking glove...

[Gitzy]

Here are the spacers i got machined up to fit the standard Bandit front hoop and rotors , excellent..

[Gitzy]

strapped on headlight too... i know i know another acerbis.. i'm still thinking dual Dominators...
comments please guys...

[Gitzy]

this is what i followed to fit front end using bandit wheel and rotors.. i got this of oldskoolsuzuki.com off a guy name Froudster and it has worked a treat, only difference with mine is i used 05 GSXR 750 top yoke and he had one made... which meant i had to have a bush machined up as bandit stem is 22mm and yoke is for 25mm stem.. and the * point about machining off only applys if you use a 600 or a teapot wheel..



This is list of spacers i had machined up to use bandit wheel and 05 750 spindle

4 off 10mm i/d x 24mm o/d x 5mm
1 off 25mm i/d x 29mm o/d x 73mm
1 off 25mm i/d x 32mm o/d x 12mm
1 off 25mm i/d x 32mm o/d x 16mm
1 off 22mm i/d x 25mm o/d x 20mm
and another two that match rotor centres 2mm thick each side to space out rotor centres...
because the standard bandit rotor centres on the bandit are 128mm and the gixer radial calipers require 132mm centres so hence the spacers..

So in conclusion all you need is your original stem pressed out and pressed into gixer bottom yoke and original front wheel the rest... buy it...

just for reference the front ends for the 04 GSXR 600 & 750 and the 05 GSXR 600 & 750
ARE ALL IDENTICAL I REPEAT ARE ALL IDENTICAL..
YOKES FORKS CALIPERS AXLE ARE ALL THE SAME..
so that means if you buy everything separate like i did off ebay you have the choice of 4 bikes...
excellent..
my particular conversion has 5 donor bikes and they varied between 04 and 05 600's and 750's
1. forks
2. calipers
3. axle
4. top yoke
5. bottom yoke..

[Gitzy]

For those who asked or who are wondering the forks are 45mm shorter than the B12 originals...

[Gitzy]

The toy shed so far... may it grow every year.. you can never have too many bike i dont care what anyone says..

[Gitzy]

Hel Lines Arrived today..



Also Just bought this from www.ausfr.com.au/ cheers Stu

[Gitzy]

Minor update.. nothing major. just started striping her down to drop motor for paint.. don't get too excited i'll prob stay at this stage for a little while at least till i have some holidays to get stuck into it...

[Gitzy]

While the paintable body parts are off the bike.. i love nakeds.. does anyone have any comments on maybe a dif paint colour other than generic black..
don't get me wrong i love the black im just having visions of a different colour..

[Gitzy]

Did a little photo chopping... love the 04 Gixer 1000 Seat Unit.. Comments???

[Gitzy]

Mail man brought me this today... courtesy of www.ausfr.com.au/

[Gitzy]

Big difference from the Yoshi.. Size wise I mean.. haven't heard it yet though..

[Gitzy]

Looks good i think... any comments guys and gals???

[kevkatana]

That muffler is cool as fuck. I want one.

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

That can looks 'kin great. Like the gixxer tail idea too. Is yours the black with the blue flake in it ? if so I would keep it. Just my opinion.