Hornet Project

[Grouch]

Hello all, I thought I´d start a build thread on here for my Hornet 600 project which I´m in the middle of at the moment.
So to bring you upto date here´s a few pics of work carried out so far....

Chopped back end off the frame:-
http://www.streetfighters.com.au/upload/1276539217.jpg


then welded on some new mounts I made for the new seat unit, I say new but it´s actually off an old Kawasaki Zephry 1100:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276554419.jpg


Primed:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276493056.jpg


Lining up the seat unit:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276548478.jpg


And in place:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276558517.jpg

[Grouch]

Next up I made a start on the seat base, Using ally mesh to form the shape.
I did the Rear part with catch first:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276532076.jpg


Then shaped the rest:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276471176.jpg


made a start on fibre glassing it all up:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276557329.jpg

[Grouch]

I am still actually finishing off the seat unit and seat base at the moment. Here´s a pic of how it all stands at this time:-

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276552199.jpg

Arse view:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276496716.jpg


Here´s a few bits I´ve also got done so far,
Spiked up and polished the brake and clutch levers:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276546719.jpg


Painted the master cylinder and fitted levers back on:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276499411.jpg


Brake fitted before I stripped the bike down:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276528595.jpg

[Grouch]

Also made up a bracket out of ally to fit a single ´angel eye´ spot light:-

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276499996.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276547864.jpg


All done:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276462690.jpg


And mounted before the strip down:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276535853.jpg


Picked up some cheapo rearsets from Ebay:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276525134.jpg


Mocked up on the bike to see how they´ll sit. Still need to knock up the mounting plates to fit these:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276490571.jpg


Got some R1 Blue spot calipers of a mate from England. Again just need to make the mounting plates up for these little fellas too:-
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276539688.jpg

[stu]

Nice work so far.

[wackyrider]

Looking good mate

[Grouch]

Reshaped the back of the tank as it didn´t look right now that the seat sits in a different place:-

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276648520.jpg


Spent a couple of hours rubbing down the seat unit and tank this evening... No finger prints left now!

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1276624570.jpg


Next up I will get the seat finished, add foam, shape it and then make a start on the rearset hangers:o)

[Chase]

I like it mate! Looking Good.

[Gix11]

Nice progress thread mate, keep it coming.

[geesexar]

yeah looking the goods keep it coming

[NoZ]

Aha! found ya! Good to see this build again. So if you're dabbling with the fibre glass, does that mean you're not going to let me have that headlight unit now? :D:D:D

Bike looks mean [^]

[Grouch]

Hahahaaa... Hello Noz! Hope you are well! I hadn´t forgotten about the mask..... Just never got around to getting in touch with you sorry. Will PM you later :)

[Grouch]

Ello Peeps:)
Couple of pics of the seat base I just finished....
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1277415316.jpg


Here´s the under side. You wouldn´t believe the amount of work I had to do to make the ´sticky outy things´ and the catch for securing the seat onto the frame....
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1277345606.jpg

Also started to stick some foam to it this afternoon, will finish it off tomorrow.


And this arrived today...
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1277334655.jpg




Little LED rear light, will tuck nicely into the under side of the seat unit.[8D]

[NoZ]

quote:Originally posted by Grouch

Hahahaaa... Hello Noz! Hope you are well! I hadn´t forgotten about the mask..... Just never got around to getting in touch with you sorry. Will PM you later :)


I don't think you can pm if you're not a full member. bluecrow7@gmail.com :D

[Grouch]

Ok so the first layer of foam was dried today so I cut off rough edges and put it on the bike see how t´was looking....
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1277473907.jpg




Very happy with it as is but needed to add some more foam and give it some shape...
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1277509798.jpg



Built up foam layers then used masking tape to pull it all tight into place. Will be dry and be ready for trimming up tomorrow afternoon if all goes well.

[Grouch]

All foam added to seat base now. Think it looks alright but still not 100% sure about it TBH.... Might have to trim it down a little more?!

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1277516725.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1277501435.jpg


Still... it´s getting there.... [8D]

[bQQm]

What happened to the pictures in this thread? Keen to see what the progress here was lol

[Gix11]

They were lost in the change over. I searched everywhere but can't find them. Maybe try contacting the user?