hmmmnz
01-03-2007, 05:20 AM
well i decided to get around to fighting my zxr h1 as it was just an torture rack and not made for my 6'4"
here are some pics of it before
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/IMG_0201Small.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/IMG_0202Small.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/IMG_0203Small.jpg
that was before i had done any thing, it was straight as, never been dropped and only 28000 km not bad for an 18 year old bike :D
i have also added a lift kit
first stage was to remove the fairings and get some risers and new bars, so its not a torture rack any more :D
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0533Small.jpg
then the next mission was to find a headlight that i like the look of :D
i managed to find one from germany off their ebay for 40euro it took a while to arrive and trying to speak german to him was interesting to say the least,
it didnt come with any lamps and no side lamp(park light) which i learnt the hard way that its a legal requirement, so it set about fitting the zxr bulbs (so i could keep the original wiring) and making a park light fit.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0530Small.jpg
next on the cards was clocks :D
you wouldn't believe how hard it is to find clocks that have a temp gauge built in.... do people think all street fighters are old skool gsxrs and are oil cooled... any way i digress, i managed to finally find some clocks (with temp gauge) again from germany so i had to go through the whole rigmarole of communicating, luckily the guy i was dealing with had a basic grasp of english so that made things easier
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0526Small.jpg
so i spent a night doing some soldering, i decided to use the original plugs from the old lights on what not, so i can just unplug it from the loom if needed
heres my lovely wiring to the plugs
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0528Small.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0527Small.jpg
and it mounted to the yoke, it came with mounts that mounted it to the handle bar, but that wasn't practical as i have the brace on the bars and i wouldn't be able to get the keys in the ignition :D not ideal really :D
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0529Small.jpg
and last off was just to mount the light and test the functions of the meter, :D
oo nice and blue :D
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0532Small.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0531Small.jpg
so thats the zxr as it stands at the moment,
next on the cards is sort the rear end,
i have a black tank already waiting to go on, but ill keep that to the side for when i get the new seat unit ect, also have nice new black wheels on the way (cheaper than painting mine :D)
so all is good with the world, although im still waiting for my bleedable banjo bolt to replace the one on the caliper that i broke the bleed nipple off, on :D
here are some pics of it before
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/IMG_0201Small.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/IMG_0202Small.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/IMG_0203Small.jpg
that was before i had done any thing, it was straight as, never been dropped and only 28000 km not bad for an 18 year old bike :D
i have also added a lift kit
first stage was to remove the fairings and get some risers and new bars, so its not a torture rack any more :D
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0533Small.jpg
then the next mission was to find a headlight that i like the look of :D
i managed to find one from germany off their ebay for 40euro it took a while to arrive and trying to speak german to him was interesting to say the least,
it didnt come with any lamps and no side lamp(park light) which i learnt the hard way that its a legal requirement, so it set about fitting the zxr bulbs (so i could keep the original wiring) and making a park light fit.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0530Small.jpg
next on the cards was clocks :D
you wouldn't believe how hard it is to find clocks that have a temp gauge built in.... do people think all street fighters are old skool gsxrs and are oil cooled... any way i digress, i managed to finally find some clocks (with temp gauge) again from germany so i had to go through the whole rigmarole of communicating, luckily the guy i was dealing with had a basic grasp of english so that made things easier
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0526Small.jpg
so i spent a night doing some soldering, i decided to use the original plugs from the old lights on what not, so i can just unplug it from the loom if needed
heres my lovely wiring to the plugs
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0528Small.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0527Small.jpg
and it mounted to the yoke, it came with mounts that mounted it to the handle bar, but that wasn't practical as i have the brace on the bars and i wouldn't be able to get the keys in the ignition :D not ideal really :D
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0529Small.jpg
and last off was just to mount the light and test the functions of the meter, :D
oo nice and blue :D
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0532Small.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/hmmmnz/PICT0531Small.jpg
so thats the zxr as it stands at the moment,
next on the cards is sort the rear end,
i have a black tank already waiting to go on, but ill keep that to the side for when i get the new seat unit ect, also have nice new black wheels on the way (cheaper than painting mine :D)
so all is good with the world, although im still waiting for my bleedable banjo bolt to replace the one on the caliper that i broke the bleed nipple off, on :D