RF900 build

[dave smith]

whilst cleaning the bike my young fellow decided to help by scrubbing the paintwork with a wire brush :shock:
realising the need to repaint i set about stripping down, once the fairing etc was off i thought to myself....... I like the look of it without the fairing.................
not one to do things by halves i got stuck into it.
done so far, top yoke conversion,wider bars, brake lines.
twin headlights, digital dashboard,
moved the thermostat housing inboard. new tyres and a very sweet sounding D&D exhaust

the whole thing is painted satin black so far, this is just a base for whats next, i have an artist about to be let loose on it, he plans to do an alien style job in metallics...

I Dont know if this qualifies as a streetfighter or not but im happy with it.

http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/i379/davesmith546/RF.jpg


cheers

[Gitzy]

Great first post, welcome to the madness Dave.. Another member for the WASF crew. Do you have any plans of trimming down the quite robust RF tail? Or maybe a USD conversion for the future?

[dave smith]

im looking into the tail but theres that much crap in there it may be difficult.im open to suggestions tho

[pav69]

chop it would look much better with a thinner tail and a single seat ,bring on the paintwork would a late model cbr tail fit.

[LKC73]

Welcome Dave, bikes looking good man. Most of the tail stuff can be relocated either in the new tail or in other places. While your at it, and have the tail shortend, chop that D&D down to match.

[dave smith]

would it be better to shorten the can or the link pipe on the D&D ?

[Gitzy]

Hmmm I reckon both the link pipe and the can could do with a shorten mate.

Have a look at these RF's for a few ideas, some are 600's but you'll get an idea. There not the most abundant bike that is fightered but they are a great platform In my opinion, depending on how far you want to go, there frames are steel so you can weld on your own subframe and mate whatever tail you'd like to it if you wanted..

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20645&SearchTerms=Rf900

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/350580510128789.jpg


http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/350580510125563.jpg


http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/350580510106414.jpg


http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/58177043320740.jpghttp://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/58177043325864.jpg

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/58177043335224.jpghttp://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/58177043327265.jpg

http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/8651/013sn.jpg

[dave smith]

the last one looks good
im looking for a complete seat/tail/subframe for the bike if anyone can point me in the right direction.
im told zx9 fits without too much pain but im open to suggestions
cheers

[Gix11]

Why not go all out an do a custom job like the last one pictured above? Just buy the tail unit you like and then make a simple box section subframe to support it (get pros to weld it up if that's not your thing). The one above is supported by the top shock mount to give it a minimal look. All the stuff in your tail can be located somewhere else, it's never an issue. If you run pod filters on your engine you can use the some of the space left by the airbox if you wanted as well.

[crazymofo]

got a complete tail from an 08 cbr600 if your interested $650.00

subframe
tail plastics
exhaust muffler (de baffled)
battery tray
fender
indicators/tail light.

PM if your interested.

[bladehunter]

3 cheers for Dave's young fellow, he made you see the light brother :)

[dave smith]

hi,i cant pm yet,,,,,
any chance you could email some pics of the cbr bits
cheers


quote:Originally posted by crazymofo

got a complete tail from an 08 cbr600 if your interested $650.00

subframe
tail plastics
exhaust muffler (de baffled)
battery tray
fender
indicators/tail light.

PM if your interested.

[crazymofo]

will do tonight.

cheers.joe.

[JDinOZ]

yay love it when people convert :) my mate is taking the fairings of his cbr600rr after I showed him the site yesterday :D

Mate welcome, and good luck with the build, and yes a neat tail section would be awesome.

[dave smith]

well i have cut down the can, looks much better
problem now is its sooooooooooooo loud, sets car alarms off and makes babies cry etc etc
is there any way i can make it sound a bit more civilised ?
i have heard of db killers but cant find a dealer in OZ, can anyone help

cheers

[LKC73]

Best thing you can do is go to an exhuast shop and get then to make one for the pipe. DB killer is just a name thrown around. Its just a bit of extra baffelling and reduce's the pipe's exit port.
They look like this type of set up.
http://www.2wheels4u.de/mondoshop/Media/Shop/akrapovic-db_killer-vtuv003.jpg

[Yella]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/4-EXHAUST-BAFFLE-1-3-4-PIPES-MOST-MOTORCYCLES-/200594714040?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2eb4606db8