NOOBIE R6 FIGHTER BUILD

[BANDITROD]

That's spot on mate

[kiwi kdx]

this wassn't planned for a while, but the bike is comming along quite
quickley so......

i have this in the post on its way to me........
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/swingarm.jpg

[Fight_fan]

That can looks the biz mate! Well done!

[BANDITROD]

I take it you have had a look here but for anyone else interested here is a link to the conversion
http://www.r6-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71739

[kiwi kdx]

thanks Lance, im pretty chuffed with it!

i was reading that forun the other day, i love the second Gen swingarm without paint!!!
and that suits me well as i was trying to stay away from a black swingarm and frame coz
im pretty sure im going to go with matt black for the body work.

it seems like a pretty simple swap but i have not seen it done with keeping the first Gen
rear wheel, i hope its not too much of a hasstle to lign up.....

[kiwi kdx]

Piss easy!!!!!!!!!!!!

The hardest part was stripping the paint!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/7731bf18.jpg
03 arm on a 00.

The actual swap took all of 10 mins.

swing arm pivot And rear axles are the same between
the modles The only 03 parts I needed were the swing arm
And brake assembly, everything else is off the 00
I did have to swap the bushes over from the swing arm
Mount for the triangle so the bolt would fit, that's all!!

I still need to get the spacers right and gring down the disk
Bolts fir clearance, then get the arm cleaned up a bit better.

[BANDITROD]

Looks good mate and it sounds like an easy mod for such a nice outcome

[Gix11]

That frame and arm match perfectly. Nice work mate.

[BANDITROD]

If I was you mate I would fit a late model R6 seat unit and piss the stocker one off you have gone this far you may aswell

[ozzy1100]

I'm with Si that arm and frame look great together
and rod is right the look is already half done why not lol

[LKC73]

NIce work mate, and yep, I move the motion that the later R6 rear be used! Bike has gone this far ;)

[kiwi kdx]

Dam you guys are gonna send me broke.......

[BANDITROD]

Welcome to the world of streetfighters

[kiwi kdx]

I have an 01 with tailtidy back in NZ I'll pick up at Xmas time,
But now u all have me thinking of an 09 tail..........

[BANDITROD]

Do it mate ...think of the bike ....looking all stock with that tail....it's not fair

[kiwi kdx]

Found an 04-06 R1 tail and rear seat cover for cheap, so I might grab it
And see how it looks.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/9617f324.jpg

[BANDITROD]

Now your talking mate

[kiwi kdx]

right...... after a bit of bad editing i have decided i need a 996 tail!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/996tail.jpg

opinions???

[BANDITROD]

To me it looks to bulbous for the bike I would stick with a nice little R6 tail personally

[latheboy]

I think it looks too big as well.
It might be just the scale of the pics you cut together tho.

[BANDITROD]

What I would do is put in on the trailer/ute and head to the wreckers and just keep trying till you find one you like ...

[hooligan]

if you like the style of the ducati tail but think it's a bit big, you could try to find a cagiva mito 125 seat. Same thing, but smaller.

[Gix11]

Just my 2 cents - 916 tail has been done to death, ever since it came out! I know the R6 has as well, but it looks way more modern and much smaller. Bottom line is, it's your bike and your choice mate, but you did say "Opinions?"

[kiwi kdx]

thats a good point Si, and the R1 tail is by far the cheaps't so i might just stick with that.

[wackyrider]

hey mate, I was just at the Vic Wreckers today in heidleberg and they have a few modern R6's in there. migh be worth asking how much for a full rear end??

[kiwi kdx]

........$950!

i thought of that, but thats just silly money!

[Redmohawk]

thats vic wreackers for you, they wanted $190 for a suffed (unusable cracked scrached missing mounts) tail plastic for a 2006 r6 about 2 weeks ago when they had about 10 good ones and 10 fucked ones !

[mr.zxr]

Fuckin robbers. In NSW you can't even repair and re-register a write-off anymore so theres going to be heaps of spares on the market. do you think that'll bring prices down.. I got quoted $150 for a zx14 mastercylinder with fucked levers and i bought a brand new one for $149. FUCKIN ROBBERS

[kiwi kdx]

Man that sux about the write offs, but I suppose it will be
Good for getting parts, I have started using find a part
Then when I get a response I say I can get it cheaper out of
The US and get them to match the price!
Works a treat.

Vic wreckers are wankers I got my gen 2 swing arm there
And they got all shitty coz I said I wanted the bearing end caps with it.
When I go there it takes a lot of effort to not Punch that long haired little
faggot in the face!

[BANDITROD]

That's Keith the theif for ya

[kiwi kdx]

Haha good call!!!

[mr.zxr]

I hope i don't offend anyone, but i have a theory. Blokes that work at wreckers are dumb as dogshit. If they had any smarts they would be able to put stuff back together not just pull it aprart and leave it in pile.

[kiwi kdx]

This is true, but they are even dumber than that At vic wreckers, I had to show them how to press a steering stem out!

[kiwi kdx]

yay!!!!!! look what turned up today....

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/r6.jpg

though its a hell of a lot thinner than mt subframe.........

[BANDITROD]

Just mod your subframe or make a new one it's not to hard if your handy with a grinder and welder

[wackyrider]

Nice

[kiwi kdx]

I think I'm in FUCKING love!!!!!

This is the first fitment if the 04-06 R1 tail
Using the 00 R6 seats for now.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/d6e54cff.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/3721c942.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/9338a9a9.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/new.jpg
[img]

[xa-mont]

looks very cool man

[Fight_fan]

Fuck yeh! That looks tidy man!

[BANDITROD]

Looks good but I would move it closer to the tank so the tail isn't hanging past the back of the wheel

[kiwi kdx]

Really? I'm loving the long high pointy tail!
As it sits now I'm using the 00 R6 seats with no
Modifications to the riders seat mounts or
The pillion seat release.


http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/9aa66445.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/edb73f50.jpg

There is a little bit of grinding and filling to do yet
But all in all another fairly easy mod.

I still need to make an undertail, I'm thinking of using
The 01 R6 undertail and twin round lights.

[kiwi kdx]

Got a few bits done today, just those annoying jobs
U keep putting off, fitting the speed sensor, heat shields
Routing the harness, that sort of stuff.

Got the headlight mounts back from powder coating and
Got the headlighted mounted.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/52ae6c5b.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/0cceaf47.jpg

[wackyrider]

Looking good mate. As I said earlier, give us a yell if u need a hand.

[BANDITROD]

That's starting to look the goods mate

[kiwi kdx]

thanks guys,

im getting the dent taken out of the tank next week, then ist off
for paint!

in going matte balck, and im thinking the rear sub frame needs to be
powdercoated black to hide it a bit, what's ur thoughts???

[wackyrider]

If you're gonna leave the frame silver, I don't think the subframe would look good in black. However you do need to cover / blend it in some way. Maybe make up some side panels or something

[oldskool]

Build is looking the goods, dunno about the headlight though.

[kiwi kdx]

i really want a Acerbis DHH light the one with twin round halogen bulbs, but i need to pass rego first....

[kiwi kdx]

ok getting use to the new site........

the rear end is almost sorted, pick this up from the machine shop the other day.
it now has a nice little groove though it.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-11-22105015.jpg

so that theese dont bump into it! cleares it by an ants dick!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-11-22111425.jpg

all mounted up.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-11-22112534.jpg

and the sprocket almost lignes up perfect.

looking good!!!!!
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-11-22112406.jpg

[1CY-R6]

Sweet work.

I'm just starting my first fighter with an 07 r6. I'm sure i will have plenty of questions for you. :)

[kiwi kdx]

Good stuff mate, i'll be happy to help out any way I can.

get some pics up here and get a build post going.

[kiwi kdx]

Hmmmmm cant wait to put this bad boy on for rego.....

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-07120810.jpg

[xa-mont]

that's going to look SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GAY! :P

Lucky my aprilia one looks super sexy anyway :P

[JDinOZ]

I just want to say, awesome build thread, especially since I'm trying to convince my mate to fighter the exact same bike, now all I need to do is show him pics of your build :p Keep it up! I would take in the tail a little bit closer to the tank though, exhaust looks fecking awesome and so does the swinger and front!

[kiwi kdx]

haha Trav i found the Gayest one i could, i figured the gayer it looks the easier it would go through Rego!
just wait till i put the 5" long indicators on her!!!!!

and JDinOZ, cheers, get ur mate onto it, there an easy bike to mod.....

this was my insperation: (scroll up to the start of the thread)

http://www.customfighters.com/forums/showthread.php?p=373917

I think I grew a vagina when I put this on!!!

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-07184118.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-07184130.jpg

[kiwi kdx]

just picked up some radial sanctions!!!!!

they need a bit of a tweak but not too bad,
is Anyone in melbourne able to straighten them
For me?

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-18132908.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-18135047.jpg

[BANDITROD]

I rang a mob in melb a while ago about getting some forks straightened it was gunna cost about $120 each leg can't remember there name though

[kiwi kdx]

wow thats a lot of money to bang some forks with a BIG hammer......

[xa-mont]

the bloke i spoke to said 300 per inner or outer that is bent... so if all inners and outers are bent thats 1200 for a set.

[LKC73]

the bloke i spoke to said 300 per inner or outer that is bent... so if all inners and outers are bent thats 1200 for a set.

Be cheaper buying a straight set from the US, and that would include postage. For e.g. my 07 GSXR forks I got from US for $290 including postage, the 2010 R6 units I got $380 a pair including postage. The US has bulk load of parts and most arnt scared of posting to Aust.
Kiwi, those fork legs look beyond repair anyway from the pictures. The outter tubes dont have replacable bushings, so the complete outter needs swapping. and at $300+ each, I dont think you would be wanting that.

[kiwi kdx]

really??? every time i price stuff out of the US the freight is stupid prices!
the last thing i priced was my swing arm at $46AUD and $200AUD freight!


anyway, the R6 forks in the pic are pretty much fuked, the internals might be ok????

the parts i want to use are the 07 R1 lower legs in the circle, one is straight and the other has
a small bend, im hoping i can marry these up with the 98 R1 outer tubes that are on my bike.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-18135047-1.jpg

[kiwi kdx]

finally got my tank and tail back from paint....
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-20120323.jpg

funny it looks photoshoped without stickers.
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-20122519.jpg

threw some stickers on
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-20142343.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-20132607.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-20142548.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-20142409.jpg

[xa-mont]

Looking very tidy mate!

When are you getting Rego happening on this sucker? I'll be organising a bit of a ride in mid Jan... so get it ready by then!

[BANDITROD]

Looking good Jarrod

[kiwi kdx]

thanks travis,i might be pushing to have it on the road by mid jan, im headding back to NZ for a few weeks
im brinning some parts back with me, originat tail and lights etc just crappy stuff to pass rego, then its just a bit of wiring for the headlight and indicators..... so it may be possiable....ill do my best!

and cheers Rod (i know your holding your tounge about my tail mate....)

[xa-mont]

well let me know if you need am hand when you get back. i'm always happy to help out.

[Fight_fan]

Noooooo.... OEM sticker kit? & Just as it was starting to look cool. :(

[BANDITROD]

thanks travis,i might be pushing to have it on the road by mid jan, im headding back to NZ for a few weeks
im brinning some parts back with me, originat tail and lights etc just crappy stuff to pass rego, then its just a bit of wiring for the headlight and indicators..... so it may be possiable....ill do my best!

and cheers Rod (i know your holding your tounge about my tail mate....)lol yeah but hey it's your bike mate ...but it does look good now it's all together but now the only thing I wouldn't have done is put an OEM sticker kit back on it.. as now to the untrained eye it just looks like a stocker thrown together after a crash ...don't take offense to that mate it's still a good looking jigger in my eyes as we know what mods you have done

[kiwi kdx]

haha thats why the stickers are over the clear coat...
i hate it when you get sick of your stickers, but cant take them off coz some bright spark
decided to clear coat over them...

[BANDITROD]

Good stuff as I said that's just my opinion

[kiwi kdx]

haha dont go getting all sensitive and shit on me Rod, it'l take a fuk load more than that to offend me....

but the more i look at the two pics, with the solid blue and with the stickers next to each other....
im starting to agree, i think ill even get rid of the YAMAHA on the mud guard.:D

[BANDITROD]

Just testing how far I can go mate ...lol

[kiwi kdx]

oh u got a heap of room to play with yet........... but i have been known to weld the bullbars of peopls 4x4's
to there shed as a drunken prank......not so funny in the morning when they wake up before you and try to leave.......

[mr.zxr]

yep, i agree. ditch the stickers.

[kiwi kdx]

ok so the stickers are gone!!!!

anyway its about all i can do at the moment, after diss-locating my knee on new years!!!

[BANDITROD]

good stuff mate ..how the fuck did you manage to do your knee

[kiwi kdx]

I have been doing MMA for about 5 years now, and have always
made it a rule to never roll when pissed........

But after a bunch of mates and my girl egging me on all night
i finally agreed to fight a mate/bouncer who weighs about 130 kegs,
(i rock the scales at 78kg)

first round the big galute jumps on me and pops my knee out!

So we straightend it out and it poped back in, gave it 5mins and went to round 2 and
then 3 to witch i made him tap out in both rounds, he was pretty cut up
he lost to such a lil fella!

I thought it was hilarious!

[BANDITROD]

cool sounds like fun

[kiwi kdx]

yeah it was a bit of fun, not walking propperly for a few months is gonna suck tho!

[damo1]

Noooooo.... OEM sticker kit? & Just as it was starting to look cool. :(

I totally agree , looks sweet with out the stickers.

I recon without and run two matt black gt stripes down the length of it.

[kiwi kdx]

had a bit of spare time yesterday, so i hobbled round the bike.
pulled the stickers off and put the genuine tail back on with the gay ass fender for rego.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2012-01-11191924.jpg
FUK ME THAT FENDER IS FUKEN UGLY!!!!!!!!!!!

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2012-01-11192023.jpg

[kiwi kdx]

the matte black strpie could be a go....

i also ordered a set of black dirt bike bark busters yesterday, i love the look of them!

[damo1]

NiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiccccccccccccccccccccE ;) tail mate:cool:

"the matte black strpie could be a go....i also ordered a set of black dirt bike bark busters"

Do it you know you want to:D

[kiwi kdx]

Got these on today, the mounts are shit but ill make them work
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2012-01-12184315.jpg

[K6Thou]

Matt black stripes FTW !!!!


Looking good mate.

[xa-mont]

looks good with the guards.

[kiwi kdx]

so i know its not even rego'd yet..... but i had an idea for a different tail...

what do ya think?

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/2011-12-20142343-1.jpg

[BANDITROD]

now your on the right track mate i knew you would come round sooner or later

[LKC73]

Me likes, the RC8 tails are nice looking fighter transplants.

[BANDITROD]

good luck finding one cheap though i searched for ages and ended up giving up you would be better off making your own

[kiwi kdx]

haha cheers Rod, im onto a guy in QLD that sells race fairing, i use to make cerbon fiber Kayaks so yeah i could make one but im just not set up enough in Auz yet... no shed, tools etc



Just heard back $200 delivered!!!! shit hot!

[BANDITROD]

fuck thats the go mate whats the name of the dude

[xa-mont]

buy it then duplicate it in CF!!! CF FOR THE MUTHERFUCKING WIN!!!!

[kiwi kdx]

The guys name is Phillip, he has already set up a seperate sale option on his website for the tail!
seems like a top bloke he has a CBR929 fighter.

http://www.bikefairings.com.au/race-fairings/ktm.html (http://www.bikefairings.com.au/race-fairings/ktm.html)

do it Rod, u too trav, u know u both want one too.........

[xa-mont]

I'de buy an 08+ CBR tail unit... problem is i need a subframe as well (they are kind of part of the look)... and they are expensive.

Probably would work out cheaper for me to just buy a wreck that has the entire front of it fucked up but a good rear section (tail, seat, subframe, lights blah blah blah.)

[kiwi kdx]

fuk me that sounds like a spendy way to go buddy....

they r a pretty cool looking tail tho.

[xa-mont]

shouldn't be too spendy if i could find one that has had a massive front on and is fucked from the middle forward... never know my luck :P

[BANDITROD]

thanks for that jarrod

[kiwi kdx]

no worries mate.... do u have 1 on order yet????

[BANDITROD]

i will soon mate