Damige's Slabbie rebuild

[damige]

Gday everyone heres a before pic of my fighter i built it back in 2002 with the help of my wife and kids, only to sit in garage for the last couple of years, untill a shooting buddy decided to get his bike licence i got it back on the road. Well in march we went out for a ride and the gear box had a bit more of a whine in sixth and fifth so i said thats it out she comes, and with that the motor was out the next w/end only to find a few cracks in the frame so of to the paint stripers then to bob martin engineering to get welded up and braced it is now re powder coated and ready for more work i will post more pics as they come. http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/8053804268850.jpg

[fimpBIKES]

oooh, i know that tail!

[zx12argh]

thats tidy - for some reason the tl tail works... maybe because its yellow ;)

[Hillsy]

Looks familiar - was this one in Streetbike a few years ago???

[damige]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/634518775112817.jpg


yes it was Hillsy, this pic is of one of the repairs to frame.

[damige]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/1052400304146436.jpg

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/1052400304160086.jpg
slowly get bits done, R6 rear shock is all done (thanks Gibbo for paintin it) frame is all painted and the 6 pot calipers are cleaned up ready for assy, just have to wait for some bits to get motor back together now.





http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/1052400304115360.jpg

[TurboKat]

What's the deal with all the welding on the frame Rupes, Repairs or strengthening?

[fimpBIKES]

rupes? as in sentinel rupes????

[gibbo]

What did you end up using on the calipers mate? Black looks good!

[Deano]

you don't fuck around do you mate.

looking good

[damige]

The first pic is of the repaired cracks ( missed the one on the swing arm )the welding inside the frame is for strength, they put 6mm plate in and i cleaned up the calipers (i got from cutcat thanks mate :) )and the misus says they look good as they are so ill leave them for now.
now for a tech tip if you want to strip calipers and master cyl's and this is the good bit( use the old seals as long as there still good) get a tub of warm water and pour in some dobatex also know as teepol( a shell product) and hey prosto brake fluid all gone then rise in clean hot water. i have done this many times now and never had a seal problem with brakes, even have done the same with car calipers and mastercyl's.

[damige]

Gday all, well i finally got of my ass and started getting the bike back together.
About 7 weeks ago i dropped the the motor off to get it all put back together (its the only way for me to get motivated these days) the guys had to replace 2,5,6 gears the inner clutch busket, cam chain and i asked them if they can wack in a manual cam chain adj so in went a tsuaki unit also new bearings and so on.
While ive been waiting for the motor i got going some other bits, the tank, tail and a few other bits got rubbed back ready to paint, the wheels where re-polished and bead blasted ready to paint now all that stuff is at gibbos waiting for paint. Also ive been able to make a few bits and pieces since getting a small lathe. http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258319928.jpg
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258327783.jpg
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258371302.jpg

[DiscoDan]

Hi Damige

Is that an 1100 or 750? How did you go getting the R6 shock in place?

I'm looking to upgrade my 1100 shock shortly so amy learnings from others are great

cheers
d

[damige]

Hi discodan, check the how to section on the site there is a thingo that i found on oldschool that i put years ago on fitting a r6 shockie into the slabby, its not a hard job to do at all ,mines a 750 cheers.

[gibbo]

Hey Rupert, look what I did!
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258434227.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258447169.jpg

[80s freak]

Lookin' good gibbo.

[LKC73]

Dam thats bright! I like it ;)

[damige]

ohoo la la, looking nice mate i'll see you tomorrow :D

[HOS]

Fookin ell !! Wheres me shades !!! [:0][:0]:D

Comin on nicely ;)

[DiscoDan]

quote:Originally posted by damige

Hi discodan, check the how to section on the site there is a thingo that i found on oldschool that i put years ago on fitting a r6 shockie into the slabby, its not a hard job to do at all ,mines a 750 cheers.

Thanks for that, shall do

[HueyonaBlade]

quote:Originally posted by gibbo

Hey Rupert, look what I did!
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258434227.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258447169.jpg




uuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm , AND HOW LONG EXACTLY HAVE I BEEN WAITING[V]:([V]:([V]:([V]:([V]?

[damige]

Huey, i see you made a start on it, now get your ass back there mate. starting to look good
:D

[HueyonaBlade]

quote:Originally posted by damige

Huey, i see you made a start on it, now get your ass back there mate. starting to look good
:D


START, PFFFFFFTTTTTTTT, that was about 6 months ago , see you will be done before me:(

[evilkarl]

Awesome, bright fluoro yellow wheels.

[gibbo]

quote:Originally posted by HueyonaBlade


quote:Originally posted by damige

Huey, i see you made a start on it, now get your ass back there mate. starting to look good
:D


START, PFFFFFFTTTTTTTT, that was about 6 months ago , see you will be done before me:(

They say all good things come to those who wait.... in your case it should read " to those who pull their fingers out and do some fucking work!!![}:)]

[damige]

Well i got a heap done this w/end, got the carbies on today hooked up to some fuel and it leaked, bugger needle sticking and now i find out you can only buy complete float assy at $90.00 each :( ohh well it has to be done at least i got it fired up
:)
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1259027276.jpg

[damige]

Well its finaly back on the road, after two and half years of being in the shed after getting frame repaired, i got stuck into it about sept and picked up the last painted bits from gibbo last week and then spent every bit of time getting it together, heres a couple of pics http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1260250232.jpg
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1260251149.jpg

[customfighterer]

looking super clean, but goddam that things ass is huge!