Gsr1300

[StuNVA]

For a few years now I've been wanting to build a fighter, I bought a GSR1000K6 a few years ago to do it, fell in love with it and failed to fighter it. Bought a Tuono with the same intentions, have probably spent too much money on that bike and failed to fighter it. So I thought what the hell, I'll buy the ugliest bike I know of with a decent engine and go from there.

So I picked this up in June.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/BusaPickup.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/BusaPickup2.jpg

I rode it about 200ks stock and then parked it in the shed.
First off was the tail, I hate the stock tail.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/BusaNoSubframe.jpg

Comparing the stock subframe against the new and modified subframe

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Subframecompare.jpg

Subframe mounted
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Newsubframe.jpg

Fucking around with the lights so they plug into the stock harness.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Tailightwiring.jpg

[StuNVA]

While I was doing the subframe the mail man turned up....... pretty good of him considering he lives here.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Muzzyfloor.jpg

Back to the wiring.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Testingblinkers.jpg

Plastics fitted.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/MuzzyOn.jpg

New exhaust bracket, well it only has to get me 5ks down the road to the man with the tig to make up a good one.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/ExhaustBracket.jpg

Just waiting on the headlight to arrive and I'll start the front end.

Dash from a GSR600
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/GSR600Speedo.jpg

BXP risers, some steel lines.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Bars.jpg

Well that's it until I get some more parts. I'll rough it up and then tidy it up once it's all together.

Colour............???? Dunno, green is nice.

I have a technical question (one.... more like 100, fuck I hate wiring).
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/VoltReg.jpg
Will the reg be ok zip tied in here for a while or does it need to be more open and securely mounted.

[Tony Nitrous]

A man of great taste.
Naked Busa's are excellent.


fuck I hate wiring

Wait until you pull the tupperware off and see
all the crap you need to hide from underneath it.

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/6144/jimbus3.jpg

Mine now has some stuff under the tank and the
fuses under the pillion seat.

[StuNVA]

Yeah I sort of got a glimpse of that this morning while ginning around near the radiator........... just looked away real quick and pretended I didn't see it.

[BANDITROD]

looking good mate

[nick76]

This might end up being a StuNVA vs Revhead Busa Build off!!!
Looking good so far!!

[RevHead]

lead the way my friend

[Tony Nitrous]

Rad's a little messy on the other side.
Jim Mott helped a lot with mine,
hose normaly comes out the front and go's down and under.
I had the stub cut off and moved to the rear.

[StuNVA]

Good stuff Tony.

[BANDITROD]

i had the same thing done to pab13's busa

Rad's a little messy on the other side.
Jim Mott helped a lot with mine,
hose normaly comes out the front and go's down and under.
I had the stub cut off and moved to the rear.

[BANDITROD]

btw chop that muzzy in half mate

[StuNVA]

I was just out the shed fixing the reg, and looking at the bike and that Muzzy just about reaches the other side of the shed hey, someone said long pipes make more horse power, fuck me it'd have to worth about 20hp more if that's the case, it will have meeting with the cut off saw very soon.

Fixed the Reg, couldn't rest until I fixed it.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Regfix.jpg

[xa-mont]

i had my RR (when i had the 2nd gen Tuono tail on my RSV) mounted on the outside of the subframe on the right, ziptied to that lattice type bit. It was fine for the 7000 odd km's that i had that tail on for.

BTW, looks great IMO. though i think the tail could be a little higher.

Lucky pete didn't buy my tail either, or you 2 would have been same like same. :P

[BANDITROD]

if that tail was any higher it would fuck up all the lines imo

[kev@vcm]

hey would you be happy to part with some front inner pannels off the busa big fella ? and im looking for some fairing bolts and odds n sods please

[Bob]

I like were this build is going. Top stuff mate.

[rock hard]

Good stuff Stu! just a suggestion but i would make a bigger heat sink for the Rect/regulator and again only a suggestion but to tidy up the wiring just extend the switch block wiring( rockets or billywhizz..had that idea) and you can usually get everything under the throttle bodies...good luck looking good ..

[StuNVA]

xa-mont, the reg is a bit bigger than that area, even the bolt holes lined up, only by a few mills but it stops the plastic from meeting up properly with the undertray, I wanted to grind a bit of the reg it was that close.

I'm in two minds about the tail height, Josh hates it but I was thinking it's not too bad as it is horizontal to the ground, it flows ok but is fractionally lower than the tank..... maybe I just need another tank.

Kev, I was going to hang onto everything just for another month or two until I finish, just in case it goes to shit. I'll list everything I don't use on here once I finish.

[StuNVA]

Hey Tony, what did you do with the water bottle ?

[Tony Nitrous]

Hey Tony, what did you do with the water bottle ?

LOL, nothing !

Its still the ugly as f#ck one it came with,
its somewhere on my to-do list.

[BANDITROD]

i fitted a power steering fluid res to my mates busa got it from repco all chrome and fancy it was

[RevHead]

fucked if i can see it in the picture,but its in there some were ,chrome coolant bottle cover
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HAYABUSA-CHROME-99-07-COOLANT-BOTTLE-COVER-AND-KANJI-new-design-/400308983723?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item5d344657ab#ht_11385wt_890

[BANDITROD]

thats a replacement panel pete it wont work on a fighter mate

[RevHead]

cheeky fuckers ,i have a link here some were,for a chrome cover ,just need to find it

[Tony Nitrous]

Most of the Busa res covers are designed to work with a fairing.
They only cover up the bit you see on the faired bike.
Not sure how good they'd look without the tupperware.

[RevHead]

ive got a link here some were on a fighter page were they supply chrome f3/4 bottle covers for naked busa,s

[StuNVA]

I've see the bottle covers, they just look like shit, you can't polish a turd.

Spent another few hours on it tonight.

Took the light and dash off, left the clip ons on too see what it looked like..... naaaaa
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/LightoffClipons.jpg

Went about putting the riser on, after a quick phone call to Ben, thanks you again, I was informed the top clamp is a lot easier to fit with the front off the ground, learn something everyday.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/RiserBars.jpg

I then started on the wiring, holy mother of god........... after fucking around for an hour and trying a number of different routes I found a great place on the right hand side just under the injector that was made to take the stock fuse box bracket and away I went again. Even the block cables reaches, I just need to lengthen the dash, blinkers, temp, fan...........fuck.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Fuselocation.jpg

So as it sits tonight, getting there. Ordered some block of plates from Ben to ditch the oil cooler, that'll help tidy the front up.

Light should be here in a week or two, I'll start working on the dash tomorrow, the busa dash has 17 pins and the same gauges to read as the GSR one but different plugs.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Asofthe12July.jpg

[StuNVA]

And if anyone does the riser swap on a busa just get a new clutch hose too, the stock one is half steel, it works but it's shit.

[BANDITROD]

looking good mate

[StuNVA]

Thanks, I'll have a look at those power steering res sounds like a good idea.

[BANDITROD]

for sure mate look at pab13's thread for a pic its the purple busa i fightered


ok i just looked through pab's thread and all the pics are gone i have opne out back ill take a pic for you mate

[BANDITROD]

shit pic but here it is
1864

[StuNVA]

That looks good, I'll have a look around for one of them. I was looking at a motorcycle battery acid bottle and thunking two of those linked together might work behind the throttle bodies somewhere too.

I fucked around in the shed today, bloody rain. I had a Buell fairing here I was thinking about using before I ordered the light I'll finally use......if it ever gets here... I made a bracket up for the Buell fairing and GSR gauges just to see what it would look like, about 6 hours later I walked away convinced I had ordered the right setup, I wait for the new light to turn up.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/XBRSide.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/XBRDash.jpg

[Tony Nitrous]

Not real into the Mule fairing,
but those clocks look bloody good.

Are you going to be selling any of the stuff your taking off ?
Subframe/Clocks/plastics etc ?

[Yella]

Looks good mate

[BANDITROD]

i would move the fairing down a touch but thats just my two cents otherwise im liking where your going with it mate

[K6Thou]

How much is a touch Rod ? Just enough to cover the lower triple ? My $0.02 is it looks ok where it is.......

[BANDITROD]

yep that would be spot on dan

[K6Thou]

yep that would be spot on danIt would certainly be worth trying mate....

[RevHead]

my 2 cents says the tail needs to be up more ,it makes ,the bike look to low at the back ,

[StuNVA]

First major draw back this arvo after a few hours trying to wire the new dash in, I got the blinkers, high beam, neutral light, ect all working but cant get it to talk to the other functions, tacho, speedo ect...... Maybe I'll have to find another speedo .... fucken, fuck fuck it.

[StuNVA]

The plan was to get rid of the oil cooler and tidy up the front of the engine, well I managed to round off the grub screw behind the oil filter, it was 6mm, I drove a 1/4" one in and managed to round it off too, so it looks like the oil cooler is staying on for now. Yesterday was one of those day as a friend put it I had "passion fingers" yesterday, I fucked everything I touched.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/OilBypassFucked.jpg

[StuNVA]

Carved up the side frame covers to fill in the void between the tank and the frame, still not sure what to do here but these will do for now.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/LHFrameCover.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/RHframecover.jpg

[StuNVA]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0SnWiV-BV8&feature=youtu.be

Cut the muzzy back about 6"

[BANDITROD]

that looks and sounds heaps better mate

[StuNVA]

So it was a bit slow today and both the Chinese headlights came in so I wired up the Buell ones and the CFMoto ones so they had a common plug. I like the Buell one but they are shit lights so I'll be sticking with the CFMoto one I think. I just need a couple of fork clamps to get it one, finding it hard to locate 50 - 54mm fork clamps though. Plenty in China but I want them before the weekend, any idea's.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/CFHeadlightLB.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/CFHeadlightLB2.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Bike010812b.jpg

[sickboy]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/sickbouy/headlight001.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/sickbouy/headlight003.jpg
Gday Stu ,heres a couple of options I,ve used first one is some rubber mounted clamps from my bike shop the other is PVC pipe clips from the Plumbers ,cost next nothing,just stripped the powdercoat of then rattle can black them.

[StuNVA]

I'll head down to Reece plumbing and check them out, didn't even think of a plumbers. They'll do until I get some good ones made up.

[StuNVA]

Found a couple of lower clamps at a muffler shop today and roughly fitted the CF headlight. It looks good, I like it.

Anyone know where (in Australia) I can find two 50mm 2 piece fork clamps for the top. Something like this http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/4/68/20994/ITEM/Pro-Tek-Fork-Tube-Clamps.aspx
(http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/4/68/20994/ITEM/Pro-Tek-Fork-Tube-Clamps.aspx)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/BikeCFL030812.jpg

[xa-mont]

wasn't joe doing them a while ago?

[Watto]

mate Ben @ Xtreme used to do some 2 piece clamps - the one you posted up is a damper clamp for the forks but the other were like these

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQVaQymhW0TLC-WcCGl9NnssK76e-B723arLxzamOE_ART81fDy1vMtmhlM

[StuNVA]

The damper clamp suits the top bolt layout on the headlight, maybe I'll just have to bite the bullet and order one from the states and just wait. I'll keep looking on the net until Monday, if anyone knows a shop that has them let me know.

Joe...CrazyMofo ?

[EXBEN]

I do the damper mount style ones for $55 each

[StuNVA]

I do the damper mount style ones for $55 each

I sent you an email Ben.... send me 2 damper clamps & a 15t cog, and a 42t sprocket and a chain....gold ones please.

[RevHead]

hey Stu heres a picci for you,
2232

[StuNVA]

I seen them before Pete, I'm working on something similar yet different. Is that what you are doing ?

Some pics from the drags this weekend.



http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/BusaZXburnout.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Busa1.jpg

[StuNVA]

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/StuChopLights.jpg

[StuNVA]

Some of you may remember this R1 from the last AFR at Casino, it's coming along slowly, I'll get some more photos of it once he's finished, it'll be different.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/R1a.jpg

[Yella]

how did ya go?

[Tony Nitrous]

Love the naked Busa.
Apart from the brakes,
You've just built a Better B-King than Suzuki !

[RevHead]

hey Stu ,no mate ive got a spare tan im cutting up,to make my infills from

[StuNVA]

Love the naked Busa.
Apart from the brakes,
You've just built a Better B-King than Suzuki !

I can't count how many times I've heard that over the last week.

Brakes and water bottle is next. I was talking to someone about the coolant bottle today and we thought a bit of vinyl tube coiled around on top of the engine case wrapped in heat wrap might work. I hate the bottle, it will disappear as soon as I figure out what to do with it.

[Tony Nitrous]

I can't count how many times I've heard that over the last week.


I love my B-King, its a real heavy hitter of a factory naked
with some decent running gear. Had it nearly 5 years!

.... but, you'll find yours is shorter, lighter, has more leg room,
bigger fuel tank and doesnt look like a baboons arse.

[Tony Nitrous]

In fill panels on mine were made from flat sheet and sprayed in crinkle finish black
then given a thin edgeing trim. Jim at HMR knocked them up when he had it in.

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/1743/infills.jpg

[Tony Nitrous]

Never bought anything off "Wild Hair" but use them to see whats about.

Bought their GSG bellypan and billet clock mounts but from the UK.

They do header tank/ reservoir covers and tank in-fill's but not to everyone's taste...

http://www.streetfightersinc.com/HayabusaAccessories.htm

[greg mulligan]

Nice job there mate makes me think of stripping my one

[StuNVA]

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Speedo.jpg
Spent a good part of the afternoon wiring in the speedo, I was going to mount it on the bars but there was a perfect sized spot down on top of the headlight, it's only velcro'd in at present but I'll make a little bracket for it on the weekend.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Speedomenubutton.jpg

I melted the tiny menu button the they supply, well I think I did it simply didn't work so I found this one, I think it looks better anyway.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Radcap.jpg
You have to have an ASF radiator cap don't you.

[StuNVA]

Took the tank off to paint it on Friday. I noticed that the tape around the harness was a little unwrapped where the harness passes back into the tail section so went about re-taping it and the stator wires basically fell out of the connector. The plug showed some signs of heat damage but was reusable. While the primer dried I got the soldering iron back out.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Statorwires.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/TankPrimer.jpg

The primer dried quick but the top coat was still tacking this morning after being applied about 4pm on Saturday. I used some flood light on it all day and it eventually went off enough to fit the tank back on the bike late this afternoon.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/SideonLights.jpg

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/QtrOn.jpg

I really like how it's turned out so far but there is still 100 little things I want to fix or change, along with some big things like the front end and coolant bottle.

[RevHead]

i dont mind it Stu looks phatt as bro.

[saiken]

love it, keep up the good work!

Can't wait to fighter a Busa of my own eventually! ;)

[hyofighter]

looks mint , and that headlight works well with it

[xa-mont]

fucking black yeah mother blacker!

[El_Hefty]

Love what youve done mate looking good

[BANDITROD]

looking good stu

[Gitzy]

Love your work Stu, I'm jealous..

[StuNVA]

Thanks guys. I put a few litres of petrol in it this morning after getting it all back together and dribbled a bit on the tank, wiped the petrol off and a chunk of top coat come off with it, I was not impressed. I
'll wait until summer before I even bother painting it again, for now it'll be a rattle can touch up.

Moved the speedo sensor to the rear caliper, much better, patched up some more wiring (does that ever end fark).

Put a 45t rear sprocket on it, couldn't budge the front cog, I'll find an electric rattle gun and drop it down one tooth as well.

Finally took it for a squirt this arvo, fark me the larger sprocket on the back opens your eyes up but the fueling is poor, I don't know whether to get a Power Commander or reflash it. The guy who reflashes them wants a A/F run on a dyno before he reflashs, I thought if I have to pay for dyno time I may as well just get a PC and be done with it.

Thanks again guys, I really enjoyed doing this.

[RevHead]

did you use 2 pak stu,

[StuNVA]

Your not the only one Gitzy, below is a brief text conversation with a mate this arvo

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/StevText.png

[StuNVA]

Not two pack Pete, next time round I'll dig a little deeper and use the good stuff.

[Bob]

Looking good mate.

[RevHead]

hey Stu if you need a set of these give me a yell as i bought 2x sets from the uk ,i might not need to 2nd set there for 50 milforks and bigger cheers2353

[StuNVA]

Thanks Pete, but I don't need them.

Hooked up a coolant bottle this arvo, I think it's marginally better than the clear plastic one but I'm not that impressed.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/CoolantBottleQ.jpg

[StuNVA]

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/RHSide.jpg
Gave it a wipe over on the weekend, probably the cleanest it will ever be so took a pic.

I will locate the coolant bottle to beside the oil filter using a 100mm x 90mm aluminium cylinder, should look like the other engine covers when complete.

[StuNVA]

Picked up a second hand PC111 off ebay and booked some dyno time for this Monday, will be interesting to see how time has treated it. I hope he can work around my wiring.........

[StuNVA]

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/Dyno210912_zpsed359b6f.jpg

[Bob]

Nice result mate.

[RevHead]

if i had posted that chart ,id be told that the dyno ,doesnt show true readings,and that its all wrong and my bike couldnt have that much power,lol ,nice one Stu,

wait for it.

[Fish]

the dyno ,doesnt show true readings,and that its all wrong and my bike couldnt have that much power

[Fish]

Seriously though. Good stuff Stu.

[RevHead]

i wasnt putting shit on Stu,good spec sheet good power.

fish i was pointing out ,the fact that when i posted my dyno results ,i got shit for it .

[Redmohawk]

A sheet from the same dyno with a stock bus would be a great comparason.

[Fish]

i wasnt putting shit on Stu,good spec sheet good power.

fish i was pointing out ,the fact that when i posted my dyno results ,i got shit for it .

All good Pete, I got that. I was just taking the piss.

[StuNVA]

Frankly I was just trying to clean it up, it was sketchy as fuck around town, almost had to ride the clutch going through the main street to stop it chugging.
It's much smoother now, just really flat grunt right through with no sudden rush, it's pretty full on.

My GSXR1000 had about the same hp on the same dyno but without the clip ons and fairings the busa almost pulls my arms off.

I thought it may have made a few more Hp and possibly more 5 - 10 more Nm so I was a little surprised there but it's got plenty for now, oh well at least until I do the next 1/8th mile drags here, if I can't break into the 6's I'll look at more improvements, maybe NOS or some cams or something, not looking at turbo at the moment but we'll see what happens.

I'll spend the next few weeks getting it up to standard for the ride to Phillip Island and back, making sure that everything is weather proof, near drowned riding there in 2010.

[StuNVA]

A sheet from the same dyno with a stock bus would be a great comparason.

Yeah, I agree, I don't think it's breaking any records but it would be good to see exactly what the few mods it does have has done above or below a stock model.

The guy who dyno'd it said he was impressed with the package, but being a skeptical cunt I just assumed he was pissing in my pocket. I like it, it's got more grunt than I know what to do with........for now.

[StuNVA]

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/FrontBrakes4pot.jpg

Grabbed a set of the adaptors that Kev is using on his Busa and gave them a try, fitted up ok but still need to bleed them and go for a ride. I'll report back once I've done that, it's pretty tight tolerances so I hope it all fits right.

Grabbed another coolant bottle off ebay, I'm still not 100% happy but it's better than both the stock one and the drink bottle I had. It doesn't hold as much as the drink bottle but holds about the same as the stock unit although I'm a bit worried about the room for expansion only being about 200ml.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm70/stunva/BusaBuild/coolantBottle2.jpg

[StuNVA]

OK, I just bled the brakes and went for a squirt to bed the pads in, the more I rode it the better they got but if you want a rating well just say that the GSXR1000K5 I had with iron rotors, sintered pads and steel lines is 100% and the stock Busa is 50% then these would come in somewhere around 70-75%. It has improved the feel greatly but has only added somewhat to the braking capability. One finger would be fine for dawdling around town but to pull it up fast you still need two fingers and a decent grip, at lease now I can modulate the lever and feel what's happening when I do grab it hard. So for the cost of the adaptors, pads and calipers, about $300 all up, it's probably better off saving another $500 and getting the whole front end, but if you are starting to run out of coin like me then this is a good poor mans option.

[RevHead]

really nice job Stu.

[EVLZX]

Stu what bike are the calipers off?

[StuNVA]

I think they are off a K5 gixer, I can't find the paper work, but pretty sure it was K5.

[Tony Nitrous]

Interesting info about the brakes.
I agree with you about cost v radials.
If you ever go radial that front end would
now be a good upgrade for a Bandit or
Old Skool GSX etc.