YES finially i have a new project - Kev's HAYABUSA PROJECT

[kev@vcm]

Ok guys i have a new project thank FUCK for that , Tough times hit me awhile back and i sold my bandit to Unicon AKA pete whos a top bloke and it killed me to part with so now im back earning a good quid driving semi trailers again i was on the junt for a project ,

i found the project on my local busa forum its an 07 busa roller , and not much to look at but i have bartered my services for some trick parts as well , needs alot but its a start

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i have an RC8 KTM tail unit for it

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this is the belly pan i like

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this is what inspiried me to do a busa fighter , ive realised all i love is busa's nothing eles matters LMAO
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so there you go guys this is a start of a brand new build and i know this will take for ever but im happy to take my time and build it right ,

i dont know what colour yet and i dont know what mask/headlight i want to use either , i know its going to be diffrent to alot of the builds here as im steping out side and taking diffrent view at this build , but i do look foward to all your opinions good or bad ,

cheers guys

a huge thanks to TIM for the roller and Steve for helping me out when he can cheers boys

[Tony Nitrous]

Well done Kev.
Busa's are the Mutts Nuts.

[K6Thou]

Nice work Kev. Question though are you planning on going wide with this ? Like the pic ?

[kev@vcm]

Nice work Kev. Question though are you planning on going wide with this ? Like the pic ?

NO WAY i want this totally rideable , mind you ive seen Ben ride the shit or of JUDGE on NFR , but im looking at rideability over estetics BUT im open to new ideas

[ALBI]

hmm nice work kev

[kiwi kdx]

nice! you cant beat the RC8 tail!!!

i miss my R6
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/20120320_165258.jpg

[BANDITROD]

good stuff kev

[ALBI]

nice! you cant beat the RC8 tail!!!

i miss my R6
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg173/d21terrano/20120320_165258.jpg
it actualy looks good the tail!!

[TheRussian]

Good taff Kev. Looking forward to seeng the pics and progress :)

[Yella]

Nice Kev

[yuma bizl]

good work Kev

[RevHead]

The tail looks great ,love it ,kev it,l come together

[MONO]

Good on you Kev ,not many Busa fighters round here.
Did that roller come with a motor ?

[LKC73]

Nice Kev, look forward to seeing this thing progress.

[wackyrider]

Good on ya Kev. Look forward to seeing some progress pics

[kev@vcm]

Good on you Kev ,not many Busa fighters round here.
Did that roller come with a motor ?


Nope no motor nigel which isnt a problem what so ever but yella did pip me at the post on petes spare donk DAM YOU YELLA LOL

thats heaps guys im going to need shit loads of your advice about this build as this is going to be a biggy



only thing i dont have in my mind is what am i doing to do for a head light unit ??

[ALBI]

ummmm a headlight ??

[kev@vcm]

ummmm a headlight ??

i meant a headlight unit or a mask is what i meant albi LOL

[BANDITROD]

i hope to use one of these one day would look good on a busa
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/271107751336?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:VRI&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2661

[kev@vcm]

i hope to use one of these one day would look good on a busa
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/271107751336?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:VRI&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2661


yeah there from my supplier rod and there wicked as hell

[Yella]

DAM YOU YELLA LOL




:cool:

[BANDITROD]

well when im ready to buy ill hit you up

[kev@vcm]

im going to run a Koso dash unit on this bike as well guys

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[BANDITROD]

i have fitted one of those to a busa they are good unit mate

[kev@vcm]

i have fitted one of those to a busa they are good unit mate


yeah they look the good in my books

[kev@vcm]

Well i have ordered an new tail unit , im going to ditch the KTM unit i just brought

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[K6Thou]

Did you order the seat in the pic to go with it ? lol

[kev@vcm]

Did you order the seat in the pic to go with it ? lol


LMFAO no way i will make a glass seat pan and make something KUSTOM ,

[K6Thou]

Nice work mate.

[Tony Nitrous]

I've just fitted a similar KOSO dash to my 14.
Easy to do and has some interesting features,
Records too speed and max rev's off the trip counters last run.

I went for the white faced version
and the 12k rev scale not the 20k.

[kev@vcm]

Ok guys I've done a small update now I have the tail unit all sorted


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[kev@vcm]

Ok guys a quick update on my project has seen a set of risers and bars purchased , and an SSSA from a 955 triumph has been purchased as well picking up this Sunday

The SSSA will be all sorted out by ben , I haven't decided on what rim size to go with but this a complete rear end


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[K6Thou]

Keeping the damper Kev ?

[kev@vcm]

Keeping the damper Kev ?


Good question I haven't decided as of yet ,

[K6Thou]

I removed mine.... That said I am yet to ride the bike without it.

[kev@vcm]

I removed mine.... That said I am yet to ride the bike without it.


I'm worried if I do tank slaps lol , I'm thinking of a top mount damper unit

[K6Thou]

I'm worried if I do tank slaps lol , I'm thinking of a top mount damper unit
I have the same concern mate, though it might interfere with my dash placement. But I might change the dash to fit in with some aftermarket damper bling. lol

[xa-mont]

i've got quite a fancy steering damper (matris m4) top mount jobby that didn't fit on my RSV, might work on the bus? I'm looking for a decent side (frame) mount type.

[kev@vcm]

i've got quite a fancy steering damper (matris m4) top mount jobby that didn't fit on my RSV, might work on the bus? I'm looking for a decent side (frame) mount type.


Ok sweet lets make a deal

[Tony Nitrous]

Haven't had a damper on mine for over 5 years.

[xa-mont]

here's the one i have (thats the exact one, when it was for sale on apriliaforum)

http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=204239&stc=1&d=1349054004

you know of any side mount jobbies around?

[kev@vcm]

Well guys I picked up my SSSA and I'm pretty stoked , soon it will be off to EXTREME CREATIONS for ben to fit it up for me ,

[wackyrider]

Nice one

[kev@vcm]

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There ya go guys this is the SSSA i purchased

[rod185651]

Looking forward to seeing what you do next Kev

[kev@vcm]

Looking forward to seeing what you do next Kev

yeah same here rod , i just recived some awesome top mount steering damper from Trav

[kev@vcm]

here's the one i have (thats the exact one, when it was for sale on apriliaforum)

http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=204239&stc=1&d=1349054004

you know of any side mount jobbies around?

what an impressive bit of kit dude really awesome

[kev@vcm]

Hi guys just an update the bike has arrived at bens workshop and it was a good few hours of chatting and looking at bens awesome stuff so i left my bike there to be done



a huge thats to YELLA for the load of his trailer



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so in a not so long period i should have the busa back at the VCM headquaters for the next stage of his build , im sure ben will post pics as well

[kev@vcm]

Well guys ben has smashed it for 6 on my project BLOWN AWAY is 1 word I will use to describe how I feel about this , ben is a true craftsman tomorrow I will up load the rest of them for you all to drool over


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[Chase]

Brilliant stuff Kev!

[Bob]

That looks great mate. Top stuff

[kev@vcm]

Thanks guys I'm still blown away buy bens work I can now proudly say I have been EXTREMED lol

[wackyrider]

So when's the motor arriving Kev?

Bike is looking great

[kev@vcm]

Should be here soon mate it's at the depo is so-cal so shipping should be here soon mate fingers crossed ,

[kev@vcm]

Right o guys here's all the pics ben took of the SSSA conversion into my 07 hayabusa , there's a lot of time and though and expertise that has gone into this conversion , there are a few other little things going on this bike as well , a semi custom BXP top triple clamp that will also work with the top mount damper , and rear axel cover to make it clean ,



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[wackyrider]

Bloody hell, awesome bit of work in that. I hadn't realised that he had to chop off the front end and machine up a custom one.

[kev@vcm]

Bloody hell, awesome bit of work in that. I hadn't realised that he had to chop off the front end and machine up a custom one.


Yeah me either jules I was blown away by the detail and work that has gone into it

[kiwi kdx]

thats amazing work Kev, you must be well happy with that!

[kev@vcm]

thats amazing work Kev, you must be well happy with that!

Absolutely blown away

[stiffsimon]

That's amazing. Definitely a lot of time, thought and attention to detail gone into that. Impressive indeed. hats off to Ben and your build is looking pretty good there Kev.

[StuNVA]

A lot more work than I thought would be involved, well done Ben, looks good too.

How much shorter than the original is it ? It will be interesting to see what difference it makes to the handling.

[hooligan]

Outstanding. I guess that's the reason we don't see many triple arms in Busas?

Are you getting a matching front wheel, Kev?

[Redmohawk]

Doesn't fit in the hole eh ? No prob a Extreem .

[EXBEN]

Yeah I'm not in a hurry to do another one, Stu it's 20-30mm shorter now than the stock busa, before I started it was more like 60-70mm shorter & 50mm wider at the pivot, now the linkage connects to the arm in the right spot to give the correct linkage ratio.
The shock wouldn't have fitted if I didn't do some serious mods, & I didn't have to mod the frame at all & it uses all the stock Busa bearings & pivot mounting hardware.

[TheRussian]

Wow. Looks bloody awesome Kev !!! Amazing work Ben. Really looking forward to seeing the rest of the build.

[xa-mont]

holy wow batman. in the first picture i thought it just looked like it needed to be narrowed down for the busa frame... didn't realise it had THAT much work done to it!

As always Ben i'm in awe of your work and hope that one day i'll have the skills and the gear to do the same type of stuff.

[kev@vcm]

Outstanding. I guess that's the reason we don't see many triple arms in Busas?

Are you getting a matching front wheel, Kev?


Ok as for wheels I'm going carrozerra spoke with ben today about this ,

[kev@vcm]

Well guys the SSSA is all powder coated and installed and Christ all mighty how dam good does it look

Well done ben well done


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[wackyrider]

Nice one Kev. Bike's lookng great

[hutch]

looking good Kev

[geesexar]

fuck that wheel base looks like wheelie heaven

[kev@vcm]

fuck that wheel base looks like wheelie heaven



Thanks guys and yeah we're going TURBO on this unit , spoke to PAV the other day " which was good as I haven't spoken to him in awhile" about paint just have to sort out mask/ headlight thing which I know I made a choice but I'm still not sure

[kev@vcm]

Another lovely piece of art work from ben



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[TurboKat]

Wow !
I've never seen a pinchboltless triple clamp before :rolleyes:
Big Ben has obviously mastered the use of 'The Force'

Cordless drill not charged Ben? :o

[Fight_fan]

Sweeet!

[kev@vcm]

I wanted something different from the usual stuff that's done on fighters , I'm pretty sure that the SSSA is not a common thing done with busa's so I went along that route then it was the triple clamp I wanted something smooth and simple and ben has done a wonderful job and I can show enough appreciation for all that he's done , he's taken what little I had to start with and made it awesome ,

The top mount damper was something that had to make ben scratch his head I bet and a big thanks to trav for selling me the damper mate it's an awesome bit of kit

[spart666]

love it nice to see another busa fighter
matix steering damper is the bollox got one fitted on my busa fighter
good luck with the build fella

www.spartgsxrspecials.com

[kev@vcm]

love it nice to see another busa fighter
matix steering damper is the bollox got one fitted on my busa fighter
good luck with the build fella

www.spartgsxrspecials.com


Thanks heaps mate , still struggling with what to do with the front end any ideas spart ??

[oldskool]

TK is right I think someone forgot to finish the top triple clamp the positions are there for the bolts but jesus man they are not there!!!!!!

[kev@vcm]

TK is right I think someone forgot to finish the top triple clamp the positions are there for the bolts but jesus man they are not there!!!!!!


Yeah don't worry guys it will be all good mate I trust ben more than anyone ,

[oldskool]

So he is going to finish it off for you?

[xa-mont]

Yeah don't worry guys it will be all good mate I trust ben more than anyone ,

They're just messing with you Kev.

[kev@vcm]

Yeah I'm going to be finishing the bike guys , all good guys

[oldskool]

They're just messing with you Kev.

Um no messing here you need top triple clamp bolts!

Fuckin hello people!

[Redmohawk]

Meh bit a super glue will do fine, front prob wont touch the ground much anyhow .

[wackyrider]

Um no messing here you need top triple clamp bolts!

Fuckin hello people!

Meh, just machine a shoulder on the top and ensure it's has an interference fit :D

[oldskool]

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii136/bjurasev/drugs.jpg

[wackyrider]

No, do you have any?

[Redmohawk]

Mostly Alc

[kev@vcm]

Well guys ben has finished off my top clamp this week and done a few other small bits like smooth out the bottom triple so it matches the top , I'm absolutely stoked at the out come ,


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[sharky]

Nice one Kev......great way to stir the crowd....no pinch bolts lol

[Bob]

Look great mate

[Pab13]

Great work mate, very different build I wish I had that top tripple clamp maybe one day

[kev@vcm]

Nice one Kev......great way to stir the crowd....no pinch bolts lol


Yeah lol have to wind the crowd up

[kev@vcm]

Well guys its all coming together nicely , picking the bike up from ben this week and my motor has finally arrived from OS , so will post pics as the install happens

When it comes to the install I'm going to kick open my workshop with a BBQ and bevies for anyone that wants to help me do the install

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[BANDITROD]

i would love to help but im to far away lol

[kev@vcm]

i would love to help but im to far away lol


Yeah I hear ya dude , but in the same instance you have helped me a lot with opinions on what to and what not to do , so you have helped a lot mate

[BANDITROD]

alright mate ill give you one more tip paint the motor before you put it in i see alot of guys put alot of work into there bikes and then leave the engine looking like shit.... a little extra work will go a long way

[kev@vcm]

Yeah was thinking that's the plan paint motor , I'm thinking of doing it in a wrinkle black finish

[BANDITROD]

what colour do you have planned for the bike cos i would suggest painting the block the same colour and then incorporate covers ie clutch/stator to blend in with another colour of the bike