Project R1 - updated 20/10/11

[gibbo]

Besides, there's nothing wrong with being French, without the French we wouldn't have all those valuable things they have contributed to mankind like ....... er........ um....... errr [B)]

[wackyrider]

quote:Originally posted by gibbo

Besides, there's nothing wrong with being French, without the French we wouldn't have all those valuable things they have contributed to mankind like ....... er........ um....... errr [B)]


I'm Maltese and there's lots of great things named after us:
Maltese Falcon
Maltese Cross
<s>Maltese Terrier</s> [xx(][xx(]

Ok, I'll be quiet now [:I]

[kevkatana]

quote:Originally posted by wackyrider


quote:Originally posted by gibbo

Besides, there's nothing wrong with being French, without the French we wouldn't have all those valuable things they have contributed to mankind like ....... er........ um....... errr [B)]


I'm Maltese and there's lots of great things named after us:
Maltese Falcon
Maltese Cross
<s>Maltese Terrier</s> [xx(][xx(]

Ok, I'll be quiet now [:I]


Maltese Shitzu:D

[gibbo]

Malteser

[wackyrider]

Haven't done anything new as yet. But I do have plans.

Just been designing the bracket for the dash for the bike as the one I have at the moment is only a temp one (read crap). So been drawing away a bit and came up with this...

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1252103623.jpg


Have a bit of stainless plate coming my way, so should be sweet :)

[scotty]

Dich that fuggly gen dash and get an acewell or motogaget

[wackyrider]

hell no,
keeping the original one.
Analogue tacho, digital speedo. Plus I like it...

[wackyrider]

So finally got down to doing some work on the bike. Finished the speedo bracket and also the coolant overflow bottle a few weeks ago.

Latest project has been the undertray for the bike. Had a nice piece of stainless, so sketched out a rough idea of what I wanted. Decided to include the battery box into it as well in 1 piece

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258073941.jpg


stripped the back end of the bike down


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258114915.jpg



Got the angle grinder out and got to work on it

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258073769.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258126059.jpg


Drilled a few holes, made up a couple of brackets and she fits!!!!

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258121380.jpg
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Still need to trim off the back and bend it uo (due to the original rear light).

Hopefully can get some more work done on it tomorrow

[wackyrider]

Wish it was that quick!! Was in the shed for about 5 hours I think. But bloody worth it

[FIGHTERMC]

quote:Originally posted by wackyrider

Wish it was that quick!! Was in the shed for about 5 hours I think. But bloody worth it

thats the joys of it mate
if it was easy they'd all be doing it.
nice work.

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

Loads better mate. Sorry I couldn't come down had a pile of timber in the driveway when I got home. By the time i finished moving it and cutting to size I had a few beers and passed out. Just woke up now 2am with tv screaming at me.

[CBRRRT]

quote:Originally posted by FIGHTERMC


quote:Originally posted by wackyrider

Wish it was that quick!! Was in the shed for about 5 hours I think. But bloody worth it

thats the joys of it mate
if it was easy they'd all be doing it.
nice work.


It because its not that easy, that makes it all worth while.

When I see Streetfighter production bikes from the big manufacturers with their multi million £ R and D departments, they leave me "Yeah, so what".

Nope! its you lads on here that spend all those hours in the garage, shed, work shop, or what ever that have my total admiration.

Keep at it fella, you are doing a bang up job mate.

[Fight_fan]

Thats shit hot jules! Looks 100 times better!

[scotty]

Nice work Malty, How about an 03 model tail light, ya no the one's with intergrated blinkers, Thated look the dogs

[wackyrider]

quote:Originally posted by scotty

Nice work Malty, How about an 03 model tail light, ya no the one's with intergrated blinkers, Thated look the dogs


Got a nice tail light sitting at home. I'll upload pics later

[wackyrider]

Another long day in the shed. But I actually managed to finish off the undertray with the new lights, indicators, brackets etc...
Still a bit more work to do on it, but at least i can ride it tomorrow [:p]

[wackyrider]

Finished the bike off last night, went to take a few pics this morning b4 heading out.


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258213233.jpg


Took her outside in the sun for a better photo

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258226304.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258197244.jpg


testing rear light and indicators [:p][:p] Me likey!!


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258596326.jpg

[Iceman]

Looks good Jules.

[Fight_fan]

Very fuckin tidy mate! Nice one!

[CBRRRT]

Veeeeery nice mate, looks the dogs bollocks.

[rod185651]

That looks really good mate.

[geesexar]

looks fuckin nice frenchy;) good job

[wackyrider]

Cheers boys. I'm really happy with outcome.

Been wanting to do the undertail for a while now. Finally got off my ass and got it done

[Chase]

Lookin Fkn sweet Jules! Nice job!

[scotty]

lookin the goods Malty, Ur number plate looks a little dirty....

[wackyrider]

quote:Originally posted by scotty

lookin the goods Malty, Ur number plate looks a little dirty....


better now??

[scotty]

No.
I said your plate is DIRTY


But yes it look fffing great

[wackyrider]

quote:Originally posted by scotty

No.
I said your plate is DIRTY


But yes it look fffing great


Well, that's actually damaged with the steel belts when i blew the tyre up at Rod's!! [:I]

Just bought a new rego label holder as well, as the last one disintegrated!! :D

[Gitzy]

Looking good Wacky, love the undertail, the tail lights and fact you kept the stocker unit, they still have great lines, one of these SFS top yokes would looks the goods.. black or natural $383 delivered to Oz i think there thicker than ABM and have 2 bolts.. Just my 2 cents..

http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr292/Gitzy84/Random%20Fighters/sf_1250924362_SFS_Fatbar_Top_Yoke.jpg
http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr292/Gitzy84/Random%20Fighters/sf_1250924385_SFS_Fatbar_Top_Yoke_d.jpg
http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr292/Gitzy84/Random%20Fighters/sf_1250924403_SFS_Fatbar_Top_Yoke_d.jpg
http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr292/Gitzy84/Random%20Fighters/sf_1250924549_SFS_Fatbar_Top_Yoke_d.jpg

[wackyrider]

Would love that mate. But can't afford to buy much at the moment. so unless I'm making it or its a bargain, it ain't gonna happen for now

[Gitzy]

I'm hearing you.. my triples wouldnt be drilled if i could get hold of one of these puppies..

[Gitzy]

Cheers for the info Wack.. i'm thinkin an R1 project is a goer..

[wackyrider]

No worries mate

[wackyrider]

Getting some more work on the bike. The front end is getting a bit of a make-over.

New black fat bars, billet levers and mirrors


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264078616.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264025522.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264013472.jpg



Also mocking up the new h/light.

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264057367.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264086125.jpg

[wackyrider]

Had a problem with the h/light, after waiting for 3 weeks for it from the UK, it arrived cracked. But since magaed to sort out a replacment from the guy.

Having a bit of drama with the brake lever though as they seem to be of a different year R1. Had to make a new bush for the clutch, but the brake is going to be a bit of a nuisance. Talking to the guy now trying to sort it out.

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264035044.jpg

[Gitzy]

Bugger about the mismatched stuff Wack... coming along nicely though, do you like the Driven bars? bend wise I mean..
starting on my R1 front end sooon just bought 03 black forks, my forks are a bit tatty so conversion to newer model is on the cards should get em soon..

[Chase]

Lookin good Jules!

[wackyrider]

Finally finished the headlight tonight. Bracket is made from alloy plate, cut and welded. Mounted from the top and bottom yoke so as to keep the forks clean. Also the alloy runs up parallel with the forks so wires are hidden from view. Finished off in Matt Black.



Just enough place to get the key in :D
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264661043.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264623347.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264675445.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264686246.jpg

[BANDITROD]

lookin good frenchy

[wackyrider]

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264623642.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1264665143.jpg

[rod185651]

Looks like a really nice pro job mate, still no joy with the brake lever?

[wackyrider]

Have to contact them in 2 days to see what's happening. Its no big thing to sort. I'll just grind it down a bit if they don't exchange it. Had to make a bush for the clutch lever to fit!!! I'd rather they change it though

[Gitzy]

Well that come up nice and tidy mate, good job..

[Fight_fan]

Yeh very tidy Julez I like it!

[geesexar]

nice one jules, headlight is lookin good

[CBRRRT]

Sweet as!

[wackyrider]

Finally got off my ass and got some front indicators. Took me a while to find exactly what I wanted and I'm happy with the result.

LED strip

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1272714221.jpg


marking out

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1272702072.jpg


test fit

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1272762488.jpg


installed and wired up

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1272779625.jpg

[wackyrider]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRYlWSn14IY

[Gitzy]

Love your work Jules top stuff..

[Elapid]

Looking good Jules.

[wackyrider]

Cheers boys. I know what I want for the bike. Just takes a while to find or make the parts though.

Next on my list is to re-make the coolant overflow bottle. Gonna try to make it out of a solid bar alloy. Drill and bore it so as to have no caps welded on using a sintered cap as a breather (and to fill up from). Then make a bracket with 2 mounting points (rather than the current one with only 1 mounting point) and finally finish it off nicely in black so as not to really show up next to the radiator

[wackyrider]

:D

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1274525275.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1274538516.jpg

[Gitzy]

[:0] dats naughty.. top stuff Jules..

[Fight_fan]

Fuckin hooligans! :D Nice mate!

[holyman_999]

The adult part of my brain (don't ask where it is, it must be tiny) is telling me that you are a lunatic, and this kind of anti-social behaviour must be stamped out before we are all corrupted...
But... the little kid part of my brain (the one with the majority-share) is screaming "Fuckin Sick Wheelie, Mister! Do a skid!!!"[8D][8D][8D]

[wackyrider]

Finally decided to get my ass into gear and start taking the bike to bits (hope I can put it back together again). Plan is to strip it down to the bear bones. Clean it all up, repaint the engine and powdercoat the frame. Also put on a few bits and bobs and maybe modify a few things. We'll see how it goes.

[wackyrider]

Was in the shed for a few hours tonight and got it to this stage. All bodywork removed. Air box and carbies off. Loom is disconnected as well and i have drained the coolant. Tomorrow hopefully be back in there after work and get some more work done


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281237537.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281203479.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281261901.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281196132.jpg

[Gitzy]

Holy shite.. nice one Jules.. fill me in on all the difficult bits will ya, I'd love to do this one day myself..

[wackyrider]

Well till now it is all easy. Putting it back together is the hard part :D

[wackyrider]

Did a couple of more hours work in the shed. Need to get a chain braker to remove the chain so i can drop the engine next


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281319507.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281284157.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281300413.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281294102.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281317587.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281312860.jpg

[Fight_fan]

Sweeeet! Keen to see how it ends up Jules!

[wackyrider]

Me to Lance. Got quite a few little plastic bags all labeled with where the bolts came off from. And also tagged up all the wiring loom as I was removing it. Should help for when its going back together. It sure as hell needs a good degreasing though

[BANDITROD]

hey jules if you have an angle grinder just grind off a couple of the peen's on your chain and pop a link out easy as mate

[Hillsy]

quote:Originally posted by BANDITROD

hey jules if you have an angle grinder just grind off a couple of the peen's on your chain and pop a link out easy as mate


Yeah that's the way.

I was going to say take your swingarm off and slip the intact chain off the sprockets but you've got the brace on the swinger to get the chain out of as well :(

[wackyrider]

Yeah the brace is a pain. Had to disconnect the line off the caliper as well to remove it as it was passed through the swinger. Could do with some new fluid in there anyway, so might as well

[timbo]

I take it that the rear calliper wont fit through the swingarm brace and besides rear brakes are over rated anyway

[wackyrider]

quote:Originally posted by timbo

I take it that the rear calliper wont fit through the swingarm brace and besides rear brakes are over rated anyway


Don't know Tim, it has come in handy once or twice when i was trying to keep up with you and ended up sliding into the corner cos braked too late. Damn you and knowing those roads like the back of your hands

[wackyrider]

A couple of hours in the shed, which brings the grand total up to 8 hrs. Was trying to find some wood around the shed to be able to stack up under the engine, but couldn't find enough. So after a bit of looking around found the next best thing. A spare wheel off a car which was at the back of the shed, a few pieces of wood over it and voila, perfect height with the front wheel sitting just off the ground and the bike nice and steady. Undid the mounting bolts and just got a friend to keep the engine steady as i lifted the frame off the engine.

removed a few clips and the controls from the front end and its almost done, part 1 that is. Now I need to get a hold of a C-Spanner to remove the Triples off the frame. Anyone local has one I could borrow??


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281382255.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281354579.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281434265.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281434955.jpg

[wackyrider]

Also does anyone know what the rubber nipples in the frame are? I tried removing them as I want to powdercoat the frame, but they wouldn't budge. Managed to get a finger in the frame next to one of them and it seems like there is a rubber block on the inside of the frame and they are there to keep in in place. Maybe for when the frmae was being welded together?? Any ideas?

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281397432.jpg

[80s freak]

I'm think maybe anti-vibration Jules. You should be able to still powder coat the frame anyway.

[wackyrider]

quote:Originally posted by 80s freak

I'm think maybe anti-vibration Jules. You should be able to still powder coat the frame anyway.


Would there be any issue with the process as they have to put it in a furnace. Not very high temp, but still

[Gitzy]

Thats awesome work there Jules, your about 15 minutes away from having that frame bare mate..

[wackyrider]

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281617992.jpg


All the parts are neatly sorted

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281548472.jpg


Bare frame and swinger

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281558870.jpg


Bodywork

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281553312.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281530939.jpg

[wackyrider]

Parts in need of a clean - badly

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281529325.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281545318.jpg



Chain looking like new again

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281595516.jpg

[Gitzy]

Shoulda seen my sprocket cover mate, you couldn't see them rings, there was that much shit caked in there.. so off to the powder coaters now??

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

Fuck Jules, you're getting right into it ! Are you coating the swinga too ? Did you manage to get the bearings out of the head stem ? Gonna look sweet mate.

[wackyrider]

Head stem bearing were easy. They're in good nick too. Having an issue with the bearings in the swinger though. Seems like they're pressed in. Want to powder coat the swinger as well, so they're gonna have to come out. Made a little bearing puller today after work. Wasted an hour machining on the lathe and mill, only to not have any luck being able to pull the bearings out.

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

I watched a lunatic, (Oldskool), do this the other week. He just applied a little heat and then twatted fuck out of it with a long pry bar and a fuken big hammer from the opposite side. Crude but effective. N.B. he was replaceing the bearings.

[BANDITROD]

yep thats the way i doit it to silver fox

[yoda]

thats the go.. and if you still cant move them, grab a bigger hammer!

[wackyrider]

Time to get a bit dirty today. Got the tyres removed off the wheels to try to clean them up a bit and make them look a bit more purdey and stuff

Got all the important stuff. Paint stripper, variety of wet/dry paper, Autosol polish and a few rags to use. Beer and music to help you through a mundane task.



Degreased and cleaned the wheels to start off

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281717056.jpg


Masked off all the necessary areas

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281803367.jpg



After paint stripper has been applied


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281785016.jpg



Couple of hours of sanding and polishing with Autosol

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281765202.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281713962.jpg

[BANDITROD]

they come up a treat frenchy are you gunna paint the centres

[xa-mont]

By the looks of your lil thread here i wont be seeing you riding around for a while :P

[Fight_fan]

Ya never know travis. He got the bike to this point in like a day! Shouldnt take him too long to put it back I rekon!

[Gitzy]

They looks heaps better than my Ghey gold rims :(..

[Fight_fan]

quote:Originally posted by Gitzy

They looks heaps better than my Ghey gold rims :(..


Agreed! Now get to work! ;)

[wackyrider]

quote:Originally posted by BANDITROD

they come up a treat frenchy are you gunna paint the centres


Painting them Matt black :D

[wackyrider]

quote:Originally posted by xa-mont

By the looks of your lil thread here i wont be seeing you riding around for a while :P


Plan is to be back on the road in 3 weeks. Fingers crossed

[wackyrider]

Started degreasing the engine today. Still a bit more to go though. The dirt and grease really gets stuck in there


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281828887.jpg


Blasted the frame and swinger this morning as well in the little glass bead blaster at work. Also got the bearing removed from the swinger now :)

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281786596.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1281850435.jpg

[xa-mont]

You got me all motivated to do my rear wheel (to match my gixxer front wheel that i polished before i put on the front end)

some masking, stripping, sanding, polishing, masking and painting later...
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/xacoupe/My%20SV650/770619da.jpg

[wackyrider]

Got the rims done. All they need now is to get balanced so i can start putting the bike together. Polish the outside and repainted the centres matt black




http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283752229.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283726988.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283753155.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283698259.jpg



Engine has been painted

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283691202.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283776216.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283722340.jpg



Radiator as it was

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283769459.jpg




Masked up and prepped

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283702396.jpg




Finished. All it needs now is a grill to go over it

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283726456.jpg



Frame and lower clamp re-assembled after powder coating

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283682625.jpg

[Gitzy]

I hate you so much right now Jules.. [}:)]

[BANDITROD]

looking good frenchy

[oldskool]

Good job you little Greek bastard.

[xa-mont]

So... when is it going back together????

Give us a yell if you want a hand with anything.

[wackyrider]

Cheers Travis. Might need a hand next week when I'm dropping the frame on the engine and putting the wheels on

[wackyrider]

Big thanks to Travis (xa-mont) for giving a few hours of his precious time giving me a hand to start bolting the bike back together


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283777179.jpg


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http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1283806568.jpg

[Swordsy]

Thats looking good!

I know someone else that should do their frame too ;)

[Gitzy]

Your a bastard Swordsy ;), maybe Jules could go with the tribal labia paint scheme lol..

[Gix11]

You've gotta be happy with that hey Jules?