eblayd fighter - CBR900RR

[Tomanyprojex]

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I'd already measured up a minging old VFR disc so I turned it down a bit so.....

[Tomanyprojex]

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IT looked like this. The VFR disc now sits nicely on the centre...

[Tomanyprojex]

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Like this. I now stick it on the drill table..

[CBRRRT]

Come on mate hurry up, your only 2 posts away from graduation from Piza boy

[Tomanyprojex]

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And drill 6mm through the first bolt hole and all the way through the alloy jig.

[CBRRRT]

Yea for you Weekend warrior

[Tomanyprojex]

He he, weekend warrior, I rule[8D]

[Tomanyprojex]

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Jam in a 6mm bolt to stop any slippage nonsense and drill through the rest of the bolt holes and right through the jig...

[CBRRRT]

You bad ass!!

[Tomanyprojex]

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Then I too the jig stuck it back in the lathe and turned it so it the 'blade disc fits nicely in the centre. I marked out a 30 degree offset so the blade holes were exactly between the VFR holes. I then used a 6mm drill to mark the centre of a cbr bolt hole, then drilled through 5mm and tapped the hole 6mm..

[Tomanyprojex]

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Like so. I ended up drilling and tapping 2 on opposite sides coz I'm thorough dontcha know.

[Tomanyprojex]

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I now have a nice jig that lets me drill my fireblade discs as accurate as you like. Just bolt em in and drill away. Handy for replacements later on too... That's the discs sorted now for the spacers...

[CBRRRT]

You live by your own rules dont you, you bad ass!!

[Tomanyprojex]

Not bad ass enough to want a harley and a stick on beard though thank fuck:D

[Tomanyprojex]

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I've had this stainless bar lying about for years. Comes in handy now though.

[CBRRRT]

They aint bad ass, they just arse.

[Tomanyprojex]

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Saw a lump off, stick it in the lathe..

[Tomanyprojex]

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And machine up a couple of spacers 3mm longer than standard...

[CBRRRT]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm Shiiiiiiiney

[Tomanyprojex]

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Then bolt yer 17" wheel in and get ready to be spoilt for tyre choice. As I'm running a 120/70 I've dropped the forks through the yokes by 6mm to get back close to the original geometry. So that's it, in spite of all the bollox talked a VFR wheel goes into a 99 blade with a simple disc redrill and a couple of 3mm longer spacers. Cool as fuck. I'll be flogging this wheel, the discs and spacers on ebay probably next month coz I'll hopefully have all the SP1 bits by then....[8D]

[CBRRRT]

Cool as mate you should add this to the how to section, well done.

[Tomanyprojex]

Cheers geezer, I probably will..

[Tomanyprojex]

quote:Originally posted by CBRRRT

I did away with the break light spring and stuck on a hydraulic switch taht works off the rear master cylinder, I think it was about a tenna on ebay.

I like the idea of the stubby and I think you will be able to come up with something cool, just chop the can you have and shorten it down.

If you get a 1993 VFR rear wheel (5.5J) you can chuck a 190 section back wheel on it, I have the 5.5J and stuck a 180 on but there is room between the swing arm to go bigger next time.

There are some real nice after market heel protectors on ebay and you would probably pay what you just did for a pair.

That fuckin bush took a long while to get to you, I sent it ages ago. Fuckin post office.

Anyway mate, progress is looking good and nice to see a few photos posted on here too, keep em comming Fella.

Bonjor!!


Salut mon pote,
I thought about the hydraulic switch. It's a good idea so fuck it I'll do it. 190 on a 5.5 rim I'm not sure about... The narrower rim (should be on a 6") pushes the tyre into a taller profile and makes the shoulders curve more tightly. Which, apparently, can feel well strange when you're cranked over. Ducati did it on some 916s that shipped with 5.5 rims but a lot of people switched them to 180s and swore that the handling was improved big time.

The wheel I have is off a 96 VFR and it is a 5.5" too, I know I've measured it and it's exactly the same width as the blade rim... I saw some postings on another forum reckoning that the 94 -97s were only 5" which is bollox. I wondered why people were faffing around grinding bits off VFR800 wheels :)

[CBRRRT]

My wheel is a 5.5J from a 1993 VFR mate and thats the one I understand you can fit the 190 tyre too. What le fuck the J is all about I dont know but its supposed to make a difference.

[CBRRRT]

Hello Surt, how long you been standing there mate?

[Tomanyprojex]

Rode the blade to work today with the new 17" front wheel. Didn't notice much difference - which is a good thing. It still turns really quickly and appears to be even more willing to lie on its side but that could just be psychological. Did forget that the tyre was brand new though and locked up the front momentarily on the Euston road in rush hour, which could have been fucking embarrassing.[:0]

[CBRRRT]

Well dont just stand there mate, put the kettle on and make some coffee.

[CBRRRT]

You aught to know better Michel, scrub it in you silly boy.

[Tomanyprojex]

[:I] I should know better you're right... On the way home I felt that I need to drop the yokes another 5mm down the forks to sharpen up the steering a bit more.

Just been measuring up the 6 inch rim SP1 rear wheel I have now got. Looks like it will fit easy peasy. Need to change the bearings and internal spacers to suit the smaller 20mm spindle off the blade. I'll also have to fuck about with the sprocket spacing but it looks like it should work. Although even that looks OK.

The SP1 rear brake disc is exactly the same distance from the centre line as the blade so no change needed there - even the standard 'blade caliper will work.

There is a 5mm difference in the sprocket. The Fireblade sprocket is 5mm further in toward the centre than the SP1. I will space the gearbox sprocket out by 2mm and then machine 3mm off the rear wheel sprocket carrier. I don't want to take too much metal off the carrier - it's under plenty of stress and if it broke up that would be really nasty :(

On the VFR rear end - I noticed that one of the front wheel spacers is pretty much perfect to shove in as the swing arm spacer, whcih is handy. Need to drag my sorry ass into the shed to sort a rear sprocket carrier now :)

I haven't sorted the damaged SP1 fork leg out yet either so no progress on that. Lazy twat..[V]

[Tomanyprojex]

Started the SP1 fork leg tonight. Stripped the old leg down pulled the nice new fork upper out of its wrapping and...what's this? WHAT'S THIS? 2 WEEKS WAITING AND £200 LATER AND IT'S THE WRONG FUCKING COLOUR!!! :( Couldn't tell through the wrapper but the old one is gold and the new one is bronze. Apart you can't tell the difference but get them together and it's TOTALLY AND UTTERLY FARKIN OBVIOUS. BOLLOOOOX!!:(:([V][V]

[Tomanyprojex]

Calmed down a bit after 1 hour of pilates (fucking pilates, as if!). Could have been the 2 bongs or the half bottle of vodka though;).

I'm going to strip the good leg and send both of them off to get stripped and re-anodised. I didn't really like the gold or the bronze anyway. The titanium coloured dye is quite horny so I think I'll do that instead.

[Tomanyprojex]

Right ho, have sorted out the forks and have also sorted out a plan B. This trying to modify a bike while riding the cunting thing 250 - 300 miles a week is a fucking mug's game. I have decided to make this blade my hack bike. I'll leave the 17" conversion and I will stick the SP1 6" rim in the back end). I'll also do the ZX6R hueyonablade(tm) mudguard conversion just coz it looks so damn cool..

I already have a pile of lovely bits for a build: SP1 forks; SP2 yokes; CBR929 clip ons; gilles rear sets; SP1 front wheel; VFR back end including wheel (getting a bit chubby just thinking bout all of this).

Sooooo I am going to go mad and buy another blade frame to start bolting all this good stuff to it in an unhurried fashion so as I can build myself a Sunday best proper fighter with NOOOO tupperware[8D]

[Tomanyprojex]

As ma petite chou is having a caesarean on Thursday to deliver nipper number 6 it might be a minute or 2 before I can escape to the garage...

[Tomanyprojex]

Nipper number 6... After 5 girls.... It's a BOY!!

[CBRRRT]

Congrats matey, I'm well pleased for you. Me and my Son Nick are more like brothers mate and do loads of stuff together.

He's my best mate.........Mate!

I taught him to ride a bike, do up his shoe laces, tell the time, and catch big carp matey.

I'm so proud of my best buddy, and I know you will be proud of your best buddy too fella.

Happy days matey boy!!!!!!!


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[FIGHTERMC]

congrats on the birth of your
son mate.

[Tomanyprojex]

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Here's the latest project :D

Bit too small to take fishing, except as bait I guess... Seen some small street fighter projects based on minimotos. Never too early to start!

That fish is as big as your boy Jon! Cheers MC for the good wishes.

On the other front I have a Fireblade frame turning up on Thursday. £200 including shipping, V5 and numberplate. Happy with that. Now I can start building properly without having to worry about whether my bike will be ready for work or not.

Getting rid of the husky to make space in the garage too.

[Tomanyprojex]

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Here is the knackered peg off the Gilles rearsets I picked up off fleabay for £90. Turned the end flat, bored it to 8.5mm then tapped it 10mm. Got some delrin, turned it down to 10mm then threaded it 10mm and screwed it in to the peg. Turned it to match the peg and chamfered it.

[Tomanyprojex]

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Did the other to match and now they both look like this. ACU compliant now too, because of the delrin bungs.

Also found out why they were on ebay. All the stainless fasteners where seized into the alloy. Managed to remove them all except the 8mm ones that hold the controls onto the backplate. They were utter bastards and wouldn't shift for anything. I drilled the heads off which allowed me to remove the controls and exposed about 12mm of the thread. Tried heat, tapping with a hammer, molegrips, easing fluid, sticking it in a big vice and turning it.. Nothing. I drilled them 3.5mm down the centre intending to use a stud extractor but I was worried it'd snap - then I'd be fucked.. Instead I put the protruding bit back in the fuck off vice and tightened them until it squashed coz of the hole in the middle. Then turned the mounting plate and eventually the fucker came out. Did the same with the other 3 and halle-fucking-lujah got them all out. Replaced all the stainless fasteners and put copper grease on before assembly. Good as new and now a bargain at £90 instead of £316.

[CBRRRT]

Did you ever once think of just talking nicely to it????????

[Tomanyprojex]

D'oh, it's always the simple solution that you miss. A simple please and thank you could have done it...

[CBRRRT]

quote:Originally posted by Tomanyprojex

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Here's the latest project :D

Bit too small to take fishing, except as bait I guess... Seen some small street fighter projects based on minimotos. Never too early to start!

That fish is as big as your boy Jon! Cheers MC for the good wishes.

On the other front I have a Fireblade frame turning up on Thursday. £200 including shipping, V5 and numberplate. Happy with that. Now I can start building properly without having to worry about whether my bike will be ready for work or not.

Getting rid of the husky to make space in the garage too.


Obviously has a good looking English Mum, and takes after her coz he's a little cracker mate, and dont look like he has any ugly Frog in him.

Oh and Michael, next time you are out and you bump into a princess, ask her to give you a kiss mate.

Never know it might work Fella. lol.

The little guy looks fantastic mate, again congrats to you and your family.

[Tomanyprojex]

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PART 2

I rewrote my first post in this topic to explain what the fuck I am doing. If you can't be arsed to scroll back - I wouldn't - the nutshell version. Tried to fighter a bike while riding 1000 miles a month on it . Twat. Couldn't get the time. Epic fail. Decided to take all the bits I had made/collected off ebay so far and build a blade fighter from scratch with bits I make/get off ebay.

Ok here we go again..Frame is a '93 blade which someone has painted a very thin coat of black. I'm going to build the bike so that everything works, then strip it for finishing. VFR arm - nothing new there, looks fookin cool so why not :)

The front end is SP1 wheel and forks sat in SP2 yokes - The SP2 Top yoke is US spec so its already anodised black. Got a Vapor dash to go on so it will be pretty minimal.

[Tomanyprojex]

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Yummy..

[CBRRRT]

Yum-a-licious maty

[Tomanyprojex]

Anyway Jonny boy, I took your advice and got a beeeoootiful english princess to kiss me but I reckon she couldn't have been a real princess. Looked in the mirror this morning and I'm still a big, speccy cunt with no hair...[:o)]

[Tomanyprojex]

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Because I am not starting with a standard bike I can piss about a bit. This is the choke on my standard blade. Looks ugly sat in front of the yoke like that and would be 10x worse with out the plastic hiding it. I want a clean look to the top yoke as it's a nice unmarked SP2 black one.

It is handy having a choke that you don't have to hunt for though.

[Tomanyprojex]

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Here's my solution. I bought '99 CBR600 switchgear for the right hand side. It has the wiring for the clutch switch so it plugs straight into the clutch perch. The other end needs the connector swapping as does the blade loom. Maplins here I come. I don't care that much that it does as I am going to hack it up severely to move everyting out of the way under the tank. The main thing though is that it has a subtle choke lever built in so I can ditch the car style knob off the yoke. The CBR600 choke cable is needed coz the 'blade one won't fit.Cost the square root of sweet diddly fuck all too. Which is nice.[8D]

[Tomanyprojex]

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VFR arm is OK but the brake caliper, mount and torque arm are plug fucking uuuuuugly. I want to tidy this bit up big time.

[Tomanyprojex]

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I found a brembo dual piston caliper off a Ducati 748 which is way prettier than Honda's effort.

I'm going to mount it underslung which will clean this area up nicely. I'll also grind away a lot of the existing torgue arm mounting and leave a much smaller lug. Problem then is that the back of the wheel mount on the stub axle looks ugly and will need refinishing and the disc needs to be improved. something nice and wavy with stainless fasteners I reckon.

I could go to a smaller disc but I would need to change the wheel as the spokes curve back towards the disc in the middle and would clout the back of the caliper if I moved it closer in towards the axle.

I really like the 5/6 spoke wheel combination though so I'll stick with a standard size disc.

[Tomanyprojex]

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Teeny anoyance is that the bleed nipple fouls on the valve when the wheel rotates. The way around this is to make a short blanking plug for the bleed hole and replace the banjo bolt with one that has an integral bleed nipple.

I am going to make the caliper bracket as one piece from the hub mount and will then mount the caliper underneath as Ducati intended.

[Tomanyprojex]

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Tank looks good.Black is the new errrr...black![8D]

[CBRRRT]

Looking JAM HOT matey boy.

[Tomanyprojex]

Weekend is going to be sunny. Engine turns up tomorrow along with a spare (no gearbox in the spare) got them both complete - all cases, alternator starter motor, a radiator, fan , coils, CDI, mounting bolts - for less than £400 [8D]. I've got almost all the stuff to make it run. Hopefully the new stainless exhaust will turn up today and I have got a spare standard endcan to turn into a stubby. Beautiful eblayd music before Monday I hope. Also got a radial master from a 749 for £65 and a slightly bent 04 blade seat subframe to cut up. There will be lots of progress.:D

[Tomanyprojex]

Engine arrived as planned but with no mounts - not as planned. Arse.. Downpipes didn't arrive either. Double arse. The SP1 yokes are perfect at the bottom but the top of the stem is too big so the smallest bearing I can get won't fit into the fireblade frame. Triple Arse... Could get the stems pressed out and swapped but I borrowed a set of CBR929 yokes. Top yoke bored for 50mm, bottom bored for 54mm, distance between centres of fork legs 214mm exactly the same as the SP1. Top and bottom bearings are the same part number as the 893 and 918 blade and so is the stem length. This applies to any set of yokes between 2001 and 2003, which is nice for all you front end swappers (ooh err mrs) out there.

WOOT they are a total bolt in, take the SP1 fork legs perfectly and are the right track width for the SP1 wheel, spacers, calipers and discs. Fucking brilliant. Now just need to find a set to buy. Update found a bottom yoke, just need the top one now...

None of the fasteners I needed turned up of Ebay. If you come across a UK seller called bwithoutu don't use him. Slow as fuck and piss poor at letting you know what's going on.

[CBRRRT]

Well get on with it then Mike, I bustin to see the front end finished.

[Tomanyprojex]

I know it's like watching a pregnant elephant but it is happening. Ma petite chou says if it gets in the way of her long to do list the last post on this thread will be a video of me trying to swim in the Thames while chained to the blade. Arse.

[Tomanyprojex]

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The Brembo radial caliper is sweet and does away with the remote reservoir[:P] Throttle cables are skanky and will be going skip diving.

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Front end wiring needs some work...

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Floor mounted engine may cause ground clearance problems [:0], now where the fuck are those mounting bolts

[Tomanyprojex]

Meanwhile sensible commuter blade has eaten 2 rear corsas, a set of hh front brake pads and a renthal rear sprocket in the last 3500 miles (5600Kms) on my sensible commute to work. Fuck. :D Nice set of taper roller bearings has transformed the handling and stopped the front sounding like robots fucking in a dustbin everytime I braked.

[CBRRRT]

Is that some kind of funk-a-tronic speedo you have mounted on the top yoke mate or is it a twat-nav mate.

Are you going with the clip ons or bars?

I dont think I could do the full strip down like you have mate and build it from the ground up.
I had to do stuff a bit at a time because I need to think everything through before I do it, and develope the bike as I go. Hats off to you mate.
Now get on with the fuckin thing and get it done so its ready for the summer and you can buy me a cup of coffee at the Ace Cafe.

[Tomanyprojex]

Top yoke accoutrement is a vapor dash. It has warning lights, indicators, oil, neutral, full beam, shift light, coolant temp + warning light, rev counter, speedo, ambient temp, trip , elapsed time... G'mmmmmunfff, s'no good, I've come again :D.

Not sure about the clip ons, they're just there to hold stuff on at the moment. Quite fancy the monowheeling tendencies of flatties really although a modern take on streetfighter/cafe racer hybrid might be cool looking. Not sure yet, so I most concerned about getting the fucker functional,

[CBRRRT]

Quote: Top yoke accoutrement is a vapor dash. It has warning lights, indicators, oil, neutral, full beam, shift light, high coolant temp light, rev counter, speedo, ambient temp, trip , elapsed time... G'mmmmmunfff, s'no good, I've come again .

Whered ya get it, and how much money?

[Tomanyprojex]

True to the objective it came off ebay originally for my Husky. The dash with the lights search for Trail Tech Vapour Dashboard Enduro - will cost about £45 and the computer itself is the trail tech vapour enduro about £85. You want the universal USD fork version with the 23mm coolant sensor.. Although I am looking to see if I can get it to read the existing sensor signals for both speed and coolant temp so I don't have to use the vapor speed sensor on the inside of the fork leg..

[Slain]

nope you cant, you need to use the vapor sensor. if you dont want the cable down the front fork then you can always use the rear brake disc and run the cable inside the swinger.

[Tomanyprojex]

Hey Slain thanks for the info mate. Why is that? What signal does the Vapor sensor use? Just looks like a magnetic reed switch so presumably sends a + some volts and 0 volts each rotation. I'm OK at electronics so I could build a small signal converter for the blade speed sensor output as soon as I find out what it is. Need to find an oscilloscope..:)

[Slain]

sorry mate im not cluey with electrics. but the pickup is a magnetic head bolt that you use for a disc bolt. you could try emailing vapor as they are quite helpful with tech support. i had one on my recently departed drz motard and onlyy thing that annoyed me is that you couldnt have the temp display and trip meter at the same time and the warning lights are a little difficult to see, couldve been brighter. but for size and price it was good. built tough too, when i t boned the car the veypor hit first and didnt break or crack, still worked lol

[Fight_fan]

If its anything like my Motogadget dash, to use the stock sensors they need a 12V output otherwise ur stuck using their ones...

[Tomanyprojex]

Hey fight fan, if they need a signal of less than 12V you can use a really simple voltage limiting circuit with a resistor and a zener diode. 5 V is pretty common as a signal voltage. Really simple for the speed signal. For the water temp you'd have to put it on the other side of the sensor to the Vapor.

Thanks for the tip on the tech support Slain I'll try it. The Vapors are hard wearing - this one was on my Husky WR360 enduro and never had a problem in spite of all the shit, water and impacts it took. Still looks good too.

[CBRRRT]

You're a propper clever bloke, you are, int ya Mike.

[Tomanyprojex]

I know a little bit about a few different things is all...[:I]

[Tomanyprojex]

Michel Dubery
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Guess that answers that then.....:(
Guess they don't want to sell more units to convert standard bikes. Oh well back to the oscilloscope.[8D]

[Fight_fan]

quote:Originally posted by Tomanyprojex

Hey fight fan, if they need a signal of less than 12V you can use a really simple voltage limiting circuit with a resistor and a zener diode. 5 V is pretty common as a signal voltage. Really simple for the speed signal. For the water temp you'd have to put it on the other side of the sensor to the Vapor.

Thanks for the tip on the tech support Slain I'll try it. The Vapors are hard wearing - this one was on my Husky WR360 enduro and never had a problem in spite of all the shit, water and impacts it took. Still looks good too.


I couldnt say Mick... I tried to turn my sprocket cover speed sensor into a 12V output n it jst wouldnt work, its probably worth a try tho!

[Tomanyprojex]

iWell matef I can get it to work I'll let you know. Don't think that the vapor needs 12v though...

[latheboy]

I got one just last week (without the idiot lights), I was using the enduro and it was ok but not back lit... I already had the sensor mount on the front disc so im not worried about that, it seems like a good thing and for a price you wont cry over. I better get it fired up and see what its like

[Tomanyprojex]

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Front end update: I got this rry fireblade yoke on e ghey, it's in new condition as are all the fasteners and the taper roller bearing set it came with. It goes straight in and the spacing for the fork legs is exactly the same as the SP1. Even the steering stops are in the right place. Happy days. Just waiting for the top yoke to turn up now. Building a streetfighter is a right fucking workout for your patience.[|)]

[CBRRRT]

Lookin good there Mike. You gonna mill your own top yoke or go for something after market?

[Tomanyprojex]

For the moment I am going to stick on a rry blade one till I decide clip ons or risers... Be a shame to make all that effort then change my mind...

[CBRRRT]

Options!!!!!

[Tomanyprojex]

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Yeah, yeah, I know what yer thinkin'. "Fark me Michel, fer a French bloke it's all gone a bit German"
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Its just mock mounted right now and probably needs to come down a bit. It's not as extreme as it looks though. My garage isn't big enough to get a decent side on view which is exaggerating the angle, I do like the big clear space between the wheel and the tail of the German style though. Because I am going to use a stubby can and not underseat cans the tail will look super skinny and there will be plenty of air under there any way.

Engine is going in this weekend so it may even be a runner. Have ordered some saw blade front discs from the land of egg foo yung. Just need lights, some rubber, brake lines, chain and sprockets and I'll be nearly there.

Once I'm happy with how it looks and works, I'll rip it to bits again for painting, anodising, plastic coating etc..

[CBRRRT]

I just cum!

[Tomanyprojex]

Not on me tail piece (fnarr, he he)

[CBRRRT]

LOL

[HueyonaBlade]

I dont know so much about the seat/subframe angle not being to aggressive mate , cause I have used the same set up and I dont have anywhere near the angle on mine and I find myself sliding into the tank alot so I would really plan it out with the riders comfort in mind as well ;) Just my opinion of course [:I]

[HueyonaBlade]

Oh I forgot to add mate how are you going to attach the subframe if you like mine is in a 1000 bit I could take some pics of the brackets I made and used .[:p]

[Tomanyprojex]

Nice one Huey, I totally agree on the comfort. No point in looking cool as fuck on yer bike if you get off and walk like yer bollox got caught in a wringer. I am going to use the original upper frame mount for the upper subframe and cut the lower mounts back a bit and reshape them. I'll use a couple of rose jointed bars from the top of the shock mount to a new cross piece that I'm making for the subframe itself for the lower support - The original cross piece is cast alloy and has 2 bolts at either end. I'm making a new ally /stainless assembly to take the other ends of the support bars. Should be invisible and make it look like the rear section is floating from the top mounts only.

Just re read that and am not sure if it will make sense. I'll stick some pictures up.... Pictures of your brackets would also be appreciated mate. You and Jon's efforts have been giving me ideas all along.

[HueyonaBlade]

quote:Originally posted by Tomanyprojex

Nice one Huey, I totally agree on the comfort. No point in looking cool as fuck on yer bike if you get off and walk like yer bollox got caught in a wringer. I am going to use the original upper frame mount for the upper subframe and cut the lower mounts back a bit and reshape them. I'll use a couple of rose jointed bars from the top of the shock mount to a new cross piece that I'm making for the subframe itself for the lower support - The original cross piece is cast alloy and has 2 bolts at either end. I'm making a new ally /stainless assembly to take the other ends of the support bars. Should be invisible and make it look like the rear section is floating from the top mounts only.

Just re read that and am not sure if it will make sense. I'll stick some pictures up.... Pictures of your brackets would also be appreciated mate. You and Jon's efforts have been giving me ideas all along.


I'll get some pics up for you shortly mate but to be honest sounds as though you have it all covered matey and a considerable amount more thought than I did;)

[Tomanyprojex]

Cheers mate, I sort of got the idea off a couple of the builds posted by the German lads on here. I adapted it a bit when I couldn't figure a neat second mounting for the subframe. The thing I like about yours is the seat height though. I am waiting for the riders seat to turn up before I make a final decision though as I'll have to modify that too. - It looks like the 03-07 seat is longer than the 99 from your pic. Bastard of is it I bought an e ghey seat a couple of weeks ago and it never showed up. The guy was cool enough about it and gave me an instant refund but it left me scratching around for one. I've found another one now and should have it next week. I was hoping to do the seat this weekend though.. Arse. Never mind I've got tons of other shit to do, mount the engine, get it running, make a stubby can etc, etc. The standard 'blade end can turned up yesterday. I'm going to cut the section out of it has the Honda logo and all the government / EU approval numbers and use that...

Found this 08 'Busa headlight on e ghey so I bought it for £30 complete.

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1242525795.jpg



Not as good as Jon's bargain £0.99 - jammy twat - but I really like the projectors anyway. I have also got an LED 07 blade rear light on it's way so the functional part of the build is getting close to completion. I'm not sure whether to spray it matt black and ride it through the British summer (ho,ho, what the fuck am I doing here, my old mum just told me its sunny and warm at home in France...) and then strip it for finishing at the end of the year, or whether I should carry on through and try to get it finished before the end of summer (June....) and ride it for what's left..

[CBRRRT]

Bahahahah 'JAMMY TWAT'

Ha ha Mike, I'm like a bumble bee mate, the laws of phisics say it cant fly, but the bee dont know anything about phisics so it fly's anyway. Its Dave you should be watching mate.

[Tomanyprojex]

Made a deal with ma petite chou'.She's gonna take the kids for an hour and I'm off to the garage to stick the engine in. The beast will have a heart in about 30 mins. Fucking cool as...[8D]

[Tomanyprojex]

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1242534597.jpg


Now I don't know about the rest of you ladies but this build is getting to the point where it's getting me a bit moist..

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1242491634.jpg


As I said the seat angle looks a bit less aggressive straight on from the side. It still needs to come down though cause I would like it to follow on the line of the top frame member(he he) that it's bolted to. Whaddya think?

[CBRRRT]

Looking the dogs mate, I luv it!! Leave the seat angle as it is and shove a pack of petite chou's tampons down the front of you jeans to protect your gonads

[Tomanyprojex]

Nice thing about using the rose jointed bars is that I'll be able to adjust the seat height.

[Tomanyprojex]

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1242660289.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1242605366.jpg

Messed about today a bit. Got her pretty close to running order. Spent a while checking out the wheel alignment. Made up a rough jig to see where the wheels are at.

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1242651865.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1242595446.jpg


The front wheel should have a space of 26mm each side to indicate that it's central as the rear wheel is 52mm (measured) wider than the front.

Measured loads of times and the right (as you sit on the bike) gap is 18mm. To be absolutely central the rear wheel needs spacing out from the hub by 8mm. This is actually pretty cool as I was having real problems getting the brembo dual piston rear caliper to clear the wheel. It may even create enough space to use a smaller disc which would look way better..

Only gave the sprocket alignment a quick squint - looked OK though. I'll check it properly though before I start spacing the wheel though as I might have to move the swingarm a bit to align the sprockets. I doubt I'll have to do much if anything though as they look OK.

[HueyonaBlade]

You definately have your foot on the accelerator with this one ay Mike! I really wanted my lines to run inline with the frame rail as well mate thats why I hade to make a full bracket thus making it impossible to use the frame bolt hole and the top sub frame hole. Hope this makes sense ;)

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1242640275.jpg

[CBRRRT]

Dave, did you re route your clutch cable so you were able to zip tie it to the rad hose, or did you fit a longer one?

I will NEVER get bored of looking at that Blade!

[Tomanyprojex]

Yuh, yuh, yuh, me neither whay thet blade is purdier than a fifty dollar saloon girl..

[CBRRRT]

I never had $50.00 saloon girls Mike, only $10.00, mind you I aint no oil painting myself Bud and they normally ask me to wear a bag on my head. Must be nice to be good looking and rich mate.

[latheboy]

Align the chain before you space the wheel, you will end up chasing your tail if you move the wheel first....
Chain alignment is #1 on the position list...... then the wheel

1988 gsxr 750 ..... Chain alignment from factory was out by 3.6mm .. GHEY


I've got the 800 arm and had to do both at once .... Dont be scared to machine abit off the sprocket carrier if you need the extra mm's.... If you keep the carrier at 3/4 of the ome thickness you will be right...... you can go less but risk tearing the sprocket off.

I machined the carrier and its my life (I did alot of mods to get the 800 arm in, machined the carrier and swapped sides on it plus machined the sproket to clear the hub), you do it and it fucks up dont blame me........

[Tomanyprojex]

Hi Latheboy, I hear ya. I was planning to do the sprockets first. Be a real pisser to get the wheel right then move the swing arm to align the sprocket, then oh shit what happened to the wheel alignment.... I was thinking of machining out the sprocket carrier - the 3/4 rule sounds pretty sensible to me so thanks for the info. I'll get on with it over the weekend and post some pics.

[latheboy]

Just push the swinger over as far as the alignment can handle then the wheel will be an easy fit.....

Nice job so far by the way .... But i do think (it might be just me) you try these new things called tires ... black rubber thingys just like the rubber fist you have in the bottom draw, they make the bike handle so much better than just the wheels (or rims as Turbokat likes to call them)