Grounds for divorce

[exile]

After the sale in parts of my B12, her indoors got it in her head i was gonna spend the cash on a new kitchen this summer. I got draged around B&Q and Ikea all day saturday looking at fuckin trendy kitchens, cookers and fridges. While she who must be obeyed was getting moist over silent closing draws and extractor hoods my mind was on single sided swingarms and radial calipers :D
I cant wait to see her little face when i take charge of another Blade on Monday[}:)]
Ive done a deal with a fella out in Barcelona thru a mate to take his mint fightered Blade off his hands for not alot of money. His brother-in-laws bringing it back to england in his fruit n veg van on sunday coming. The bike aint been used in 3 years since he emergrated out to Spain but he kept up the polishing. Ive seen the bike at shows n stuff, it aint me cuppa tea style wise but worth buying just for the goodys on it. The motors been tuned by PDQ, a full Akrapovic exhaust system, PFM 6 pots and narrow track discs.Ohlins rear shock and fork internals The frame, forks, swinger and wheels are polished. Its has a 1st generation R1 seat unit grafted on and the bodyworks been muraled with white stalions running thru the sea all over it as in the Guinness adverts of old but it looks more Walt Disney to me. I'll post fotos of the paint on here just before i take a can of the finest MATT BLACK to it. I cant wait to get my greasey mits on it. Its been keeping me awake since i struck the deal and i feel like a kid waiting for xmas. Ive already got a game plan in my head and know exactly how the end results gonna turn out like. Normally when i build bikes i have a good idea and then that evolves as the bike starts coming together and thing change. This fuckers set in stone.
VFR arm with car wheel, 929 front end with fuck off yokes, R6 seat unit .....I cant wait... im gonna burst :D:D

[damo1]

you gonna tell the missus where she can stick the roast:D

[80s freak]

Reach a compromise, offer to park it in the kitchen.

[Harry]

a man with direction is a good thing [^][^]

[Tony Nitrous]

Well done Exile.
I've had a few bits off PDQ, Larry's alright.

Cant you sell or trade the badywork if its not your taste,
might put a few $$$'s your way.

Look forward to seeing it.

Tony.J.

[Gix11]

Get in there my son!

[exile]

quote:Originally posted by Tony Nitrous


I've had a few bits off PDQ, Larry's alright.

Cant you sell or trade the badywork if its not your taste,
might put a few $$$'s your way.



Tony.J.

Yeah Larry at PDQ's a top man, been in the game since God was knee high. He knows is onions alright.
With the bodywork....i could put it on ebay as theres a chance someone with no taste or blind even might like it. TBH it will sell just for the body parts not for the paint unless someones building a GAYBLADE[:I]

Ive read thru a few members posts ref the VFR swap. It looks a piece o piss with just a spacer needed and a rear sprocket +2 teeth. I will be picking folks brains tho ref the car wheel swap tho.

[Tony Nitrous]

quote:Originally posted by exile

Yeah Larry at PDQ's a top man, been in the game since God was knee high. He knows is onions alright.

I still think he looked like the bloke from the Green Cross Code ad !

Last time I saw him i'd been down to pick up a NOS kit from a shop
that I wont mention, who'd unpacked my kit (they wanted to keep the box!)
they'd lost the instructions, and couldnt find a bottle bracket (offered me a
tatty bracket and said they'd photocopy and post some instructions if they found any.

I walked out and went to see him.
Better price, lots of advise, choice of bottles,
and he gave me a free 2.5lb "fill" to start me off.

Used to do some trick V-Max's too.

[KATO ZX7]

your playing with fire my boy, if she arks up, tell her you'l get another one for her to ride :D

[exile]

quote:Originally posted by Tony Nitrous

[quote]

I still think he looked like the bloke from the Green Cross Code ad !






You know every time i see him i think the same fella :D But i wouldnt tell him that coz he aint exactly small.

PDQ still do alot of work on the V-Max's. The Spondon framed GRIZZLY was in there last time round and theres their mono-coqued frame hub center steered Max as a centerpiece.

[cavey]

That trick, ugly hub centered bike has never turned a wheel! They ran out of development money! The shocks on it are empty cases. Virtually every thing on it has been machined up one off like that dreadnought fzr if you've ever seen it. Nomean about green cross code though! Certainly knows his way round a max! I see mark reads bike up there a while ago which is uber nice!
I'm gunna be attacking my rrw blade with an anglegrinder soon so will start a thread in the near future.

[Tony Nitrous]

quote:Originally posted by cavey

like that dreadnought fzr if you've ever seen it.


Yeah, thats Piers Dowell's (Painter and Classic Dirtbike Racer)
loooooooong term project...;)

[exile]

quote:Originally posted by Tony Nitrous

[quote]



Last time I saw him i'd been down to pick up a NOS kit from a shop
that I wont mention, who'd unpacked my kit (they wanted to keep the box!)


How was it then Tony ?? Let me guess..... was it Polygone (P.E.S.T) engineeering by any chance....bunch o cunts

[exile]

quote:Originally posted by cavey


I'm gunna be attacking my rrw blade with an anglegrinder soon so will start a thread in the near future.


So what u waiting for Gal :D Lets start a revolution . Just Do it, Do it, Do it !!!

[Tony Nitrous]

quote:Originally posted by exile


How was it then Tony ?? Let me guess..... was it Polygone (P.E.S.T) engineeering by any chance....bunch o cunts


No, never delt with them.

EDIT: message sent.

[sharky]

I'm thinking it was more likely a large capacity shop;)

[exile]

Im liking the pun Sharky :D

I cant stand that twat either :( He's always trying to prize open other peoples wallets with go faster jargon.
I went down there for some slotted cam sprockets when i was doing the 1216 and he tried to talk me into a 1340 blah blah blah.
The next time was about turbo'ing the bandit and the cunt tried to con me into getting a turbo'd Busa.....Give me a break FFS

[BANDITROD]

i am an idiot and even i know you lot are prob talking about big cc

[FIGHTERMC]

Jim can't wait to see the way this will turn out mate.
have pm'd you too mate.

[exile]

Cheers frank m8

Only 1 more day to go before its in my garage.....get in :D

I got a call off a mate today, he's after my NOZ kit and it just so happens that he's gon a VFR arm with a 916 hub/wheel. RESULT

[HOS]

Instead of B&Q, take yourself down and see beano at Tewkesbury mate? ;)

http://www.beanos-nuts.co.uk/index.html

Got some very nice accessories there [8D]
Single sider swingers and plenty of ideas.
Right by J9 of the M5.

Spot on with the R6 tail unit !!!!! The recent pointy one ?

[customfighterer]

i've got a konig hotswap on my 929 w/ vfr arm. its a rim from a vw or honda civic lol. 4x100 lug pattern. spacer needed to center rim...but nothing crazy.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h65/929adam/quarterfinal019.jpg

[exile]

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Im a happy bunny, the Blade arived in Dover at 10am, my m8 Steve went and collected it of the courier and delivered it to my garage..top man [8D]

I think a few porkys have been told concerning " kept the polishing up"...MY ARSE. The fuckin thing looks like its been riden thru the Niroby sand storms. All the chroming on the engine cases has lifted and the paint on the tail sections chiped. I aint bothered about either tho so no worries. Im on a late start 2mora so with get the fucker running and maybe have a toodle around on it before i start the strip down. I'll get some fotos posted as soon as me cameras charged

[exile]

quote:Originally posted by customfighterer

i've got a konig hotswap on my 929 w/ vfr arm. its a rim from a vw or honda civic lol. 4x100 lug pattern. spacer needed to center rim...but nothing crazy.




Whats your wheel alignment like m8, most car wheel grafts ive seen have been off centre 8 to 10mm

[exile]

Cameras charged folks....
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000839.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000840.jpg

[exile]

Fuckin' dolphins....and my little pony
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000842.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000841.jpg

[exile]

On the plus side tho....it does have these lush rear sets and an Ohlins shock
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000844.jpg

[exile]

Its had the 3 spoke wheels fitted of unknown origin and i think these may be PFM calipers and cast iron discs going on the rust build up [B)]
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000846.jpg

[exile]

ABM top yoke, bandit clocks
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000843.jpg

[exile]

Slite neglect on chain lube hey :D
But on the chain guard it clearly states the chain tension and lubrication procedure
[8D]
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000855.jpg

[exile]

Obviosly chrome doesn't wear to well in the Spanish heat [8D]And going on the tax disc it aint been road legal in a while
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000857.jpg

[exile]

Fuck knows where he kept this but sand has got everywhere
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000858.jpg

[exile]

And underneath the sand dunes i found this little gem ;)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000863.jpg

[exile]

Sand up the rear end......oooooh matron :D
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000859.jpg

[exile]

Looks abit more manly nekid
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000860.jpg

[Fight_fan]

WOW that paint was reeeealy ghey! WTF was he thinkin?
Oh well, awesome base u got there now! Let the games begin...

[timbo]

Nothing a can rattle can black won't fix

[holyman_999]

^^^^^i'm with him... rattle black will sort it out real quick...

:Ddolphins and my little pony... that's too farkin' funny... :D

good score, though... [8D]

[exile]

Im tempted to keep the standard forks, on the basis of the 3 spoke wheel and brake set up. Get some fuck off yokes with shrouds between the top n bottom yoke to fatten it up but also to mimick the fork bottoms.
Now that ive ripped off the bodywork to check all the wiring n shit in good nick i'll get the fucker running in the morning ;)

[damo1]

quote:Originally posted by exile

And underneath the sand dunes i found this little gem ;)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000863.jpg


Oh the horn i see what your talking about:D

[Pornfinder]

very nice bud and a good base to start from. mind you it has got bigger chicken strips on that back tyre than mine.:):) very tasty goodies though. what did the missus say then. are you single yet???:)

[Azrael]

Nice ride, needs more apocalypse pony or zombie pony though..

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1249553879.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1249481403.jpg

[Fight_fan]

Apocalypse Pony! LOL Fuck I love Robot Chicken...

[exile]

quote:Originally posted by damo1

[quote]

Oh the horn i see what your talking about:D


You aint far wrong mate [:I]
Its probably the only part of the bike that dont need a complete fuckin overhaul[V] The bikes a non runner. I spent fuckin ages trying to get the twat running, i could only get it to spin over by bridging out the starter solonoid,The loom is a complete bodge job. No lives at the coils, the only live at the fusebox is to the fan fuse. No idiot lights or fuck all :(
Then my mate Steve tells me the score to start it.
1) take it off the sidestand
2) press remote button twice
3) turn on ignition
4) pull in clutch
5) hit the start button
He also tells me that the idiot lights were never wired in, the rev counter dont work and only one light works .....FFS [V]

So today im all excited thinking i'll have the fucker running, goes thru the 5 point start sequence and guess what.... FUCK ALL :(:(
Im off the next couple of days so will grab hold of a manual and see if i can get to the bottom of this ringer [:o)]

[damo1]

Oh that sucks mate, good luck with it;)

[exile]

If i cant get it running today then i aint paying for the thang:(
Ive got my eye on a near standard blade fitted with renthals n twin spots on ebay for £1000 or best offer. Its in deepest darkest Wales about 125 miles away from me in london. But it looks in good nick, 24k on the clock for a 15year old bike and its tax n tested. Its £500 cheaper than this ringer so will give me more spondooleys for trick bits

[Large]

But then you wont have ponys and dolphins

[exile]

Got it running yesterday, the ignition switch the sidestand and clutch switch are fucked. Once i bridged out the ignition switch i got lives at the fuse box and coils but it wouldnt crank. Bridge out the sidestand and clutch switches and hey presto. It fired and rattled into life [V] Mmmmmm checks the oil level.....zilch [?] I chucked in a few ltrs of oil and tried again. The motor rattles regardless......This Blades headed for the knackers yard, thank fuck i didnt pay up front for it on good faith hey !!!!!!!
Im off to north Londondon this afternoon to check out an unmolested Blade ......part 2 coming soon

[geesexar]

grounds for shooting someone i'd think:D

[Fight_fan]

Cunt punch the guy when he comes to pick it back up off u man! That sux...

[damo1]

Mate if the engine is rattly check the cam chain tensioner.

I broke one on my blade years ago and fuck me i thought it had dropped a valve or something.

[cavey]

Fack!! last time i see this bike was at the ace cafe streetfighter do, probably '05 and apart from the paint it looked quite tasty. It got offerd to me last year for £2500. Said no as i wanted something standard to take me to the ring! Thank fuck I said no! Say no jim! but copyright the paint scheme as it suit you and will look luuvvvly with you new dress!!:D:):D

[exile]

Like a bad penny, the blades back. The temptation was too great now that ive got all the bits n bobs to build it. So it been stripped down ready to rock n roll
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000879.jpg

[exile]

VFR arm fitted with a Triumph hub mated to a Ducati wheel. K3 750 front end
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000872.jpg

[exile]

R6 seat unit with cut out for the npoz bottle robbed off of Sparts bike, and a few bits left over from the still born 7/11 project
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000876.jpg

[exile]

I intend to ditch the airbox which creates shedloads of space. The plan is to fit the battery and most of the lectrics in the hightlighted area behind the headstock.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/battbox.jpg

[exile]

The crayons have come out :D
A self supporting subframe and a kicked up linkpipe for the Laser endcan to fill the void of the single sider
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/pipe.jpg

[Unlimited]

Looking great mate, proper bike

[Gix11]

Come on Jim, impress us mate.

[robmac]

That Blade has some quality bits on it. Good starting point.

[wackyrider]

Sounds like u got a plan. Now off to the shed with you. We want to see some progress pics :D :D

[exile]

The VFR arms in a treat, used the Blade triangle plates which jacks the bike up about 50mm. Problem #1 the 916 wheels 6" and needs spacing to clear the inside of the arm. With the spacers fitted i cant fit the split pin to secure the central wheel nut [V]Ive either gotta try a Triumph wheel (maybe a different offset) to match the hub or get a 916 hub to match the wheel[?][?][?] The easiest solution it to revert back to VFR hub and wheel. This is the more likely option as i do want to go the car wheel route at a later date. Plus my mate Dan down at JUSTMOTORCYCLES has got a 2006 R1 front end with a 5 spoke front hoop that will go a treat in the old FireBucket.
The R6 seat unit dont cut the mustard with me so ive been rooting around and scratchin me bonce..... theres a few German seat units i like but with the pound being flat on its arse against the Euro i need to go down the production route....Z Butt, flat tracker, CBR 6 and have finally settled on the Triumph 675 race unit. Ill get some fotos up as and when the British weather sorts itself out [8D]

[exile]

Settled on the R1 front end , and fuck me....even the lock stops work!!!!
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000884.jpg

[exile]

Sorted the wheel clearance issues and even got the split pin to work.
Offered up a gixxer 1000 K9 remus can coz the R6 laser can looked too weedy
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000890.jpg

[exile]

Mocking up the subbby with bike builders blocks :D
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000887.jpg

[exile]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000888.jpg

[wackyrider]

Looking good mate. Love the lines of it

[NoZ]

I don't understand why they'd put all that bling on it and not get decent discs? Some sexy Stealth discs would look the biz. That paintjob, my mate has simular wallpaper in her bathroom lol it's ok but should NOT be on a bike! I really should get down to the SF night at the Ace, usually go down there for the Burn ups or charity things. That north circular is a b'stard!

Reckon that bad penny will shine up to a pretty pound [8D]

[exile]

Subbys almost finished , just need a backlight and plate bracket, pipes finalized
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000917.jpg

[Fight_fan]

Mate that looks fuckin ace! The 675 tail sets it off so nicely!

[exile]

Cheers mate, a feckin steal at £50 off ebay and all. When i started this project i had all the parts needed and a set in stone plan of its final outcome. The end result has used NON of my aquired parts and it looks nothing like the original plan but i fucking love it :D

[FIGHTERMC]

thats looking good there Jim and as was said
the seat unit is class mate.

[exile]

Cheers Franky, my mates almost done the subframe then i can get it back to mine for the tear down ready for the paint, powdercoating and polishing.
Shit camera fone shot of me new headlight unit from Canada
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/IMG00127.jpg

[Flukyluke]

Gotta get rid of the paint... QUICK!

[Flukyluke]

quote:Originally posted by Flukyluke

Gotta get rid of the paint... QUICK!


sorry, saw the first pics and freaked out before i looked at everything else.

[Fight_fan]

That ShowYoMoto headlight has become super popular since being released on that black slabbie a while ago! Definatly one of my favourites! Good choice!

[exile]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000930.jpg

[exile]

IMHO 1 of the most moodiest headlight units on the market
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000929.jpg

[exile]

Simples :D
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000926.jpg

[exile]

Me thinks the lean angles abit steep, mite cause a few mares if i park on a slope :D
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000932.jpg

[exile]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000931.jpg

[Gix11]

Top shelf Jim.

You got the red carpet treatment in your garage now mate?

[exile]

Cheers Si

It aint my garage dude. The bike been kept at Dans down at JUSTMOTORCYCLES for the welding and mock up. My garage is about as water tight as a sive and in during the English winter it aint a joy to be workin in[:o)]

[exile]

rear of the subframes been revised and finally sorted the plate/rear light location
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/IMGP0265.jpg

[exile]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/IMGP0266.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/IMGP0276.jpg

[exile]

A little try out with flipped over clip-ons
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000964.jpg

[exile]

A natty little trick for you Blade boys out there.
Heres the std stat housing, putting the top hose outside the frame
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000955.jpg
On the left is the Blade, on the right is a 900 Hornet
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000958.jpg
Hornet item fitted
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000960.jpg

[exile]

The Ducati back wheels looking to anorexic for me, So im going back over to the VFR hub so i can go over to a car rim. And as CBRRRT has done all the maths, its a piece o piss [8D]
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8000948.jpg

[Fight_fan]

Thats the go mate! Car wheels are the best IMO!

[FIGHTERMC]

comin on well there Jim.
as fight fan said car wheel is the way to go
for the fat tyre look and it doesn't cost a
packet.
vfr arm just arrived at my door today for my
7/12 project and thats the way i'll be going too.

[CBRRRT]

lookin the bollocks Jim.

Just for the record matey, it was Niel, Frank and Michael that pointed me in the right direction on the car wheel, all I did was put together the information they gave me and put pen to paper. Credit goes 2/3 to Ireland and 1/3 to France matey. Owwwww that last bit hurt!!!

The flipped clipons looked really cool matey, keep em on.

Any chance you could post some pics of the outside of the frame with the hornet stat fitted. Um liking wot um seein matey bloke.

[exile]

Cheers for the comments lads
The top hose will come over the cam cover to the rad. i aint finished it yet but will get fotos up as soon as bud.
Ive contacted SERKS MARSTON by me about doing a 1-off ally rad. Its only £70 dearer than a new after market Blade item but has that extra bling factor [8D]

[CBRRRT]

Yeah, coz I went down the shed and had a look at mine after seeing what you're going to do, and the radiator for that hose has a 90 degree down turn. I was wondering how you were gonna sort that one mate. I do like that chunky braided hose you have on there now, where'd you get that from mate.

[exile]

It was already on there when i got it mate. It's only overbraid with a hose finisher .
Im getting a 1 0ff rad made with straight take off , so no drama

[RevHead]

hope it was cheap

[blaa]

Exile are you intressed in selling me your weedy laser pipe?

[blaa]

Never mind got one of ebay :D

[exile]

BT014 200 section stretched on a 7" rim
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/S8001023.jpg

[exile]

A lesson in less is more
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/Picture20286.jpg

[exile]

And some 1mm steel plate shaped up nice
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/exile711/BLADE/Picture20305.jpg