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so have got the cluster mounted, bought some more fat bar clamps and just flipped them over, this was the first go but it sat wayyyyy to fucking high
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so i rejigged a few things and got it a little lower, will see how stable it is when riding, might have to brace it a little more and also get used to the cluster moving with the bars rather then being fixed like before
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even found a spot to mount my garage door opener
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Now that’s handy
Too right. Nice work mate - Coming together well.
Looking good mate. coming along great
That's nifty mate. You'll get use to the cluster quickly being where it is. Keep up the good work mate ;)
cheers fellas, my el cheapo ebay indicators rocked up yesterday so will see how they go
got the indicators fitted and took it for a blat, pretty much just around the burbs, put some fresh fuel in it, pumped up the tyres. Fuck yes, nothing fell off.
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Then back into the shed
even though there will be mesh on the holes in the mask i still wanted to cover in the intake on the frame so i went on a hunt for some mesh, didnt need a lot so i didnt really want to have to buy a roll of it.
Bunnings FTW!!!!
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After
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Top Idea mate. I actually used alloy stuff from supercheap cut to size.
yea Supercheap was actually my next stop if Bunnings didnt work out haha
picked up the mask last night from the painter, he was spose to paint the mesh aswell but forgot apparently. Looks ok at the moment but once everything is blacked out on the front it may need painting also
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Nice, look great and I dont mind the contrast of the mesh. But see how it looks all blacked out mate.
Hell yea! That looks great.
I’m liking that
So after riding it for a day i stripped it again, the rusty headers and the non blackness up front was rustling my jimmies. while i was at it i whipped out the old dan moto muffler i bought back in the day and played around with the fitting
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looks better already on the ass end without the pillion pegs, i was hoping to mount the yoshi in the same spot but its wayyyyy too bulky, might give the moto a repack, piss the carbon look alike skin off and ceramic coat it. Oh and thanks to the 7 year old daughter who reminded me the radiator had been removed before i went to start it to see what it sounded like with the different muffler.
Too many beers
wrong photo, here it is without the pegs
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so now im accumulating bits to get powder coated/ceramic coated/painted
I'd have that rear hugger off in a heartbeat of it was mine. It'll complete change the look of it (and yes, open it up to shit getting everywhere, but hey, practical doesn't always hit the spot. - I mean, what the fuck does a car bra do for looks?)
Funny you should mention that, was thinking the same thing when i was fucking around down that end. The front one isn't much better either so both have made my list of shit to fuck with.
So in the interest of saving money and because im fucking impatient i had a go at painting some bits myself, found this at supercrap, got it in black and a clear coat
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read in the small fine print about how it needed to cure for an hour at 200 degrees, bastard wouldnt fit in the oven so it was time for a fry up on the bbq, dont worry about the furry shit on it, was still a bit tacky and the rag stuck to it
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fitted her up along with the freshly painted radiator
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Next up will be removing all the casting marks and painting the upper and lower triple clamp, was going to powder coat but that metal putty shit i used is temp rated less then what it would be baked at, plus i would have to remove the steering stem bearings which have only just been replaced, stay tuned
Shit yea, that's the spirit!
Going well mate, the more you do yourself the more appreciation you'll have of bike. Keep up the pic's mate.
bits painted and its back together, put the yoshi back on it so i can ride it while i knock up another muffler. Going to put it through its paces next week when im on RnR, burn all that excess paint off haha
couple more snaps
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Looks wicked mate. Absolutely think you knocked this out the park. Top job.
cheers mate, fucking love this thing now, cant wipe the smile off my face when im on it.
started on the exhaust now, pulled the ends off of the dan moto muffler and the packing was pretty much shagged. Got some 3 1/2" stainless exhaust pipe to use as the outer shell which was slightly thicker so had to take a lick out of each end on the lathe.
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taking it to work tomorrow and see if the boily can tig the tip on for me, will drill and rivet the other end with some fresh packing.
started messing around with a muffler tag idea, muffler will be black with the tag polished or another colour, havent decided yet.
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knuckles with a jigsaw piece, bit of a autism awareness snuck in there
love the look mate. nice job
Exhaust is on, sounds reasonable but has made it a little doughy down low, might have to get it re-tuned. Will give it a paint in the next couple of days but will eventually get it ceramic coated with the headers, the paint on the headers pretty much flaked off straight away after i put them on and started riding
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Nice work Damo, that looks tidy as! You going to ceramic coat the muffler and headers at the same time? Still going with the knuckles on the can?
yep ill get them done together so it all matches, Ill give the knuckles a bit of a polish up and fit them after the coating is done
What did you paint the headers with again? Seems weird it would come off first go if it was HT paint.
it was a dupli colour high heat stuff from supercrap, had ceramic in it and supposedly good for 1100 degrees. Have to admit the prep work wasn't sensational so it may be more a faulty workmanship rather then shit paint
Fair enough. Oh well, at least the ceramic coating will save the day.
yup, once the weather turns to shit the exhaust will come back off and receive the professional job, untill then, as long as people maintain a 5 metre perimeter, then they wont notice
Muffler painted, while it was cooking on the bbq i got bored and started fucking around with a belly pan chopping up the original one. front of it still needs trimming to suit the lines of the bike but it will do for the 500k ride on Saturday
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Muffler came up a treat mate!
Cheers,
So the belly pan wasn't as stable as anticipated and broke one of the mounting tabs during the run, luckily was close to home and managed to limp it back without damaging it. Wind protection sucks no matter how much i tried to tuck in under the speedo, i knew that was gonna be the case after stripping it back but wasnt prepared for how bad it was during the "spirited" runs. The steering dampener needs to go back on also, had a bit of head shake during said "spirited" runs.
Nothing like a day out with the Hayabusa boys to iron out any potential bugs, back in the shed she goes
Looking Killer and love the belly pan. Hope you sort your issues. Wind however will never be your friend on a fighter.
That's just fighter life for you LOL