Project R1 - updated 20/10/11

Sweeeet! Keen to see how it ends up Jules!

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

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

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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

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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 :(

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

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

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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

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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

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??


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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?

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

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quote:Originally posted by 80s freak

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

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

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

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All the parts are neatly sorted

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Bare frame and swinger

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Bodywork

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Parts in need of a clean - badly

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Chain looking like new again

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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??

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.

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.

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.

yep thats the way i doit it to silver fox

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

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

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Masked off all the necessary areas

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After paint stripper has been applied


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Couple of hours of sanding and polishing with Autosol

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

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

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!

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

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quote:Originally posted by Gitzy

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

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Agreed! Now get to work! ;)

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quote:Originally posted by BANDITROD

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

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Painting them Matt black :D

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

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

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


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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 :)

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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...
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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




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Engine has been painted

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Radiator as it was

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Masked up and prepped

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

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Frame and lower clamp re-assembled after powder coating

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

looking good frenchy

Good job you little Greek bastard.

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

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

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

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


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Thats looking good!

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

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

You've gotta be happy with that hey Jules?