[zx10_fighter]

bought this zx10 of a friend for a whole sum of £200

this was to be my first big bike, it first time i ever done them. needed new tyres, a new choke cable and unit etc etc.

Got it all sorted and took it for its MOT, all sorted i thought, then on the way home someone crashed into the back of me and knocked me off(fucking brilliant:wtf




thought it might of been fixable, but no the subframe had twisted, so the insurance had written it off as a Cat C write off, which means fixable but cost too much for the insurance to pay out.
i bought the bike back from the insurance and found a new frame for £50, so at the moment it mostly stripped down getting ready to be transfered into the new frame, so while its apart im gonna clean/paint/change stuff.

how she sits as of last night

 

[zx10_fighter]

plans(not in any order)
black and nato green colour,
give her a damn good service, coz it looks like it not had one for a while
sort out wiring loom, its been chopped and bodged.
change the rear 18" wheel for a 17" from the zzr1100
derestrict the carb tops(restricted to 125bhp in uk) by by either milling them or swapping them for zxr750 carb tops.
not sure wether to keep the low bars or swap for some renthall higher bars
bar end mirrors
k&n pods
stage2-3 jet kit
would love to swap swingarm for a single sided, but not sure if able too( need to research)
USD forks
better brakes
already lost the chunky back end in the crash, so need to sort out a new rear light
twin headlights, also strap my gas mask to headlights.

thats it for now

i will be asking for info/ideas and HELP:doh:

cheers chris

 

[CraZKenE13]

I had one of these, wish I'd have held on to it, put brakes high on the list,
Will be watching for updates.

 

[zx10_fighter]

yeah been told original brakes are pretty shite on these, will be one of the first major mods to do

 

[zx10_fighter]

motors out finally, everything has gone really smoothly with the strip down, until it came to the very last bolt, bottom rear engine bolt, 25 year old bolt fuck me talk about seized, in the end it took 3 of us to get it out, 1 person heating it with a blow torch, 1 person tapping it out from one end and another person with a impact gun. but anyway its out.



ready for a quick clean up and respray

 

[zx10_fighter]

Today we got the new frame on and painted her up a nice shade of matte black

 

[GROUCH]

Looking really good mate.

I do like the old ZX10 me.
Here´s a pic of the one brother had back in the day....



Laser pipe sounded sweet

 

[Andler2008]

Looking real good man. I'm alwasy happy to see a bike cleaned up real good and put back together. Any fighter plans for it?

 

[zx10_fighter]

fighterish yeah, but at moment just want to get it back on the road, would love to single seat it, but cant coz of the wife, it gonna be naked, im getting rid of the chunky back end and hopefully putting this rear light on http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400466783459?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 or http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331042714978?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
and twin headlights.

 

[F'dup]

I like the twin red light a lot!
Especially because you get a nice plate mount and the fact it appears to have integrated signals too.

I do like the slim looking smaller LED lights like the first one, but I just can't help but be worried about someone "not seeing me" hit the brakes or something like that. I stay away from them on my bikes, but hey they do look great on other people's

Keep up the good work!

 

[zx10_fighter]

yeah im swaying more towards them, for the same reason also alot cheaper

 

[zx10_fighter]

got a little bit further today,
forks, wheels and started on the pain in the arse job, the wiring loom( which has been hacked to bits) loads of random fuses everywhere, plus my starter solinoid is off a series 3 landrover, more parts added to the list




took the purple bars off as im swapping them for some renthals, plus the purple didnt suit.

hope more people will start liking this build more as it takes shape

 

[zx10_fighter]

800mm drag bars on




headlight mounted


digital speedo and bar end mirrors


still lots more to do, next job mount rear light, front indicators, then onto the dreaded wireing loom, i hate wires

 

[zx10_fighter]

hope this video work, but shes alive




EDIT: click on the picture

 

[jnimbostratus]

sounds like a tit off a tit tree down at the tittery. keep at it bro i look forward to updates.

 

[zx10_fighter]

how she sits today(tank just rested on frame)



started on the brakes, need to buy new pistons for them, as there leaking fluid, always fucking something. was hoping to have her on the road by march.

still to do

front brakes
bleed clutch
oil change
get zzr1100 spacers to fit the 17" rear wheel
paint tank
make some side mouldings

 

[F'dup]

Is that a train horn you have mounted on there?!

:thumbsup:

 

[zx10_fighter]

nice loud airhorn, the fuckers will def hear me

 

[tsoldrin]

I love the shape of the frame on the old zx10 it looks much better without the fairings on

 

[F'dup]

nice loud airhorn, the fuckers will def hear me

:rock: