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05 zx636 "The Dedication"

I bought this and a 03 zx636 with the intentions of building the 05 for me and me the 03 for my brother. He was having a really rough time with PTSD trying to get back in the military and going through a nasty divorce. It was to help him learn something new but to overall try to keep him busy and see how great life can be especially when motorcycles are involved. He was so fucking happy when we started life got in the way a little for him things happened but the plan was still there. As most of you know he passed on September 1st and it absolutely devastated me. Loosing my brother my best friend my hero is the toughest thing I've ever dealt with and with the way it all went down I have very sever mental scars from it. With that being said I'm building this bike in dedication to him but also for the same reasons I was to build it with him. Keep my mind busy and remind myself why I love building/riding motorcycles.

So here's my bike with newspaper





I've been collecting and planning for a long time so I'll do my best to remember parts and prices.

05 636 motor throttle bodies harnes exhaust and other random bit $180
Frame $150 ( will be going custom so tack another 800-1k on that later)
Ducati sssa almost $400 to get it completed
05 zx6 forks $80
06 zx6 triples $75
03 zx6 front rim $130 ( sold the rotors for $100 so really only $30)
06 zx6 fuel tank $62
M4 exhaust $50 ( might go with one of these Ducati s2r1000 exhaust can I have yet to decided)
The rest is all parts I have left over from other part outs or builds

I'm missing just a few pieces I am undecided between 2 tails but leaning towards 1 I'll probably buy tomorrow. I had a vrod headlight but had to sell it off when times got tough. I will be buying a new one I have my eye on one that I can hopefully get for under $100. I'm going to use either woodcraft rear sets or the Chinese knock off vortex. Paint scheme will be black and gold and I have the design of it all planned out. The hardest part will putting it all together. I was going to use badass industries custom steel tube frame but it looks like they are to backed up and I wouldn't get my frame back till 2017 so I might go with one of the many other companies and register the bike with one of my 03/04 titles because the 05 frame I bought didn't cone with a title. It doesn't matter to me as this bike will never leave my possession because of the sentimental value it will have.

i will putting my heart soul blood sweat tears love and everything i can possiably put into it. My wife already knows what this means to me so time and money are no problems. im looking forward to see what i can do with time money motivation and competition.


RIP Sean David Maxwell..... I love you I miss you this is for you. Wish you could ride this beast when I'm done.

 

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Ordered my tail last night and also the correct rear rotor bolts. The parts list is very small now it's time to D FUCKING W!!!!! Hopefully I'll have the energy tonight to muscle this motor 5 feet and get it bolted in. As soon as I do that I can get the chain situation worked out and the rear shock.

Question what would be the best way to shave 2mm off either the frame or swingarm? Should I just hand file it? I'm afraid with the grinder that I'll take off to much.

 

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Got the motor moved out of its little corner and into a better place to work not the greatest of ideas doing by myself. I sometimes forget that my collar bone isn't 100%.

After I got it there I got the front motor mounts bolted and was attempting to adjust its position in the tire when my shoulder let me to stop. That's where I'm left at right now I need to move the motor but physically can't so I'll have my friend come over tomorrow to help me get in a better position so I can mount the back of it and start figuring out the good stuff. Since I couldn't do that I finished making my block off plates got those put on.
Here's a pic with 1 installed

I started to clean the motor up a little but remembered it'll be going in and out of the frame a couple more times and I'll just have to clean it again before paint so I said fuck it.

 

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Got the motor mounted last night well kinda. I found out after I got them through that the rear bolts are the ones from the 03 and are about 1/4in to short. Searched everywhere for my 05 mounting bolts with no luck so I said fuck it il buy new ones they'll be here Thursday. The ones that are in there are good enough to move everything to where I can get the swingarm started which I will get some help moving it to a better place to work with tonight.

I also ordered my tail which will be here this week. My new front rim should be here today so I can get a idea of the stance and start working on the rear shock mount location by this weekend.

Motor mounts-$16.99
Tail-$60.00

 

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Nothing build wise to report except the arrival of parts. Got my gas tank tail caliper hanger and new motor mounts in today. It's the first time she didn't flip out when a bunch of parts showed up in 1 day. Hmmmmm maybe she's sleeping with the mail man because he brings the devils business. I spent the past couple days taking off the exhaust on my r1 and mounting the new m4 what pain in the ass that was. I'm afraid to go under the tank on this bike I think I'm just going to sell it but here's some pics of my new parts

R1 just put this up so maybe my new exhaust looks as good to you as me

Tank it has one little dent on the other side that will need a little bondo and I'll need to use my other airbox cover because the mount is broken but this gives me a extra 1 to practice mounting the gauge into it.

And my tail 2011 zx6r hot bodies race tail thought it was smaller might sell it to buy a cbr1000rr race tail not sure yet. I like it but not crazy for it sucks because I bought a seat for it today

Bought the seat And a missing rear wheel spacer which is the last fucking piece holding me up on the swingarm. I have to make sure it's centered and the chain alignment is as close as I can get it with the tire being centered

Seat-$30
Fucking spacer-$28

Build total- FUCK IT!!!! I only have 1 bike my brother and I were going to build together

 

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Ok well today was really fucking shitty day with it being Veterans Day and all that good shit. It put me in a shitty state of mind. After dealing with the family stuff I had to do and feeling depressed for the better part I decided that if there was anything that could make me feel better it was riding and building. I went to the road that I wrecked on and torn sone fucking corners up made me feel somewhat better. Than I had to deal with other VS that put me right back down so I locked my self in the garage and told everyone not to bother me.

So I started finishing up putting the sssa together. I did that pretty quick and decided today was the day that it was getting mounted no matter what. So I got some string to get the rear end centered. Got that settled along with the chain alignment.

Next up was the big step grinding down the pivot mounts on the frame to fit the sss. Spent a little time on that grinding checking grinding checking about 10 times of doing that I got it fitted!!!! Huge deal In my book as that was the hardest part of the build In my eyes.
Chain aligned

Next after all the grinding filling checking double checking grinding some morei got that bitch mounted ( with a temp bolt till my real pivot bolt gets here. Here are some pics.

Now my new pivot bolt will be here tomorrow I can get that put in and see if need any sleeves or new pivot bolt made. Hopefully it all works out HAHAHAHA. As soon as I figure out the pivot bolt I'll be rebuilding the forks and figuring out the rear shock mount. As soon as all that is done frame gets shipped off to get custom steel tube work done. It feels goo knowing The sssa is almost done so with boost of momentum expect lots more to be done in the next few day

 

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Alright well I got the frame shaved enough and got the sssa put into place. I got my new pivot bolt in the mail today and very quickly realized I have a small issue. I found that the brake side hole wasn't lining up perfect so I peaked around and I have a little clearance issue. The swingarm is rubbing on the motor and making it so the hole in the frame and swingarm aren't lining up perfect.

First I had to cut the spacer thing that holds those annoying ass crown nut because it had a piece that went into the old swinger. No biggie chopped the end off.

Now I'm stuck with this

And if you can see where it's rubbing on the motor

Shitty pic but it is. So the million dollar question would it be ok if I took off those couple mm to line the hole up and make it so it's not rubbing any more? Will it effect the strength of the mount on the swingarm by taking a 1/4 in or so off the front of it. That side mount is larger than the other side but it don't want to sand/grind/ file the swing arm and have it fail on me.

HELP!!!!

 

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Just getting the idea

 

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Got the swing arm trimmed didn't need much just a little but it's done now and everything fits perfect. It will never effect anything I'm positive on that I didn't take off enough for it to do anything.

Got it all lined up perfect tire is straight chain is straight

Now tomorrow I'm rebuilding the forks getting the front end put on and figuring out the rear shock mount.

I'm going to post up pics tomorrow of the rear shock mounting options I'm going to need some help on the as far as what's the best position angle and mount designs.

 

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Got one fork rebuilt tonight in surprised I even got that done. It's been a long hard exhausting week. Being in the garage has really helped though. I'm struggling hard with the loss of my brother but it feels good to working on bikes again.

Anyway back to the great accomplishment of rebuilding 1 fork.
Welded up my own fork spring compressor drilled some holes in it and rounded the tips of the bolts to fit the holes.

Put a rod in the bottom hooked up some ratchet straps and got it done

I'm going to stay up late tomorrow night get the other one done and get the front end on so I can start to figure out the rear shock mount.

I need help with that how do find the correct position for the rear shock to give you the best performance comfort Ect. I have no idea about this and need some serious input on it.

 

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The zx is about to get some serious upgrades to the rear wheel and front end. I'll give 1 little hint Showa and marchesini

 

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Got this is the mail today not sure if I'll be using it now but I GOT IT

Also got this in the mail today from one of our fellow fighters it's fucking awesome and there is a story behind the wood as well but we won't get into all that now. Great piece with lots of thought thanks

Very cool

 

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Alright got the other fork rebuilt so she will stand kind of. This is where I knew I'd run into my biggest problem of the build.....the rear shock mount. Here is a shitty pic
This isn't the angle that the swingarm will sit but I'll explain

The way it sit in order to recreate Ducatis design as close as possible the shock mount is going to be in the subframe. I don't like the sound of that. My other option it looks like right now at least until I get her up on her legs is angle it more and put it right under the tank mount. Not sure what other options I have as I never relocated a shock mount before. Can anyone give me sone more insight on this subject.

 

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Ok well with all the back and forth between cookie Steve and I about the rear shock mount I believe I have a plan. At least I think I do. I've decided I'm going to ditch the shock height adjuster and have one welded into the shock mount. More on that later when the shock mount is actually being welded.
After fucking with duc for a hour or so and very pissed off at the electrical the BS the PO did to it I decided I was going to play around with some rearend set ups.
This was the idea going in figuring out how to make that work but it would be more trouble then it would help

So I ditched the shock height adjuster in order to get the shock more straight up and down so it could function properly

I found a piece of wood to get the swingarm near where it will sit when it's on it's own 2 legs and found that the tank mount and the shock will line up just about perfect.( the swingarm needs to come up to where the top shock mount and tank meet just about perfect.)

And then to just try it out I put on my 99 r1 shock that was rebuilt by race tech

It has more adjustability and is better shock IMO and lookie there just about the same if not better.

I think I'm going to use the r1 shock as it fits and has more adjustability. Tomorrow the guessing games will stop. The forks are rebuilt even though they're not the ones I will use in the end but until I tear the 848 down the 05 front end is going on. The triples are on i just have to do one thing that will piss the wife ( pull my trusty hammer out and make holes in the ceiling to hang the bike from) to get the front end on so I can play with the swingarm position and finalize a shock mount. Once I do that the motor will come back out and the frame will go to my friends who has a tig setup so we can weld a subframe and rear shock mount. It feels like progress even though you can't see it physically there is progress.

 

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Not a work update but I decided I'm going to send the frame off to be done before I do the rear shock mount just in case for some crazy reason I do the mount get it perfect send the frame off and it doesn't come back in the same place. I'm probably over thinking it but I'd rather be safe than sorry. It looks like as of right now sick innovations will be doing the frame and the bike will be registered under a 04 zx6r but I'm not worried about that because I'm never selling it anyway, when I register it in sc they don't check vins or anything and hey maybe insurance will be cheaper till I tell them all the mods.

 

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Talked to a couple companies and will have the frame shipped out this week.



Also Went and picked up some materials for fiber glassing today. I was planning on putting the gauge flush into the airbox cover but I think I'm going put it at 45 degree angle instead so it'll be easier to read and I won't have to worry about cutting into the airbox to make it fit or anything. Here's a pic I just kinda set it there I'm going to push it forward as close to the front as I can. But no updates fun without a pic so I put the gauge on the airbox cover and took a pic

 

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Officially paid for my frame today stunterx is going to be building it in their new style tube frame. They might be doing the work on the frame but I get to do the fun part ........... Cut it half to send it to them. If there something I've always wanted to do is take a perfectly good frame and cut that motherfucker in half.
Here's what it will look like except for the color. The steel tube will be black and after I finish welding the shock mount the rear part will be .........


I'll take pics of my chop job. I think it will get a good amount of stress out chopping that motherfucker in half!!!!!!

I will have the frame back in a week and half so in that time I'll be taking the Ducati apart getting it ready to transport the remaining bits to it's new owner and trading the r1 for a 07 zx6r so until the frame comes back not much will be going on with the build except maybe using the old subframe to chop up and weld the new one to the old mounts. Which I decided I don't like the race tail and am trading it for a stock 09-12 zx6r tail. I like the stock look better than the race it's smaller more compact and will fit the build better.

 

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Make some quick lines

Pull out my handy dandy angle grinder

First chop

O shit I just cut a perfect frame in half

FUCK YEA!!!!!!

 

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Even though I'm undecided on the tail unit I figured I'd waste the last of my sticks to my stick welder before I pick up my new 180amp mig flux core tomorrow and weld up part of the new subframe. Got the back half welded to fit the 09-12 zx race tail. Got it done and fitted now I'm just debating to cut up the original 05/06 subframe and fit it to it. Well either way I got to weld so I'm happy


It's a shitty pic but my stick welding skills are much improved I hope the mig treats me the same.

 

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Got my headlight in the mail today debating on mounts now. I think I might use some steel rod and make my own fancy looking one. I think that would better than buying one. I'm buying some of the steel rod tomorrow to start testing ideas.