So last friday i got a call from a good friend of mine, we were talking about building bikes and how he just got a TL1000 that he's starting a project with. I gave him the usual "i wish i could build a bike but i only have $500 in the bank that i can spend" he told me about a bike in PA hat he was looking at said he might be able to hook me up, long story short i drove down to PA with him a half hour after that phone call and picked up this 2001 bandit 1200 for only $500 (owner was asking 1600 on CL)
The bike is on a salvage title, but that didnt bother me everthing looked straight and true.
What i've been told the bike has:
Dynojet stage 3 kit
Individual carb filters
delkevic 70 series exhaust
Ebay front clip
plans:
Ditch the ugly plastics
Get it running (cranks but doesnt fire, i think its just old plugs)
Sync the carbs
Install my pro-taper bars. (had ugly clip on bars when i bought it)
fix the wiring nightmare the PO did and make it professional
Fab a new front clip thats sealed and weatherproof for the gauges.
Then over the winter possibly fab up a bobber style seat.
i'm on a tiny budget so i know this doesnt meet some of your guys "street fighter" criteria. But i figured you guys are the ones who actually take apart and work on these bikes so you will have experience based answers and will be able to help me along the way. ill be sure to use the search box a lot before i ask noob questions!
The last pic is how i cut the rear plastic so that i dont have to fab a light bracket just yet, its temporary just to get the bike running and on the road

The bike is on a salvage title, but that didnt bother me everthing looked straight and true.
What i've been told the bike has:
Dynojet stage 3 kit
Individual carb filters
delkevic 70 series exhaust
Ebay front clip
plans:
Ditch the ugly plastics
Get it running (cranks but doesnt fire, i think its just old plugs)
Sync the carbs
Install my pro-taper bars. (had ugly clip on bars when i bought it)
fix the wiring nightmare the PO did and make it professional
Fab a new front clip thats sealed and weatherproof for the gauges.
Then over the winter possibly fab up a bobber style seat.
i'm on a tiny budget so i know this doesnt meet some of your guys "street fighter" criteria. But i figured you guys are the ones who actually take apart and work on these bikes so you will have experience based answers and will be able to help me along the way. ill be sure to use the search box a lot before i ask noob questions!
The last pic is how i cut the rear plastic so that i dont have to fab a light bracket just yet, its temporary just to get the bike running and on the road
