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CRF3's '97 Honda F3 project "Namonaki" - Official Buildoff Thread

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[929_adam]

cool project. good basis. like the sound of where your going with it. updating the stockness of it.

how much did that lsl kit run ya?

 

[CRF3]

no deals, it was like $319 for the kit. I love the look of the adapters, and I'm excited about the ss brake lines. everybody seems to hate those bars though, how come? Everyone seems to say they are too wide, can they be cut down at all?I have never had anything other than clipons, so I dont know what I like...

 

[929_adam]

have you sat on it with the bars like that?? what do you think... doesnt matter what anyone else thinks, its wether or not your comfortable.

nice to see some progress. OMFG looks like your exhaust is gonna need some TLC its got rust barnacles growing on it. hahaha.

we have one of those frames at my work, if you decide you wanna go crazy and hack up the subframe or something and want an extra.

also, did you build a stand/ramp for your bike so its higher when your working on it?? that looks like a decent setup there. gets ya up off the ground a little at least!

 

[CRF3]

yeah. built a platform about 20" off the ground. its freakin sweet! saves my back so much. thanks for the offer, actually I'm sticking on a gixxer subframe. hopefully I wont screw anything up too bad

 

[929_adam]

i forgot about the gsxr subframe. thats gonna look sweet! they have such nice tail ends

 

[CRF3]

alot nicer than that big dorky thing honda stuck on there 10 years ago (damn, now its officially 10 years old...). I may end up sticking that manifold in the sandblaster with a garbage bag taped over the door(blasters too small for the whole thing).

 

[929_adam]

yah well its either that or a whole lot of sanding for ya! haha. the sandblaster we have at work is the same dam way...to effin small. oh well, make do with what we got right?!

 

[929_adam]

i like your box..heh...im gonna have to build me one of those sometime.

whats that twin motorcycle sitting next to your honda??? traitor! haha j/k


so you think the bars are too wide huh?? i like mine just around shoulder width.

 

[CRF3]

its my girlfriends virago 250. she just got into riding and sportbikes scare her, plus she can just barely touch the ground with her toes on my bike. its a funny little bike. every time I ride the damn thing I miss the pegs with my feet on the first try cuz they're so far forward, not used to that position anymore. but its so light, I just have to think about leaning and it goes. but tis got frilly girly shit all over it so I dont ride it very often. mostly when my bike is apart just so I can get my fix

 

[trav72]

I think it cleans it really nice. Looks good! Did you take everything off to paint it or did you just paint them while they were on?

 

[CRF3]

9 cans of brake cleaner. I just masked everything off, didnt feel like taking the covers off, and scraping the gaskets. I just hope I got it clean enough that the paint stays on...

 

[dogbreath]

brake cleaner is expendable!

 

[skr00zloose]

i forgot all about you doing that gsxr swap. i wish i had better pics of how i mounted the one i did, might have made for less head scratching. be sure to post up some close ups of the new mounts, i wanna see how you went about it.

you making that fender from scratch?? kewl

 

[CRF3]

not quite from scratch, usewd spray foam and crisco in the old fender. then lots of blondo

 

[CRF3]

I sent the frame off to a welder for the attachment (I cant weld, and I didnt want it to fell off). he did a great job, I posted a closeup of the weld. I should probably not throw my girlfriend on the back anymore, right?

 

[skr00zloose]

is it just the lower mounts, or did you tie the upper in too? if it's just the lower half, then no, i wouldn't put anyone on the back

 

[CRF3]

just the lower, and yeah, thats what the welder said too. I wasnt sure if that was a mount or not, never seen it on the proper bike

 

[skr00zloose]

yeah, i left alot of the stock f3 upper rail in place and tied the gsxr to it. i was building the bike to sell at a shop, so i had to make it every bit as streetable as stock.

 

[Dudad]

that seems like a very small bracket to be under so much stress all the time......I think I would of made an upper bracket brace also.