July 2013 Fighter Of The Month Entry Thread

My fighter, 2000 Yamaha R6....AKA the "sorta-motard" or the * "supersportard"
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Please use this first pic for voting:










Where it all started.



List of mods:

-2007 FZ6 front wheel, 2003 R6 rear wheel
-03-05 R6 swingarm, shock, linkage, and rear brakes
-HEL front brake lines for 2007 FZ6, smoke color with blue banjos
-1999 R1 front forks with black painted lower legs and snazzy "KYB" graphics
-Black YZF/WR 450 fork guards
-Aprilia Dorsoduro front fender
-KTM 690 SMC headlight
-Fat bars with some cheap ass bark busters and some amber led strips stuck on for turn signals
-First gen. Ducati Monster seat on a home made "custom" home depot steel subframe
-Home made battery box/under tail out of sheet metal
-Ducati seat cowl and 03-06 Kawasaki Z1000 radiator shrouds wrapped in blue kevlar with some also snazzy oem Yamaha stickers
-Shorty FMF Ti slip on and mid pipe with a CBR 600 ti exhaust hanger bracket
-Integrated Ducati Monster tail light

I think that is it for the parts. Most of the parts from other bikes were modded or hacked (for a better term) by me. All the little brackets and bull to hold those parts were fab'd and welded by me and my trusty harbor freight flux wire welder. <With the exception of final welds on the subframe, I'm not that good lol. Those were done by a pro-welder friend with his tig>

Frame, subframe and swingarm were rattle canned with graphite dupli-color wheel paint in the back yard. Pretty much everything else got flat black. The case covers on the motor were painted with some engine enamel I had kicking around and the water pump and oil pan got some BBQ flat black paint.

Guess that's about it. Big thanks to everyone who "high-fived" and commented in my build thread! It was really appreciated!

Thanks for looking at my entry!

<Build thread in sig for the full story and a shit ton o pics.>

* Credit for "supersportard" goes to "hic28" from SMJ...

2005 Bandit 1200s

All work done by ME in my shed.
Modified Bandit frame
Hayabusa forks
GSXR 1000 Swingarm (extended 6")
Handbuilt tail, side covers, belly pan, headlight bucket, engine bars, undertail.
Carrozzeria Wheels
Bowen custom seat
Clear clutch cover (bought)
Billet tech engine covers
Modified stock tank
TRW rearsets
Ninja 250 tail light
Oberon billet turn signals (front and rear)
Fly racing Carbon drag bars
Pazzo levers
Progressive suspension billet rear shock
Sixity rotors front and back
Shorai Lithium battery
Gilles axle adjusters
Innovate A/F setup for tuning
Ceramic coated exhaust
Fork shrouds (Candy apple red powder coat)
Pearl white paint










Pics up! Now I'm leaving for Fighter Fest!!

I guess it can be classified as a fighter. Retro Fighter.

Donor: Virago 750 /82
Front: Suzuki TLR 1000, Lucas top, GSXR bottom clamp
rear swinger: Honda NTV 650
R6 rear shock,
Reverse levers,
WW2 YAK clock,
hand build:
swinger bracket,
Fenders,
front lights,
Single side plate holder,
Stainless/ brass air box,
full stainless steel exhaust and reverse cone silencers, finished with brass,
custom leather grips and seat .
plenty of little things ...











voting pic:

well ive been asked to put my bike in again now with ita added bits










bike started life as just a engine from a gsx1400 Suzuki
then I designed and built a frame around it
fornt end is from a gsxr 1100 but with slab yokes
rear end is from a gsxr k7 1000
colour coded brake and clutch lines
custom made seat unit by me
modded gsx1400 tank by me
headlight unit built by me
paint work done by a mate called pitstop paints (john)
and now with the added turbo all done by myself
turbo is a tdo4
plenum chamber designed and built by me
all pipe work inc headers and link pipes to plenum by me
.....not bad saying im not a fabricator nor have any engineering qualifications hope that's enough info but if any more is needed just ask