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Having procrastinated for MANY years, I've taken the plunge, bought a donor bike and started... The donor has been crashed by it's previous owner, and having bought it at auction, it landed today and I've started the strip.
Somethings are good - the bike seems to have been looked after before it was dropped, and it's completely standard so I've nobody else to blame other than myself it it doesn't work, when it's finished....
Somethings need changing - The pegs are too high for my dodgy knee, and they need to be lower, the bars are too low and they need to be higher...
Some things are bad, and need to be sorted before I play with the cosmetics - the forks are bent (which I was expecting) and the frame is broken, which I wasn't....
It didn't come with a key, and I'll need to bypass the immobiliser at some point to make it run, and the clutch is seized and won't release. (been stood for a bit I'm guessing)
I've bought a raft of bits on eBay, and given up and decided to drink beer and start this thread as I'm in a bit of a hump about the frame, even though I've bought replacement on eBay, it wasn't where I'd planned to start.....
But it was never going to be simple, or quick
So here's the shopping list so far:
1x Busa (bent) - Auction
GSXR 750 K6 seat unit and subframe, and rear light - Ebay
Replacement Main Frame - Ebay
Fork Stanchions - Ebay
Front brake lever - M&P
Footrest lowering kit - Ebay
Pattern ignition switch - Ebay
Twistgrip (RH Throttle) - Ebay
Bits to source, work out in no particular order:
How to run a set of non Hayabusa clocks
A front mudguard
Fitting the 750 sub frame
Servicing the clutch
A set of riser bars (probably LSL)
How to get round the immobiliser
A round headlight
Number plate hanger, and indicators
Undertray for the seat (perhaps)
Silicone hoses
A cover for the header tank
What to do with the radiator (it's a eye sore)
What to do with the gap between frame rails and the front of the tank
A fly screen of some type
An exhaust system, including exhaust hangers
Remodelling / reworking the seat
And assuming it all comes together, powder coating and a bit of paint to make it look nice
Somethings are good - the bike seems to have been looked after before it was dropped, and it's completely standard so I've nobody else to blame other than myself it it doesn't work, when it's finished....
Somethings need changing - The pegs are too high for my dodgy knee, and they need to be lower, the bars are too low and they need to be higher...
Some things are bad, and need to be sorted before I play with the cosmetics - the forks are bent (which I was expecting) and the frame is broken, which I wasn't....
It didn't come with a key, and I'll need to bypass the immobiliser at some point to make it run, and the clutch is seized and won't release. (been stood for a bit I'm guessing)
I've bought a raft of bits on eBay, and given up and decided to drink beer and start this thread as I'm in a bit of a hump about the frame, even though I've bought replacement on eBay, it wasn't where I'd planned to start.....
But it was never going to be simple, or quick
So here's the shopping list so far:
1x Busa (bent) - Auction
GSXR 750 K6 seat unit and subframe, and rear light - Ebay
Replacement Main Frame - Ebay
Fork Stanchions - Ebay
Front brake lever - M&P
Footrest lowering kit - Ebay
Pattern ignition switch - Ebay
Twistgrip (RH Throttle) - Ebay
Bits to source, work out in no particular order:
How to run a set of non Hayabusa clocks
A front mudguard
Fitting the 750 sub frame
Servicing the clutch
A set of riser bars (probably LSL)
How to get round the immobiliser
A round headlight
Number plate hanger, and indicators
Undertray for the seat (perhaps)
Silicone hoses
A cover for the header tank
What to do with the radiator (it's a eye sore)
What to do with the gap between frame rails and the front of the tank
A fly screen of some type
An exhaust system, including exhaust hangers
Remodelling / reworking the seat
And assuming it all comes together, powder coating and a bit of paint to make it look nice
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