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Putting a current state of a build as the fist images

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Bought a 1997 Suzuki Bandit aprox. a month ago and Im not very patient to wait starting a project that is already finished to the very last detail in my head.
Before that I went through thousands of projects to get the best lines into my bike and thats what it looks now.

This is the very first image of my bike. My friend is doing test drive

First thing I did was I removed the windshield

Painted exhaust and motor

Removed SUZUKI logo that was paited into my tank

Removed the seat

And cut the tail - frame and body panels color is structured matt black

Installed a ProTapper Universal low bar and Yamaha mirrors

Trying to update as I go

 

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Looking good! I love stealth bikes. Gonna paint those rearsets?

I think so - currently im testing how durable is the paint as it goes like it is without a coating layer.
So far looks good and stands rubbing and wearing and cleaning chemicals nicely.

 

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Got the mask today. Looks mean

 

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Looks good!

Are you going to put the wave headlight behind it, or something else?

Actually I havent bought anything yet but Im considering that one

Its a High beam H7 FF 75 that costs 33€ here

On the wave there is only one "eye" lighted at the time. This one lights up everything
As its pointed down and the light area is reduced I think that its not going to be too bright and there is an actual chance that I see something in the dark.

 

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Looking good. I hope you have better luck with that speedo than I did. There was no adjustments for.tach signal or wheel diameter so I couldn't get it dialed in when I hooked it up but hopefully it will work out for you

I just checked the item description. If its not as described Im sending it back but so far looks good.

It can be applied to different vehicles with different diameter.

It can be applied to different displacement vehicles.

Adjustable wheel perimeter.

Motorcycle Motorcycle For 1,2,4 Cylinders

 

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Fitting the seat
Im so happy - perfect fitment with the gas tank. Couldnt be better
Now there is a lot of welding ahead and painting and exhaust mod etc...
First image is PSd for preview

 

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Exhaust sorted out and started a subframe. Just a 1000 things left to do to finish it

 

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The seat position is changing because this one is comfortable only for horses
Im 184cm tall and with this seat height Im not reaching ground with full foot.
The problem is that the seat is quite wide and that requires it to be lower to have a better both feet down position

New seat angle is more closer to that one - seat is lower and the tip is pointed up
Both feet are touching ground flat
Looks more sparky

 

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After comparing few seat angles in Photoshop I descided to go a bit down. (about 1 inch)
Taking into consideration that the rear end will propably rise a bit with longer dogbones

So this is the final look.
I hope to get bent subframe tubes today to fisnish it during weekend
Picture is taken today as it is.

 

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I have exactly the same plans
We have here 3deg C outside dropping below 0 in the nights.
So I can say its already winter here

 

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Sice I didnt get the subframe tubes as I wanted I spent my time doing other things.
Exhaust is painted and in place
Modified the airbox and made room for battery. Also created new air intake under the tank. Pics will follow tomorrow.

 

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So the airbox and the battery melted into one somehow
I made the new air intake so that the intake area is aprox the same as in the stock.
Actually it gets more air at the moment because the rubber tube - that is in the original intake - was touching the filter inside and the active area was something like 20% of the filter area.
Now the filter is working with full surface.

Pics

Ordered a tail light
Should go nicely with the seat shape

 

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Welllllll

No. I started it up and...the idle is not stable, it pops and wants to die out. When I rev it up it puffs out a small black cloud etc.

I need to take it to some shop to get it tuned - or it here a way to do it at home so that the setup is safe and doesnt kill my motor?

Exhaust is shorter and more flowing and it gets more air than before.
should i tune the pilot screws myself? - and where to find them

 

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Im more than sure that it has something to do with the exhaust and airbox operations - before that it was purring like a cat.
Im taking a deeper look into it in few days. Thanx for the image - ill check it

 

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Holly shit...it might just be bent so that its closed
Because I messed with the exhaust and it was dangling on the way so I pushed it up somewhere to have more access to the exhaust can.
Im going to check it out in an hour.
Many thanx - its the most probable cause!

 

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Its alive
Thanx

I cleaned the tube...there was a lot of crap inside and as I was going over spark wires one of them klicked itself into place.
One of these things did the trick. Its like 50/50

But now its running so I can start with the subframe during weekend. Im trying to finish it. Got the bent tubes that were missing and also got the all in one speedo today.

Keeps me busy another month or so

 

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Exhaust is changing - current is too loud to my taste. Im plannig to use Ducati Dual exhaust
Option1

Option 2

Subframe got into shape. Still needs days to finish it. But most of the welding is done

 

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I agree - option 1 it will be.
Today I grind down the welds and tomorrow I will try to put the primer on.

 

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Thanx for the support!

Some things got done today. Everything I did worked out perfectly

Dont you have a feeling sometimes that even if you try really hard to make something it doesnt work out they way you planned. It works out still but later and better than you saw on that moment or even could imagine.

For me the moment was when I twisted my head to figure out how to mount the speedo. I took a piece of aluminium yesterday and messed with it about an hour to create a bracket...and failed.
So today I started again to look for something that could be converted into bracket and then... I had a vision. Here it is. The metal pieces I used are perfect in every way - like I had paid $$$ for them.
Actually they are a part of pocket bike foot pegs

Made a bracket also for exhaust. Needs paint and decent bolts but at the moment works well for me to test it.
The angle of the cans on the pictures is also too low - in final setup they will point more upwards.
I also see if I can make the bracket a bit shorter.

 

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Started with rear side panels
Logo there is just a decoration to make the panel visble in low light conditions
(sry for blurry images)