[G-relk]

Long time lurker, first time thread starter.

This is my bike. It is (or, was) a 2004 Triumph Daytona 600. Bought it for a song almost 2 years ago. It had lots of fairing damage, so the only reasonable thing to do was fighter it. I've been working on it on-and-off for about a year and a half, almost as long as I've owned it.

It's a blast to ride, and draws attention everywhere I go. Couldn't be happier with it.

So far, I've done:

* TT600 top clamp, with bar and riser setup
* Buell XB12S headlight, grill, and front cowl with custom mount
* Yamaha R1 front brake master and clutch perch
* Adjustable levers
* Bar end mirrors
* Custom HEL braided brake lines all round
* Kawasaki KX250F rear brake master with custom mount
* Plus lots of small shit and repairs






It still has some work to go before it's finished. I've got a Ducati Monster seat and cowl that will go on soon, as well as a set of Streetfighter 848 pipes. before that though, it needs some electrical TLC...

Anyway, I should be posting more things as I do them, in the meantime, enjoy the pretty pictures

 

[TRAIL BOSS]

That's a really clean custom build. Strong work!

 

[Mattson]

Welcome in man! That's a nice looking bike, the Buell front mask thingy suits it really well.

Funny that even though I own a 2002 Daytona DSSA 955i I didn't know they ever made a 600 Daytona as well. Never brought any of em up here AFAIK.

 

[Kimmo57]

Welcome in man! That's a nice looking bike, the Buell front mask thingy suits it really well.

Funny that even though I own a 2002 Daytona DSSA 955i I didn't know they ever made a 600 Daytona as well. Never brought any of em up here AFAIK.

They did, but nobody bought them.

 

[G-relk]

They did, but nobody bought them.

Pretty much. They were a bit of an oddball, due to being an inline 4, and weren't made in huge numbers. Lovely bike to ride, though they suffer from pretty mediocre electrics.

 

[Mattson]

a bit of an oddball, mediocre electrics.

Would it comfort you to know the biggest hurdle to overcome over the three year transformation has been the electrickery, and to this date remains to do so...

 

[G-relk]

Yeah, a little, I spose. I bought the bike knowing they weren't great, but didn't expect as much trouble as I've had.

Thankfully, electronics are much more my thing than mechanics, so I should be able to fix a lot of the issues myself. Maybe. Haha.

 

[G-relk]

Throwing it up here because you guys might have some ideas of whats happening.

For a little while now, the bike has had intermittent starting issues. Sometimes hen you hit the starter, the starter relay clicks, headlights go off, but nothing happens. Sometimes it start first go, other times you have to thumb the starter a few times before anything happens. Very occasionally, it won't do anything, and you come back in five minutes and it will start within the first few goes. If you jump the starter solenoid, it instantly fires into life. Checked fuses, and they're all fine. Just a dud starter solenoid? If so, how long should they last?? It was replaced just before I bought the bike about about 2 ish years ago, and it's only done 2,000kms or so since then.

 

[Cookie2000ad]

Check the connectors on the starter relay, I had this on the Duc, one of them was just a little loose.

 

[G-relk]

Thanks for the tip, I'll have another dig into the wiring.

I'm going to face-palm so hard if it's something as stupidly simple as that, haha.

 

[a_morti]

On a 955i I had the starter go intermittent then completely stop working. Turned out the switchgear has a shared feed for the horn and the starter, with a shitty crimp which had come apart as the wiring was pulled just slightly too tight. Guess there's a chance yours is the same but to find out you have to pull the insulation off the switchgear.

 

[Mattson]

^

Sorry to hijack the thread a little but Aaron got any more pics of those crash bungs? Is it a prpper cage or just the shrooms on a stick?

 

[Cookie2000ad]

Thanks for the tip, I'll have another dig into the wiring.

I'm going to face-palm so hard if it's something as stupidly simple as that, haha.

I spent a month bump-starting the damn thing, it always seemed to work, must have just knocked the wires around, but at the time i thought the starter was duff and the bumps just helped it. In the end one day it didn't work, i was late for some crap, stuck in town with out any tools, called a brakedown guy. Took him 2 seconds to fix it. THAT is facepalm territory.

 

[G-relk]

I had to extend the wiring for the switchgear, and it looked OK when I did it. I purposely extended them longer than needed so they were nice and loose. The wiring is a bit of a mess on the bike though, and I need to change the headlight circuit soon, so I might look into that then, when I have the harness apart, to an extent.


Also, [email protected] cookie. That blows.

 

[G-relk]

Works boring today, so I thought I'd go back through what I've done, and show off some photos.

This is the bracket that I made for the headlight and front cowl. It's just 2mm Aluminium that I designed, and had welded up by my dad. He also machined the spacer to mount the headlight. It's attached to the forks using turbo hose clamps I bought cheap off ebay. This was taken before I decided to go with bars and risers.



Top triple from a TT600. This was after it had a pair of 4mm aluminium plates were welded into the bottom side, and it was drilled to mount risers. 38mm risers and Renthal ultra low bars were later fitted, and then I lopped 30mm off the end of each side.



Next, the Speed Four intake covers. These were stupid long and ugly, so I cut them down (even further than in this photo), and repainted them so they'd blend into the frame more. I drilled and tapped the frame to mount them.



Months later, once it was finally back on the road, and I was legally able to ride it, I ripped the bottom out of the sump exiting a driveway. This was due to me taking it at the wrong speed, a stupid sump plug design, and the fact the bike was lowered. The sump plug sticks out about 40mm from the bottom of the sump! Thankfully, dad welded it back up, and no damage was done to the engine. Here's the carnage



Next, it did a stator. These bikes are renowned for doing them, so it was just a matter of time. Here's the burnt out stator before I had it re-wound locally. I also changed out the reg/rec to hopefully prolong it's life.



Lastly, this is the KX250F rear master I put on. I got the idea from Sedspeed, who put a CRF rear master on his VFR. I really liked the look of the inbuilt res, and wanted a smaller master to give better rear braking power, and this did both. The adapter plate is made from some scrap 3mm aluminium.




That pretty much takes us to where the bike is now!

 

[G-relk]

So, little bit of an update.

Got a chance to do a test fit of the monster seat and cowl, plus the streetfighter 848 pipes.

Set unit will work well, with a little reshaping where it meets the tank and frame. Pipes might be a bit harder. There doesn't look to be quite enough room for both pipes without also burning me, or hanging too low.

Heres a couple of pictures I took, what do you guys think?

 

[Kimmo57]

Pretty nice, but I'd lose the silencer with no input to it

 

[Mattson]

Def cans on both sides, too much stuff on one side.

 

[G-relk]

Yeah, there's not really enough room to have them under the seat. There's not enough wheel clearance, or room for the pipes to route without looking ridiculous.

I'm going to keep an eye out for something nice and small to mount down low. That should tidy it up nicely. Worst case, I'll cut the remus pipe it has at the moment.

EDIT: Something like this would be PERFECT

 

[n0regret5]

yeah please don't go with the sf cans.. they're HUGE