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since my bike is changing majorly i thought a new thread was in order. as some of you may have read shortly after repainting the lowers i lowsided. bent the left bar and rashed up the left side and upper really bad. broke my left arm in the process and had a plate put in.
so the bike's soon to be a streetfighter. got it all stripped down awaiting parts. got a pair of $230 harris clip-ons on ebay for $80. got a trail tech vapor speedo on the way, as well as an acerbis cyclops headlight. over the winter i'll be putting a different tail on, most likely first gen R6. i may also drop the motor and while i'm doing the valves paint the frame.
will have new pics next week when the clip-ons and light get here.
1989 FZR-1000 Streetfighter currently parting out. make me an offer.
got the stitches and cast off today. have to wear a splint and do exercises for 3 weeks. had 18 stitches and the incision is 4 inches long.
that photo was taken while my bike was still here. i had my brother in law ride it to his house to put in his garage. he's only ridden a couple times so it was HILARIOUS to follow him. stalled it once and it was bucking like crazy.
since then i've stripped the headlights, upper stay, speedo, and bars off.
1989 FZR-1000 Streetfighter currently parting out. make me an offer.
that sure looks like the stock 130 on there dude, is that right?
You know moving away from the stock sizes into a 120/70 and 180/55 really makes a VAST improvement on the handling and other stuff as well.
Michael
Yes Yes I know, I said, I'm building a project YZF1070
Basement is done now, 850 finished and gone...
Gotta get the new siding up on the house.
Fixing the FZ1 up, cleaning up garage and then I might even begin
running a pirelli diablo corsa III 120/70 front and conti road attack 180/55 rear. i think it's just forced perspective making it look bigger than it is.
1989 FZR-1000 Streetfighter currently parting out. make me an offer.
Wow I would never run 2 different tires brands on a bike I planned on leaning at all. They would have different grip and heat up at different rates...The Pirelli is top of the line and the Conti just isnt!!!
90 FZR 1000/92 FZR 1000 streetfighter
I like me some FAST!!!!
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." Helen Keller
i bought the corsas as a set. the rear went, so i replaced it with the conti due to mileage concerns. i live in south dakota where there are no twisties what so ever. if i were to go to the track i'd get a new set of supercorsas. for the street running two different tires is of almost no consequence. the biggest problem when running two different tires doesn't come nearly as much from rubber compounds than it does from profile.
1989 FZR-1000 Streetfighter currently parting out. make me an offer.
a slightly better picture. still need to paint it. i really should've done it before i started riding again. now that i have i don't want to suffer the down time required to actually paint it. i just wanna ride!
1989 FZR-1000 Streetfighter currently parting out. make me an offer.
bump with a new pic. finished the temporary paint job. i say temporary because i'll be putting a new tail on it sooner or later and will have to do the tail again...so.
1989 FZR-1000 Streetfighter currently parting out. make me an offer.
I'm seriously thinking of powder coating mine, Tim.
How did you prevent the powdercoat from sticking to the places you didn't want it, eg. Head bearing races, swingarm pivot bolt hole, engine mounting holes etc???
And...
How far do you have to prep the frame? Do they do the prep work or would I have to ensure it was grease, dirt, etc free before I took it to them?
John
If you're going to take a shot at me let me know so I can duck...!
Yoniboi wrote:I'm seriously thinking of powder coating mine, Tim.
How did you prevent the powdercoat from sticking to the places you didn't want it, eg. Head bearing races, swingarm pivot bolt hole, engine mounting holes etc???
And...
How far do you have to prep the frame? Do they do the prep work or would I have to ensure it was grease, dirt, etc free before I took it to them?
John
I took my frame to the painters 3 times and twice they told me that it wasn't clean enough, so get it as clean as you possibly can. Oh and ALL bearings have to be removed.
There are some who call me........Tim?
In Memory Of John "Silver" Douglas (Dec. 08, 2008) R.I.P. My Friend.