I haven't made a thread of my build only come by and leach information from you guys so I figured I share some with the community .
I bought this bike off Ebay for $400 2 years ago and I  been working on it my self in my spare time. loving it just taking my time and hopefully get it semi right lol




the first day it got delivered to me








here is after strip down and trying the new seat

removed the old paint and re paint


new head light, speedo, tires and tank back on to see how its coming



welded the exhaust and wrap it up looks great

removed old blue paint from tank

re painted tank but not super happy with results will take to a Pro to paint again

a quick pic after a wash



thanks

Wife got me a xmas present and i had to open it early





Remove the stem from the ZXR triple tree and  machine to fit the new smaller bearings


I press  the steam with new bearing in to the tree last night and all is  good.
also disassemble the calipers for a good clean and mask for grit blast prep for powder coating

got next week off work so I should be able to get a bit more done

After a day of  alot of swearing  got the forks install

this past weekend I remove it all for the last time  so I can send the frame and a few bits to powder coat and do some last minutes touches on the engine







just waiting on getting it all back from paint and the missing bits from post and hopefully be back on the road by end of may

You paid $400 for that bike???

Why the F can't I find those deals???

Point-Seven-five wrote:You paid $400 for that bike???

Why the F can't I find those deals???

lol I just got  lucky on a bid, the owner said it was in a barn for 10 years and it did not run,  I found the problem was clogged injectors after I change those and a new fuel pump all was good and she was running..

now I pretty much change every thing on it  so not much left of the $400 bike lol

Point Seven-five - you're bitchin' about missing out on the deal.

I want to know how come his wife knew exactly what to buy him for christmas. Surely she had to be coached, given the exact part number and where to get it. And even then, my lovely wife would still stuff it up.

So I manage to act sincere and thank her for the annual resupply of socks and jocks.

GF

GF Wollongong wrote:Point Seven-five - you're bitchin' about missing out on the deal.

I want to know how come his wife knew exactly what to buy him for christmas. Surely she had to be coached, given the exact part number and where to get it. And even then, my lovely wife would still stuff it up.

So I manage to act sincere and thank her for the annual resupply of socks and jocks.

GF

I tried the coaching and detail part number that got me no were, so just get her card info buy it and thank you baby this is exactly what I wanted

you cant never have to many socks and jocks..

Those beefy forks are fire! Is it same to say that we can choose the front end of our liking as long as we change out the bearings and stem? A fabricated stem I assume?

There's all sorts of problems to consider: disc size, distance between discs, caliper mounts - the list goes on. There's a bit more machining in that than GR-Racing is letting on - wheel spindle for example. Also, the proximity of the sliders to the tyre suggests that there's no room for a mudguard if you wanted one.

How much did you spend outside the purchase price of the bike? (very roughly, ball park)