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Today I changed my road bike from this-




To this-

There is a method in my madness- I took off the genuine fairing and replaced it with the Ard race one from the garden project so I can repair this-

The idea is to repair the fairing and paint in the green/black scheme, expect loads of questions about painting soon

Mike

P.s. Photo's show up all the dirt don't they , think I need to give it a good wash as well....

mike in the KR kive there some good pics and dimensions for the GnB scheme

makes sense mike.......... ,are you doing the wheels as well?

The wheels are actually in pretty good nick, just dirty .
They have been painted white in the centre with polished rims, not to my taste but done well so I haven't changed them.
I won't be keeping them on this bike as I have grand plans, I've got an Rgv wheel and r6 shock for the rear and a Zxr wheel for the front, just waiting for reddevil777 to send me the zxr forks to fit it to.

Mike

At least nobody noticed the pink anodised valve cap , I'd forgotten that was still on there

Bikemike wrote:At least nobody noticed the pink anodised valve cap , I'd forgotten that was still on there

And you would've gotten away with it too if you hadn't typed that.

"OMG, It's hideous!!!"
"must be a girls bike"

Now get out there with a Brilo pad and rub that cheap anodizing off already.

I've got a box in the garage full of anodised tat I have stripped off bikes over the years, I once owned a red Zx7-r that was smothered in purple- Fasteners, grips, seat- you name it, a real taste free zone. Made the bike nice and cheap to buy

Mike

From looking at the pics, what front calipers are you running as i'm looking to change mine instead of refurb my old ones.

Nick.

nickbee wrote: From looking at the pics, what front calipers are you running as i'm looking to change mine instead of refurb my old ones.

Nick.

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Thanks Jan, they are the gsxr calipers, mine are K1 I think.
Pic below-




They need adaptors but otherwise bolt straight on.
You will need the suzuki mounting bolts or you could go bling and fit titanium ones like I have (the only bit of bling on the bike, it's for go, not show)
I also tried Fireblade Nissins-



These require a bit of work to the caliper body otherwise they foul on the disc and the same adapters as the gsxr. Personally I think the 'blade calipers are worth the extra work, I preferred the feel and I think they look better.
Both are a great improvement on the standard calipers and are cheap on ebay.

Mike

Thanks for all the info, thats given me something to think about, i'll check out ebay. i just need to get these brakes sorted then i can start running in my bike.

Cheers Nick.

Wow, this project is flying along

I've finally started on the bodywork. First up, a race type tailpiece so I can get rid of the pillion pegs etc.
I'm doing it myself for the first time so I am learning as I go.
So far I have learned this about prepping and painting-
1. It ain't easy.
2. I don't like it.
3. It is bloody messy.
4. I don't like it.
5. It is actually quite satisfying to see the finished article.
6. I still don't like it.


It needs a couple more coats and then some lacquer, then I'll bolt it on and put up a couple of pics. At my usual rate of progress that'll be in 2015.....

Perhaps I should have covered up the back of the van before I used it as a spraybooth