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Beefcake...BEEFCAKE!!!
Well I got me a project bike. Let's see what everyone is building at the moment. Got mine on Tuesday.
Growing up, I wanted a Kawasaki ZX7R. They were fucking badarse, and looked cool with their big ram air intakes and 6pot callipers. Well, I've got the next best thing, a 93 ZXR750 (was a ZX7R in the US) which was the model before the real ZX7R. Close enough.
Bike is a streetfighter project. I really want to create something that looks good - to me. A streetfighter = sportsbike with the fairings ripped off and dose of testosterone. This is quite odd for me because I've always been about performance with my vehicles - although the desire for aesthetics has always been there. No flashy bullshit, hard/tough is the style we're going for.
As it sits.
Spraycan matte black paint.
MX style handlebars
Braided front lines
Yoshimura pipe
Brand new tyres
Recently caught fire.
To do
New loom on its way, old one is a bit melted.
After I get rego, fully strip bike.... and....
Rebuild carbs.
New tail - 98-00 R1 maybe, ZX9R... not sure yet. Maybe SV650.
Paint - probably black, but could be white or another dark colour. Keen on matte black but maintaining it is shithouse.
Hide wiring
Headlight - possible a KTM style dirtbike unit. Struggling to find something I like. None of this Euro alien shit.
Exhaust - clean up and underseat maybe, underbody.... probably just leave it where it is because I couldn't be arsed in the end.
Remove torque arm arrangement on rear brake with another sort of setup
General tidy up of all the shit around the radiator area.
If people have suggestions on tailpiece, headlight, or paint, let me know. Pics show progress from previous owner, I bought it after it caught fire on it's pre-QLD Transport test ride...
Growing up, I wanted a Kawasaki ZX7R. They were fucking badarse, and looked cool with their big ram air intakes and 6pot callipers. Well, I've got the next best thing, a 93 ZXR750 (was a ZX7R in the US) which was the model before the real ZX7R. Close enough.
Bike is a streetfighter project. I really want to create something that looks good - to me. A streetfighter = sportsbike with the fairings ripped off and dose of testosterone. This is quite odd for me because I've always been about performance with my vehicles - although the desire for aesthetics has always been there. No flashy bullshit, hard/tough is the style we're going for.
As it sits.
Spraycan matte black paint.
MX style handlebars
Braided front lines
Yoshimura pipe
Brand new tyres
Recently caught fire.
To do
New loom on its way, old one is a bit melted.
After I get rego, fully strip bike.... and....
Rebuild carbs.
New tail - 98-00 R1 maybe, ZX9R... not sure yet. Maybe SV650.
Paint - probably black, but could be white or another dark colour. Keen on matte black but maintaining it is shithouse.
Hide wiring
Headlight - possible a KTM style dirtbike unit. Struggling to find something I like. None of this Euro alien shit.
Exhaust - clean up and underseat maybe, underbody.... probably just leave it where it is because I couldn't be arsed in the end.
Remove torque arm arrangement on rear brake with another sort of setup
General tidy up of all the shit around the radiator area.
If people have suggestions on tailpiece, headlight, or paint, let me know. Pics show progress from previous owner, I bought it after it caught fire on it's pre-QLD Transport test ride...
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