Winter project - Update 15/04/07 with progress pics
Hi all
Well its turned very cold here in the UK so my 03 R1 is in the garage for some changes over the winter. I've got about 4 months to get her finished and that should be plenty. I've been scouring ebay for parts and have just about all I need now.
Here's the list of mods to be done.
04 onwards upper fairing grafted onto fibreglass race fairing
Make alloy bracket for upper fairing / clock mounts
Modify upper to take an 03 screen
Repair a spare dented fuel tank
Repair the fibreglass single seat unit and cut hole for rear light
Make some carbon swingarm covers which will make the arm look like its braced
Make a riders seat with a black suede cover like they have on race bikes
Repaint all the fibreglass fairings, upper and tank (all will be done myself in the garage)
The plan for the paintwork is matt black (going for the stealth look) with the Yamaha speedblock design (as pictured). My unique difference though is that I'm going to lay some carbon weave on the fairing and tail unit and it will show through as the blocks (hope everyone gets what I mean here)
I've just bought an AC TIG welder so I'll be attempting to fabricate a custom upper fairing bracket out of alloy for this bike too.
You can see in the picture where I've started repairing the missing 'ear' off the upper (bought cheap from ebay), I should be able to create a few 'how to's' out of this project.
Proposed design using my bad photoshop skills, although I now won't be putting as many blocks on the tailpiece
Progress so far (yes, I know the place is a mess )
Hi all
Well its turned very cold here in the UK so my 03 R1 is in the garage for some changes over the winter. I've got about 4 months to get her finished and that should be plenty. I've been scouring ebay for parts and have just about all I need now.
Here's the list of mods to be done.
04 onwards upper fairing grafted onto fibreglass race fairing
Make alloy bracket for upper fairing / clock mounts
Modify upper to take an 03 screen
Repair a spare dented fuel tank
Repair the fibreglass single seat unit and cut hole for rear light
Make some carbon swingarm covers which will make the arm look like its braced
Make a riders seat with a black suede cover like they have on race bikes
Repaint all the fibreglass fairings, upper and tank (all will be done myself in the garage)
The plan for the paintwork is matt black (going for the stealth look) with the Yamaha speedblock design (as pictured). My unique difference though is that I'm going to lay some carbon weave on the fairing and tail unit and it will show through as the blocks (hope everyone gets what I mean here)
I've just bought an AC TIG welder so I'll be attempting to fabricate a custom upper fairing bracket out of alloy for this bike too.
You can see in the picture where I've started repairing the missing 'ear' off the upper (bought cheap from ebay), I should be able to create a few 'how to's' out of this project.
Proposed design using my bad photoshop skills, although I now won't be putting as many blocks on the tailpiece
Progress so far (yes, I know the place is a mess )