Start out with the Harris single swingarm.

 

Only the swingarm itself will be retained. We will upgrade pretty much everything else on this baby.

 

yellowduckling, your threads are never boring. In fact, they are full of usable information. :thumbup

 

Thanks Randy. As always, you are very kind.

 

Hard to believe, but the carbon rear fender and the carbon chain cover were painted in blue and then black and covered with at least 100 layers of clear.

I wanted to restore back to carbon fiber. The Jasco was finally strong enough to get all of the paint off.

 

Sanded the parts down and re-cleared.

Here is the chain cover.

 

...and the carbon rear fender.

 

For this build, I want to replace all of the axles (swingarm, engine, and front wheel) with titanium counterparts. Well, as you know, it's next to impossible to track down these titanium parts that are specifically made for the R1. So, I will use the titanium axles from other bikes.

Here is the titanium swingarm axle from the MV Agusta. The diameter and length are perfect fit. However, the left end does not fit.

 

You suck :fact :lol

 

+1:butt:hammer:

 

i LOVE your threads!:bow
and damn, that is nice work on restoring the carbon!:fact
i'd have thought it would destroy the original resin in the carbon? obviously not!:rock

we need more pics and an explanation about what you did or had done to the carbon tank.
i remember when it failed and i thought you'd given up on it.

what else are you planning in mods for the bike?:dunno:hellobye

 

It was rather frustrating getting the paint off, to tell you the truth, Greg. The trick is to go real slow and continue to alternate between the paint remover and sand paper until you get to the resin. Then, I use the 3M pad to smooth everything out before re-clear.

The tank was an endless story of many failure attempts before I tried the POR (shit, I forgot the name now. I think it's in my BoTM thread). That stuff works great.

The build is still not done and I am running short on fund, unfortunately.

 

Titanium - 8.6 ounces

 

:corn:

 

Stock swingarm axle - 1 pound and 1 ounce.

 

Grinding down the end to make it fits into the R1.

 

Grinding down the end to make it fits into the R1.

What year MV Agusta swingarm axle is that? I would like to do this to my 03.:boobies

 

Titanium MV Agusta swingarm axle in a R1.

 

oh no . . . and I've been doing so good not spending money on my 02 . . . . unsubscribe . . . unsubscribe :hammer:

 

Oooh, I'm looking forward to this....:sneaky

 

And so it begins.......................again!! :lol :lol

Get after it Mike!! :rock

 

Subscribed :corn

 

looks great +10000000 definitely subscribed

 

nice

 

Thanks guys.

But, it's rather depressing to know that I had to sell off most of my gears for this build. :cryin

Anyway, here is the titanium nut on the right side of the axle as compared to stock.

 

Harris swinger installed...

 

that's tight... Now what's the rim gonna be? :thumbup

 

Hey Jon,

It's either the magnesium Marvic or the carbon BST.

 

Running the rear brake line for this swinger will be fun.

 

Billet rear caliper hanger.