I remembered that before riding i also switched the front brake fluid reservoir for a short one that was supposed to go to the back brake...but i put that front.
Stock was all white full of cracks from the sun.

The rear was just as bad, so a had this square reservoir for free from a friend.I think it's from a gixxer.

July 2011

You can notice the led turn signals, they were a huge fail...couldn't ever notice that they were flashing. :O

Friend bought these pegs for his z750 but didn't exactly fit,i went to see if i liked them...but no....

August 2011
far right was not in group

I had to replace this...it was hanging on the headers and smelling burnt rubber

Can't really remember what i did back then :O

Previous chain and sprockets...I don't know if you can see how beat up the front is...

Way better!!

HRC rear brake reservoir kit

Making a custom braket

Tada!!

I now remembered that a friend of mine spray painted the plastic heatshield/exhaust cover with some kind of bumper spray.That spray was fantastic, two years after and it's like new!!

Replacing right rearset bracket
old broken and repaired vs new

June 2011

This guy covering my face is one of my squid friends, this is how he rides to the beach,no matter how far it is.No protection other than helmet.
He has the Rizzla gixxer

To the gym

At some point i got mirrors!!!

Rear seat cowl!!I asked a seller off ebay to make it raw titanium and he did with no extra cost.Bad thing he made it too glossy, but...who cares,bike's not perfect.And noone notices.

Goodbye passenger pegs!!

 

I have some errors in dates order but i put too many pics on previous post...nevermind...next:

August 2011

I'm not wearing a hat here...it's the light from the cafe behind me

November 2011
I look funny in this pic :laugh
I also got some clear alternatives front signals

Cold december morning
Changed that swingarm sticker(it covers a huge scratch)

And back from the ride

Some funny readings

Then this happened
http://zx6r.com/mechanical-technical/21354-almost-lost-my-license-plate.html

some repairing
19022012107_zpse7669702.jpg Photo by ftougmt | Photobucket

February 2012

Screenshots from friends car keys camera

Having the bike serviced at a shop
This came out the fuel pump...and much much more was scattered around the bench while washing it...only thing missing from there were the dinosaurs...

To remember the oil change i take pic of the odo.This time i used bel ray engine oil, well no significant change to me...

 

Nice work man. You basically gave that bike a second chance at life.

 

Thanks man, previous owners and people who see the bike often tell me the same thing.I am the one that the bike was supposed to end up with!

 

April 2012

I had a free tankpad from a friend sitting around, so i put it on.

Vibration....and the mount of my front brake fluid reservoir broke...

So i custom made another

Making an undertail for the hotbodies exhaust.
I used plexiglass....big NO... :coocoo

Shape out of cardboard

Heat wrapped and installed, also new swingarm sticker made by friend.

Custom bracket to hold undertail and licence plate visible,also ebay integrated taillight installed.Testing the undertail.

Tried this...didn't last long...

Sprayed

Installed

 

How never cleaned wheels look like...I think i have my bearings changed at that time.

And after half an hour of rubbing half of it with brake cleaner...And still not clean :dowhat

Repaired friends plastic fairing, plexiglass and glue.

May 2012

I think that i repaired the nose fairing over here, glued it and sprayed it.
Not very good job on the sanding and shitty clear coat...

Issues with the undertail being too hot and bending.Opened a hole for air but no...

Another servo eliminator v2, plastic was from old flashlight.
I kept this one and gave the previous to a friend with same bike.Made the previous a v2 also.

Pair mod to cool down the exhaust/tail fairing and undertail.

And...that pc was still not sold, so my friend gave it to me for free(well i plan to give him some cash when i have some laying around...)
So it's back on the bike, tried JDguns' map and some others but i cannot make up my mind which to keep.I'm currently running some off the pc website from some gp slipon without db killer.I don't currently remember the name.
Also, i had some db killers made for the exhaust, they don't make i big difference though....

 

June 2012

after midnight, applying purple headlight vinyl...
Friend asked me if i would use it if he bought it for me, i said yes, so he did buy it!

Also on taillight

Time to change tires...sign of sliding visible...

After wash

sanded,sprayed and shitty clear coated the stock bar ends

 

July 2012

August 2012

Friend

Well...shit...

stock accent lights

leds vs stock

leds

night

 

Getting tired of the white Arai logos...got some red vinyl from a friend (for free yes!!)
And here we go...all is cut by hand, there are some imperfections but only visible from closeups.

Cut some vinyl strips on my own

and....

Next big mess up...Well you can't do everything perfect first time!!
Also after midnight...if i can't get sleepy and the weather is nice
It seems this kind of vinyl i have is not for wrapping/heating/stretching and stuff....so...

Tried this but didn't like it, also the vinyl coming off, took some paint with it...damn!!!

So i put another piece on top and left it like that.If i take it all off i have to respray the fairing.

Side fairing small black bracket is a mount for the car keys camera.

 

Flies!!!Flies everywhere!!!

October 2012

Vinyl stuff again

Didn't take the stock off, it's all over.

Well,some times...i have these ideas about silly stuff...and i just go ahead and
do stuff only because i can think of them and noone else will have them!

This is my key from now on :laugh

 

WOW, thats an amazing bike and to put all that work into it is awesome. Makes it a part of you. Good job!

 

Thanks!!It's a very nice bike, at first i didn't like it that much,especially the undertail and the colour,but as time passes i love it more and more!!

More pics to come later!!

 

Asked a friend to cut me some stickers,well...he over did it...

And they weren't same size with stock...so i installed them to look like 3D :devious
Some other friend asked me where i got these 3D-look stickers from :laugh

Bought my black visor
http://zx6r.com/motorcycle-talk/33106-dropped-my-helmet.html

Oil change

Best oil i have used so far!!When bike is cold, everything is soooo smooth, no change in normal temps though

Bought some cheap wide angle lens to use with camera, but quality was...well...according to the 99cents i gave. :laugh

 

When you have your tires changed, your wheels will have to get rebalanced,
well....fuck.... :dowhat

End of the world ride to the gym

Licence plate cut from vibration...

After wash

Cut

Glue

Piece of metal to hold the plate from now on

Then i had this funny situation :laugh
http://zx6r.com/mechanical-technical/38085-horn-when-steering.html

Repaired passenger pegs Since they had been used as frame sliders...

and sprayed same colour as frame

When i had this thing happen :coocoo
http://zx6r.com/motorcycle-talk/38286-spot-difference.html

Swingarm, preparation

Sprayed (didn't take pics from every step)

Clear coat

 

Noticed that one slider off the rear caliper was stuck and...this had happened

Spraying rearsets/rear MC and various bolts and stuff.

That nut...it looks so ugly...

Well i found a cap from some soap for clothes and stuff

Tada!!

Some day pics of rearsets etc sprayed (i know about the wheel vinyl, since that tire change,i always messed that up.)

 

Preparation

Colour

Done

This holds the clutch lever in place, can you notice the wear?Top new,bottom old

While reinstalling the rearsets, i did some damage...
rear brake light switch

New idea for the hanging taillight

 

I was leaking oil through the drain plug, so i bought a magnetic one

old

Experimenting with a broken cluster

More vinyl stuff

 

Photo from my camera phone, blue is way darker.

 

First Carbon Fiber Item!!! Whoo hoo!!!!

Since the plexiglass undertail didn't quite get along with high temps, i made a mold out of it in fiberglass and from there....

Looks good from the back side...

Damn!!!Stuck in the mold!!! Should have used the wax and not that PVA that my friend told me...

After some sanding and some resin, it looks like a real cf part again

Sanding...

Tada!!!!

Quite good for my first ever carbon fiber item!!I'm very happy!
Probably tommorow i'll install in on the bike!

 

Wow man that is some real time and dedication to that beast. Job very well done so far. I will definitely be following this from now on

 

Thanks!I try to do my best

 

This is by far the best build thread that I have seen this is great keep up the good work

 

Did a good washing up and took same daylight pics

If you are using CF to an area that gets extremely hot,like the exhaust...Polish it, don't use clear varnish...Or it will turn to bubbles :headbang:

Anyway,if it survives the summer,i may put another piece of CF over it, so i can make it wider and close that gaps.

Also,last night i did some respraying to my bar ends.Last time i used some shitty clear varnish that didn't protect them.
Brown was facing the front of the bike.Both were sanded to bare metal.

Favorite tree :laugh

Bolts sprayed too

Finished!!!Better than new

 

The old man with the cage violated a "no left turn" trafic sign and didn't even look to see if anyone was coming...
My brakes lasted so i didn't hit the front of the car,or front passenger door.
Around a meter before hitting the car, i jumped over it and landed on the road were i did slide for quite a distance.
I was wearing my Arai helmet,that has almost no scratches, an AGVpro summer jacket that although slide for quite a distance, seems to have no wear at all, A* leather gloves, A* blacktop boots, Icon enforcer jeans and knox knee protectors inside the jeans.
It seems the knee protector had an impact,maybe on the cars' roof but since i did break no bones, it did its' job.

Frame is bent and broken,seams that the subframe is also bent.

R.I.P. my dear bike...

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.mg:



so sorry mate! God that sucks

 

oh no man glad you're alright, sucks about the bike I'd been trolling on this thread for a while :no

 

Shit. I just read through everything and it had a very sad ending. So much riding and customizing...all to be ended by a damn old man that breaks traffic law. A sad ending indeed to an awesome bike. Glad you're ok though.

 

No way.. I also just read through the hole thing.. And really liked the way your bike was looking and the way that you´ve put so much time in to it.. So sorry mate..