The Build

The Others

This baby needs no introduction!
Just gave it an oil change.
It's got braced swingarm, steering damper, braided lines, marzoochi shocks, progressives in the front, electronic ignition, modified seat, worked cylinder head and dynojet kit in the carbs. It WAS running foam filters but gone back to standard airbox now. Frame, wheels, stand etc all been plastic coated a year or so back.

My beloved R1, bought one of these new in 98, had a few others since ie: RSV mille, Ducati 900ss, ZX9R, Blade, Hornet, V-Max and a couple of others. Nothing i liked anywhere near the R1 so i had to get another, this ones just had new tyres, plastic coated wheels, discs, chain and sprockets, pads, seals etc.

Stripdown

Frame and Suspension

Rear seat pan fabricated and tacked into place to allow the electrics to be fitted underneath seat unit and out of view.

Note that the starter solenoid is located just under where the rear of the tank will meet the seat unit.


Frame back from plastic coaters, black n shiny.


The tabs on the front are to locate the fibreglass cafe tank.

Any unnecessary bracketry has been removed, it's going to run K&N filters so the brackets for the standard airbox weren't required.


New rear shocks, not the most expensive out there but a decent old-school look to em and they do perform pretty well for the price, i've used these a couple of times before.

Engine and Carbs

Bodywork