Genesis revival

[david.jsy]

On to the exhaust.

The bike came with a stumpy Devil can, and as good as it sounded it just wouldn't do for this sort of build. Luckily a mate had an almost brand new Titanium can from an R1, one of his customers brought the bike and changed the can straight away, so i done a deal to do a small welding job in payment for it



It looked about 6 foot long, so out came the grinder



Little test fit



The headers that came with it were a full stainless 4-2-1 system, which was nice



So i cut that up as well



Then chopped up the can pipe



Thing is, I'd never actually tried welding Titanium before
But i do a lot of stainless tig welding so figured it can't be much different. Also i didn't have any Ti welding rods so i cut a thin strip off the bit i cut off to make some rods and just had a go



Seemed alright

so i played with the settings a bit and done this
It's really nice stuff to weld



Tacked the rest together for a test fit







The standard can on the bike doesn't run in line with the seat panel, so thats how i mounted it but the more i looked at it, the more it annoyed me. I hate things that don't line up, and i know if i left it like that I would regret it. So i tweaked it a bit so it lined up



Much better

[kolederacer]

Nice work on the exhaust. I need to get around to building mine. Probably going with an R-77 can.

[david.jsy]

Nice work on the exhaust. I need to get around to building mine. Probably going with an R-77 can.

Nice

[david.jsy]

It was at this point that i got a call from my younger bro, who followed in big bro's footsteps and became a welder too
The place he worked in had a small powder coating unit that he was going to use to do my bits, but he'd given his notice in and said i needed to get the bits to him soon if i wanted them done!

So i started the strip down













And then borrowed his shot blaster to clean some bits up













Took bloody ages

But managed to get it all to him in time

[kolederacer]

I like what you did with the washers to seal the bearings. Do you put any seal under them to keep sand and powder out?

[david.jsy]

I turned them out on the lathe to be a precision fit so i wouldn't have to seal them





I can be a bit anal when it comes to this sort of thing

[kolederacer]

I have been saving for a lathe and mill. Would help out a lot. How much would you change for a set for the fzr? I may be interested if it's less than bearings.

[david.jsy]

I think for the amount of time it took to make them, bearings would be a cheaper option. I would send you the ones i made already but i used them on another job

[david.jsy]

Since i'd repaired the bottom of the tank, i thought it best to seal it, but in looking on the net for the best one, i came across a piece on using electrickery to get most of the rust and shit out first.

So gathered the ingredients



and started cooking



It wasn't long before it started bubbling



and the sludge started appearing



And this is what came out of it



So once it had dried out, i went in with the Por 15



Looks like it done a good job

[DonTZ125]

I think for the amount of time it took to make them, bearings would be a cheaper option.

This. By the time your wheels need painting / powdercoating, it's probably time for new bearings anyway. Also, the rubber seals are unlikely to appreciate the temperatures in the curing oven.

[willandrip]

^ +1

[david.jsy]

Now was time to spruce up the motor, so i got myself one of these soda blasting guns



Bloody messy process but seemed to do the job







I didn't look so good