Another Project

[tomzilla808]

Hi everyone, Just thought I'd post up a couple pics of my current project. An 89 FZR400 that used to be a friends racebike. It's been sitting in his Dad's yard for the last 6 years(the last year with no cover at all).
As delivered


The result of having no cover and no airbox in an area that rains 80% of the time


Fitted a 92 FZR600 engine for now while I try to find pistons & rings(impossible so far) for the 400 engine. Pulled everything apart painted the frame and swingarm black, scored a fox shock for $00.00!!, New upper fork tubes(way too long gotta machine them down) made in Italy with Racetech emulators. 88 GSXR750 rear wheel, Aprila RSVR rear caliper underslung, YZF600 calipers. Cut and raised the rear subframe 1.5" to update the look.


Tucked the tail light in


Modded the upper fairing by sectioning it and laying it back a bit. Again for a more modern look. Also note bars under upper triple. Kinda looking TZ-ish to me



Filled in the headlight hole for now until I figure out a lighting solution. Will post more pics as the build progresses. Final shot of my Trio

Thanks for looking!
Tommy

[Evilchicken0]

Nice - maybe finding another set of barrels and pistons will save the engine, although I reckon it would run with a bit of easy start in it

[riturbo]

Sweet zx 7

[tomzilla808]

Nice - maybe finding another set of barrels and pistons will save the engine, although I reckon it would run with a bit of easy start in it

Possibly, but there is a decent amount of pitting on the cylinder walls due to the sitting water. Amazingly, no water got into the crankcase and even before I pulled the head the engine could be turned over by hand. The carburetors were absolutely destroyed however. All the body panels had some form of road rash and literally 10 coats of rattle can paint jobs on it. In the process now of repairing those and stripping it back to the bare plastic.

[tomzilla808]

Some more pics. Getting closer to paint. Finalizing the shape of the upper and may make a mold from it once it's done.