As some of you know, I bought a 1994 FZR600 Airtech R1 convert from a close friend (and housemate) at college a few weeks ago. I had seen pictues and heard stories about the bike, so naturally I was very excited about buying it. He asked only $850 in order to buy a nice road bicycle.
When a friend (owner of an '06 SV650S) and I went down to pick the bike up, I realized it was in fairly rough shape - much rougher than what I had been led to believe. All the fairings were off (no big deal), but they were scratched and cracked in more than a few areas. He said he had it running last summer, but he never put it on the road because he didn't have enough money for the insurance... We tried to jump it, but of course it didn't start. Still, I remained optimistic.
Now, I have a hookup with fiberglass work and a full paint job (SV650S owner's father) for free!! I only have to pay for materials.
However, I've had more trouble trying to figure out why it won't start...There is no spark to the middle cylinders (2&3), but it's not the coils because I've crossed the "bad" coil with the plug from the "good" coil - giving me spark in cylinders 2&3... Some guys suggested that it may be a faulty CDI, so I'm in the process of buying a used but working ignitor. Now, R3TARD said he has similar issues, but his source was the wiring harness.
Now, in relation to more junky electrical work - the single sealed headlight for the Airtech kit will only work on hi-beam, the right blinker is always (not blinking), and the left blinker will stay on unless I throw the switch over to the right side (all the while, the right blinker is still stuck on).
Now that I have half of the bike apart, I realized there is a little more rust than anticipated on the swingarm, as well as some random spots of rust around the frame. I was originally planning on sanding the rust off, and spraying the spots with primer and silver paint to match the original frame paint.
Now here's the real question: Do I finish tearing the whole bike apart to do a legit ground-up rebuild? Or, do I get the bike running and throw it all back together in the same mechanical condition (replacing some missing nuts and bolts along the way)?
If I do a ground-up, I can have the frame and swinger sanded and powder-coated to match my custom paint, but of course it will cost some serious cash and, more importantly & more sadly, time away from riding.
I'm stuck. What do you guys think? I'll add pictures of the tear-down thus far to help you guys make a decision...
