The FZ-R1 project Update:10/8/14

[shredex]

Shred - If the steering stem is anything like the one for the R6, it is too short. Also the bearings are a concern. The FZR uses tapered needle bearings that are different sizes (top vs. bottom) while the R6 and R1 use ball bearings that are the same size.

yea, the fzr stem seems to have a smaller diameter at the top.
Ill find out about the length once I get home.

[shredex]

Ok, so friday or saturday my mom went insane over a remote control and grounded me so I ran away.
anyways, I came back and my mother took away my laptop so I wont be on for a while.

as for updates.

I got a 5/8" threaded rod for the fork swap

I painted half of my bike black. The side that was rashed up.
it splits down the middle of the upper fairing.
the upper is gloss black and the mid is saten black and the lower is gloss.
I did it so I can look at it on ether side to dicide what color im painting it.
it looks kinda cool right now though so I might keep it two-faced.



I just need some help with the threaded rod thing

[cad600]

There will be an update tonight on Mark's thread about this.

And you might want to check and see if 5/8" rod will go through the upper triple nut. We discovered that it would not work on a R6 today. Could be drilled out so it would work, but I wouldn't want to do it.

[shredex]

ok, I got the 04-06 R1 tank in today.
I am either going to have to mod the tank or frame to make it work because its alittle to wide for the back part of the frame.

I think I might build a custom tank and fiberglass a mold with the r1 tank to make a tank cover for my bike.
Ill have it all figured out.

I paid $50 shipped for this beat up tank with a decent sized dent in the side.
and I just found an ad on criegs for the same tank but in perfect condition and with the lock and black ravon (the color I was going to paint it) and he wants $50 for it..... So Im going to be picking it up this weekend if its not gone by then.

[yamaha_george]

ok, I got the 04-06 R1 tank in today.
I am either going to have to mod the tank or frame to make it work because its alittle to wide for the back part of the frame.

I think I might build a custom tank and fiberglass a mold with the r1 tank to make a tank cover for my bike.
Ill have it all figured out.

I paid $50 shipped for this beat up tank with a decent sized dent in the side.
and I just found an ad on criegs for the same tank but in perfect condition and with the lock and black ravon (the color I was going to paint it) and he wants $50 for it..... So Im going to be picking it up this weekend if its not gone by then.

Shred,
I assume (never good) that the tank you are talking about is steel and has no cover but is a proper tank.

Under those circumstances I would use a can opener to cut up the center of the tank along its length, top & bottom, so that the front section alone is still in one piece.
Then i would push in the sides so they overlap in the middle and match the frame.

Then mark the tank so that an equal amount of metal is removed from both "sides" on the outside and GAS weld it back up.

Yeh yeh I here every one saying bloody dangerous WRONG of you flush the tank in the first place with exhaust gas from your cage for 10 mins

Why gas weld because it leaves damn all bead to work around that would spoil the tank out line.

I have done this on "patriot"

see:- http://www.saltmine.org.uk/kgb/patriot.html

a DT175 of the mx series which had a miniscule gas tank for any kind of serious bush trips and what was done you can read about on the page.

I have also done some thing similar to put a modern flush filler caop on the RD series tank which had a "jewel tweeker" for a gas tank in cases of a sudden stop.
See:- http://www.saltmine.org.uk/kgb/yellowperil.html


I think it is on page 2 or 3


the one advantage of the unzipping method is you can quite easily remove any dent any place while it is un zipped :-} and just maybe make a profit from the spare one

[shredex]

here is some pics of the black and blue bike of mine






04-06 r1 tank


02-03 r1 tank



it seems like the only thing R1 I dont own is the frame and motor, and Iv got the subframe...

[sweekster]

Seems to be coming along nicely so far.

[match417]

hey shred,
have you changed your rear tire? I can't tell from the angle of the pics above, but it looks wider, and kinda like a 17 incher. swingarm looks like a stock FZR though, so maybe it just looks that way from the angle the picture was taken.

[shredex]

Looking good shred. Save your money so you can do the fork swap soon. You have almost everything for that.

I only need to buy the left clip-on and im gonna get r6 controls to put on.
I have 5/8" threaded rod with bolts.
I just need to send you and cad my triples and rod to have the spacers made.
cad said he would give me an estimate

hey shred,
have you changed your rear tire? I can't tell from the angle of the pics above, but it looks wider, and kinda like a 17 incher. swingarm looks like a stock FZR though, so maybe it just looks that way from the angle the picture was taken.

I just got my new rear tire. Bridgestone BTO14 its a 150/60zr18 its wider than the 140 and looks great.
I put pics in the "why swingarm swap, this is more about tires" thread if you want to see some rear shots of the bike

[shredex]

the upper is being shipped to me as we speak. I bought perfect condition one from a guy off the R1 forums for $35

[shredex]

not gay.
me and my friend were posing for a couple of our hot girlfriends.
I just like the lighting on the bike..

[slayermd]

not gay.
me and my friend were posing for a couple of our hot girlfriends.
I just like the lighting on the bike..
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Creepy.........

[shredex]

Creepy.........

hey the chicks were lovin it.
I hooked up with one of them that day

[sweekster]

Um..that was just a little bit too much sharing there Shred but I guess we all now know who your "Huckleberry" is and we're glad to see you two are so happy.

[thatkid]

All I'm seeing are some hermaphroditic androgynites.......