My new project
 

Well, Custard has gone to a new home (Glad you're enjoying the bike Byron :)) & The Triumph didn't sell on Ebay, so is staying in the family. I had the chance to buy this 1996 CBR600 cheap. Completely standard, crash damaged, but eveything is nice & straight. It was only the front top fairing, clocks & headlamp that were damaged. I don't know whether to track it, or build something a bit special for the road. Poor thing has been left outside for the last 8 months, I'm hoping that the discs will clean up, just looks like surface rust. Anyway, here is project "Snotter"

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Full rebuild?

Col, build a bike that can do both

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Yup, will be a full rebuild. I am going to leave the engine in 1 lump though, don't touch what's not broken I think, just needs a good clean.
Bidding on a 916 tail piece & 954 Fireblade fairings at the moment, just have to wait to see if I win them :)
Possibly black frame & maybe...Luminous green paint :)

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You may get it clean with steam.
New front end? ;)

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Lack of funds for USD. :(

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Interested to see what you do to the cbr after the many guises of custard. Starting to fancy a 'project' but lack of garage stops me for now :)

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I always have visions in my head of the finished project, but this one's stumping me. I'll just play it by ear.

I work out of a shed (you can see what a dump my yard is) so you dont need a garage ;)

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I see you have the same shed as myself with the same missing/optional windows ;) I usually work under a big umbrella/parasol thing in the garden if the sky looks a bit dodgy but for a project i fancy a powered man cave i can hide in.

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I'll be honest. I bought a big shed off Fleabay a few years ago that has taken up most of the yard, the little one in the picture wants taking apart & chucking away.
So, here is my little workshop now. I drag an extension from the kitchen so have got power when required.
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Thought I would update this as I have been sourcing parts left, right & centre. The Idea I now have (after thinking about making it a cheap track bike) is to get her back on the road, but, as with Custard, with a twist.

Ok, here we are. I have completely stripped her down to just a rolling chassis & I've started with an Aprilia RS125 bikini fairing & Harris Clip ons.
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My son said it looked like an off roader, so have dropped the fairing down an inch or so.
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Front mudgaurd was broken, so have pared it down. I am going to have a play to make it look more "modern". I've bought a Dremel to do some cutting etc.
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Brake discs are EBC Prolite, so I'm hoping that they will clean up ok. I have cleaned the calipers, they came up really well.

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After.
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Fitted my Gixxer1000 tail light.
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Just waiting for my Gixxer1000 seat & tail unit, the bloke at UK Road & Race was very cagey when I rang him the other day to say that I hadn't received it, so just hoping that I haven't been shafted.

I've also picked up a CBR600 F4i set of clocks, which, the Americans assure me, virtually wire straight in.
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Just looking at how they should look when fitted properly. I'm on the lookout for some Aluminium sheeting to make a mount for it.
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That's it for the time being. I am going to try & make a belly pan out of the original fairing panels, so will see how that turns out.