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I always enjoy reading rebuild type threads so I thought I'd stick one up showing what I'm up to this winter. As some will know my crankshaft snapped last month so the bike has been stripped down ready for the engine drop.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t/02946f97.jpg

While I'm waiting for that I have started to clean up the crusty oil cooler for painting. Sanding is lots of fun :(

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t/fdc1a8b5.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t/fa0f1cee.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t/e3cb093f.jpg

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Just left the calipers to soak until I get a piston puller. They will either get painted or powdercoated because the paint is looking a bit rough. The torx bolts are a bit rusty, not sure if I'll replace them or just clean them up.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t/45d7fab7.jpg

I'm also thinking about having the frame powdercoated black while it's all stripped down and spraying the fairings orange. But this is more a dream really because I don't have the money for all that

How it would look
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t/fd859c3f.jpg

To raise funds for your rebuild don't forget that Curvy owners will be looking for pointy exhaust cams to fit for a good cheap performance upgrade, thats if you've got a complete engine to do the swap?

i like the orange and black do it, a stubbied hilevel would finish that off i reckon

Different. I like it.

Those headlights, whats the story there?

wow, that looks very nice. and for once: leave the can at that length. it wouldn't look right stubbied

Darren part out the old motor.

That'll pay for the frame powedercoat and most of the respray.

Definitely do the orange/black frame change. Looks the t!ts! :)

Paint scheme looks the mutt's vagina , lights aren't to my taste but bo bum.

What lights did you have previously? dominator styley?

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Where did you get your exhaust hanger from???

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Originally Posted by maviczap (Post 2616051)

Yeh I will be breaking my engine, but whatever I make from that will pay towards the new engine

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Originally Posted by Wideboy (Post 2616053)

i like the orange and black do it, a stubbied hilevel would finish that off i reckon

hmm not keen on high levels on pointys. The stubby I had before was too loud for me

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Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter (Post 2616076)

Different. I like it.

Those headlights, whats the story there?

lol not a fan then? They are halogen projectors

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Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 2616147)

Paint scheme looks the mutt's vagina , lights aren't to my taste but bo bum.

What lights did you have previously? dominator styley?

Had dominators, then hid's which were naff, now these

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Originally Posted by daddyjob (Post 2616163)

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Where did you get your exhaust hanger from???

It's a harris hanger. Can't remember where I got it, had it years. Might have been someone off here

Anyone got any tips for painting the cooler? I usually seem to mess up painting