Project Phoenix

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

Are you going to glass over or fill the light holes with something?

... as the lights were broken anyway, get the hacksaw out and chop what is not needed off ... drill a few appropriate holes ... cable tie and you get this ... it actually adds rigidity, which is a bonus!!

For thems that never realised the clear lenses are actually plastic NOT glass so this is easy to do!!

Inside:-



External result:-

Ingenious solution.

Also being plastic means there is less point in taping them up for track days.

Not to rain on your parade Blue, but the lights worked fine...although i guess the scuff could be the damage you are talking about

i will be intrested to see this up & running too

good luck

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

Not to rain on your parade Blue, but the lights worked fine...although i guess the scuff could be the damage you are talking about

Oh yes the bulbs were fine ... but the black plastic surround/mounting/back was smashed to pieces - and there were lots of little loose bits floating around in it!! ... There was no way it was ever going to be a headlight again, even me with my tight 4rse ways, weasel cunning and fix-it ability, I wasn't even going to attempt to put THAT Humpty together again

Fair play

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

I am tight (I prefer sensible with money, but you can call it tight if you like )

I prefer; 'fiscally sensitive', or 'economically aware'.

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

... There was no way it was ever going to be a headlight again, even me with my tight 4rse ways, weasel cunning and fix-it ability, I wasn't even going to attempt to put THAT Humpty together again

oi! don't go nicking my cunning please. it looks like you've nicked my front fairing too from the picture above

Originally Posted by weazelz

oi! don't go nicking my cunning please. it looks like you've nicked my front fairing too from the picture above

Mine is weasel cunning, you are just a weasely weasel!!

I love having tatty looking track bikes ... it means when you turn out to be 'slow', no one takes the piddle .. you show up to a trackday on an fully tricked out R1 in full Fiat Yamaha colours and Rossi rep leathers etc ... you had better be quick!!

[northwind]

So fundamentally, you've bought an engine and a box full of shrapnel? Well done

Curious... Why glass the fairing not plastic weld?

Going to put an SV front on it? I ask, because GSXR bits are usually about the same price if not less, not to mention easier to find on ebay. I sold my stock SV bits for more than the GSXR bits cost me... SV bits are always in demand, for, well, obvious reasons, but lots of SRADs are off to the knackers now.

If you do a shopping list, I've probably got some bits that are too cheap to be worth selling but that I don't need...