Title: ultimate rat bike
Post by: ninja_steve on January 02, 2006, 07:30:11 PM
Post by: ninja_steve on January 02, 2006, 07:30:11 PM
well i started out my winter mods by painting the exhaust which turned out great. my rusty header is practically poweder coated now by using PJ1 fast black "H" formula. two cans later and my header looks new.
after losing my brake pads, i installed all new front brakes- a new (used caliper), galfer HH pads, a floated rotor, braided line, and just for the hell of it i tryed using an R6 master cylinder. to my surprise, it bolted right up and even used the stock lever i had on my bike. it works great and i didnt have to do any mods to get it to fit.
afterwards, i had no mount for my mirrors since i have a dirtbike clutch setup, so i used teh mirror mount from the old master cylinder and rigged it up to the R6 mount. my brakes are fookin awesome now...just as good as my zx6r was. this is a great mod and all together it cost less than $50 with all the banjo bolts and everything. heres some pics of everything:
header
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/stevenzx6r/bikestuff/headerpaint1.jpg)
R6 master cylinder
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/stevenzx6r/bikestuff/frontend.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/stevenzx6r/bikestuff/IMG_7259.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/stevenzx6r/bikestuff/IMG_7261.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/stevenzx6r/bikestuff/IMG_7260.jpg)
btw if anyone wants write ups on how to's i will put one together.
after losing my brake pads, i installed all new front brakes- a new (used caliper), galfer HH pads, a floated rotor, braided line, and just for the hell of it i tryed using an R6 master cylinder. to my surprise, it bolted right up and even used the stock lever i had on my bike. it works great and i didnt have to do any mods to get it to fit.
afterwards, i had no mount for my mirrors since i have a dirtbike clutch setup, so i used teh mirror mount from the old master cylinder and rigged it up to the R6 mount. my brakes are fookin awesome now...just as good as my zx6r was. this is a great mod and all together it cost less than $50 with all the banjo bolts and everything. heres some pics of everything:
header
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/stevenzx6r/bikestuff/headerpaint1.jpg)
R6 master cylinder
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/stevenzx6r/bikestuff/frontend.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/stevenzx6r/bikestuff/IMG_7259.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/stevenzx6r/bikestuff/IMG_7261.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v147/stevenzx6r/bikestuff/IMG_7260.jpg)
btw if anyone wants write ups on how to's i will put one together.
Title: Re: ultimate rat bike
Post by: makenzie71 on January 02, 2006, 07:51:34 PM
Post by: makenzie71 on January 02, 2006, 07:51:34 PM
Quote from: ninja_steveultimate rat bike
:P I got you beat, guy.
Good effort, though. Dig te bike. :thumb:
Title: ultimate rat bike
Post by: Alphamazing on January 02, 2006, 08:05:38 PM
Post by: Alphamazing on January 02, 2006, 08:05:38 PM
How do you float a rotor anyways?
Title: ultimate rat bike
Post by: makenzie71 on January 02, 2006, 08:09:22 PM
Post by: makenzie71 on January 02, 2006, 08:09:22 PM
Quote from: AlphaFire X5How do you float a rotor anyways?Floating rotors aren't solid. Example:
The contact surface is connected to the center via rivets. This allows the use of a lighter material to suspend the disc.
This is a solid rotor:
Title: ultimate rat bike
Post by: Alphamazing on January 02, 2006, 08:17:05 PM
Post by: Alphamazing on January 02, 2006, 08:17:05 PM
Steve, what did you do with the EBC pads that were on the caliper?
Title: ultimate rat bike
Post by: pandy on January 02, 2006, 10:58:47 PM
Post by: pandy on January 02, 2006, 10:58:47 PM
That ain't no ratbike.... that bike's positively respectable! :P ;)
Title: ultimate rat bike
Post by: pantablo on January 02, 2006, 11:04:58 PM
Post by: pantablo on January 02, 2006, 11:04:58 PM
Title: ultimate rat bike
Post by: ninja_steve on January 03, 2006, 02:03:49 AM
Post by: ninja_steve on January 03, 2006, 02:03:49 AM
Quote from: AlphaFire X5Steve, what did you do with the EBC pads that were on the caliper?
saving them as spares. i'm going to do a somewhat scientific compariosn of pads to see which ones actually work better under my normal riding conditions.
Title: ultimate rat bike
Post by: Alphamazing on January 03, 2006, 02:11:13 AM
Post by: Alphamazing on January 03, 2006, 02:11:13 AM
Awesome, let us know the results.
Title: ultimate rat bike
Post by: Zilla on January 03, 2006, 05:07:00 AM
Post by: Zilla on January 03, 2006, 05:07:00 AM
Fast Black is the shaZam!! Painted my pipe, can and all with it. Vance and Hines pipe, but this thing was pretty bad. Someone painted the can grey!
The moto bars look familiar too. I have grey KX bend bars on mine. 14 bucks!
Gotta love rat bikes. :cheers:
The moto bars look familiar too. I have grey KX bend bars on mine. 14 bucks!
Gotta love rat bikes. :cheers: